Kansas City 5, Detroit 2
Preview - Box Score - Recap

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  Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Kansas City 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 5 13 1
Detroit 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 6 2
WP: B. Bannister (6-6)
LP: N. Robertson (6-7)
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  Box Score Play by Play
Scoring Summary
Bot 3rd: Detroit
- C. Monroe homered to deep left
Top 4th: Kansas City
- R. Sanders singled to shortstop, B. Butler scored
- T. Pena Jr. hit sacrifice fly to center, R. Sanders scored, D. DeJesus to third
Top 6th: Kansas City
- E. Brown hit sacrifice fly to deep center, R. Sanders scored, D. DeJesus to third
Top 7th: Kansas City
- E. German homered to deep left
- D. DeJesus singled to center, M. Teahen scored, B. Butler to third, D. DeJesus to second advancing on throw
Bot 9th: Detroit
- M. Ordonez doubled to deep right center, G. Sheffield scored
 Kansas City
  AB R H RBI BB K LOB Season Avg 
E. German 3b 5 1 2 1 0 1 0 .283
M. Grudzielanek 2b 5 0 4 0 0 0 0 .300
M. Teahen 1b-rf 5 1 2 0 0 1 4 .289
B. Butler dh 5 1 1 0 0 2 4 .333
R. Sanders rf 3 2 1 1 1 1 2 .350
    A. Gordon 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .235
D. DeJesus cf 4 0 2 1 0 1 2 .273
E. Brown lf 3 0 0 1 0 0 4 .228
T. Pena Jr. ss 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 .284
J. LaRue c 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .167
 Totals 37 5 13 5 1 7 19  
 Batting
2B - D DeJesus (21, N Robertson); M Grudzielanek (21, N Robertson).
3B - M Teahen (6, N Robertson); B Butler (1, N Robertson).
HR - E German (3, 7th inning off N Robertson 0 on, 0 Out).
S - D DeJesus.
SF - E Brown , T Pena Jr.
RBI - R Sanders (9), T Pena Jr (31), E Brown (42), E German (28), D DeJesus (37).
2-out RBI - D DeJesus.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - E Brown 2, J LaRue 2, D DeJesus 1, M Teahen 1, B Butler 1.
Reached via catcher's interference - A Gordon 1.
Team LOB - 10.
 Base Running
CS - T Pena Jr (4, 2nd base by N Robertson/M Rabelo).
 
 Fielding
E - J LaRue (2, throw).
 Detroit
  AB R H RBI BB K LOB Season Avg 
C. Granderson cf 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 .298
O. Infante 2b 3 0 0 0 1 0 3 .254
G. Sheffield dh 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 .303
M. Ordonez rf 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 .359
C. Guillen ss 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 .309
S. Casey 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .293
C. Monroe lf 4 1 1 1 0 2 2 .222
M. Rabelo c 3 0 2 0 0 1 0 .247
    I. Rodriguez ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .284
B. Inge 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 .241
 Totals 32 2 6 2 3 5 14  
 Batting
2B - M Rabelo 2 (6, D Riske, B Bannister); M Ordonez (38, O Dotel).
HR - C Monroe (11, 3rd inning off B Bannister 0 on, 0 Out).
RBI - C Monroe (49), M Ordonez (81).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - O Infante 2, I Rodriguez 1, B Inge 1.
Team LOB - 6.
 Base Running
SB - C Granderson (11, 2nd base off B Bannister/J LaRue).
CS - O Infante (1, 2nd base by B Bannister/J LaRue).
 
 Fielding
E - B Inge (12, throw); M Rabelo (3, catchers interference).
 Kansas City
  IP H R ER BB K HR Season ERA 
B. Bannister (W, 6-6) 7.0 4 1 1 1 3 1 3.68
D. Riske 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.42
O. Dotel 1.0 1 1 1 2 2 0 3.43
 Detroit
  IP H R ER BB K HR Season ERA 
N. Robertson (L, 6-7) 6.0 11 5 4 1 5 1 4.63
J. Capellan 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3.00
B. Seay 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3.12
Pitches-strikes - B Bannister 102-63; D Riske 17-12; O Dotel 27-15; N Robertson 96-68; J Capellan 32-21; B Seay 13-10.
Ground balls-fly balls - B Bannister 7-10; D Riske 1-2; O Dotel 0-1; N Robertson 5-8; J Capellan 1-4; B Seay 1-1.
Batters faced - B Bannister 25; D Riske 4; O Dotel 6; N Robertson 30; J Capellan 7; B Seay 5.
Game Details
Umpires: HP--Dan Iassogna. 1B--Dale Scott. 2B--Ron Kulpa. 3B--Paul Emmel.
Time: 2:56.
Attendance: 42,201.
Weather: 78 degrees, sunny.
Wind: 8 mph, left to right.

Updated on Monday, Jul 23, 2007 5:00 am ET

  
 Top Batters
 Kansas City
E. German E. German
2-5, 1 HR
1 RBI
 Detroit
C. Monroe C. Monroe
1-4, 1 HR
1 RBI