Kansas City 4, Detroit 0
Preview - Box Score - Recap

(2-0)
  Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Kansas City 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 4 8 0
Detroit 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
WP: B. Bannister (1-0)
LP: K. Rogers (0-1)
(0-2)
  Box Score Play by Play
Scoring Summary
Top 6th: Kansas City
- J. Guillen doubled to deep left, M. Grudzielanek scored
- B. Butler doubled to deep center, J. Guillen scored
Top 8th: Kansas City
- B. Butler singled to shortstop, J. Gathright scored, M. Grudzielanek to second
- M. Teahen singled to center, M. Grudzielanek scored, B. Butler out at third
 Kansas City
  AB R H RBI BB K LOB Season Avg 
J. Gathright cf 4 1 2 0 0 1 0 .250
M. Grudzielanek 2b 3 2 1 0 1 0 0 .571
A. Gordon 3b 4 0 0 0 0 3 3 .111
J. Guillen rf 3 1 1 1 1 1 2 .125
B. Butler dh 4 0 2 2 0 0 2 .333
M. Teahen lf 4 0 1 1 0 1 1 .286
R. Gload 1b 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 .286
J. Buck c 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .222
T. Pena Jr. ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .111
 Totals 33 4 8 4 3 8 11  
 Batting
2B - M Grudzielanek (1, K Rogers); J Guillen (1, K Rogers); B Butler (1, K Rogers); J Gathright (1, Z Miner).
RBI - J Guillen (1), B Butler 2 (2), M Teahen (1).
2-out RBI - J Guillen, B Butler 2, M Teahen.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - M Teahen 1, B Butler 1.
Team LOB - 5.
 Base Running
CS - R Gload (1, 2nd base by Y Bazardo/I Rodriguez).
 
 Fielding
DP - 2 (A Gordon-M Grudzielanek-R Gload, T Pena-M Grudzielanek-R Gload).
 Detroit
  AB R H RBI BB K LOB Season Avg 
E. Renteria ss 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 .444
P. Polanco 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000
G. Sheffield dh 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000
M. Ordonez rf 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .250
M. Cabrera 3b 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .125
C. Guillen 1b 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 .429
I. Rodriguez c 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .125
J. Jones lf 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000
B. Inge cf 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 .167
 Totals 28 0 3 0 1 8 6  
 Batting
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - M Ordonez 1.
GIDP - G Sheffield, I Rodriguez.
Team LOB - 2.
 Fielding
Outfield assists - B Inge (B Butler at 3rd base).
DP - 1 (I Rodriguez-P Polanco).
 Kansas City
  IP H R ER BB K HR Season ERA 
B. Bannister (W, 1-0) 7.0 2 0 0 0 4 0 0.00
L. Nunez 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.00
J. Soria 1.0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0.00
 Detroit
  IP H R ER BB K HR Season ERA 
K. Rogers (L, 0-1) 6.0 5 2 2 1 4 0 3.00
Z. Miner 2.0 3 2 2 1 3 0 9.00
Y. Bazardo 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.00
WP - K Rogers, Z Miner.
Pitches-strikes - B Bannister 85-53; L Nunez 11-5; J Soria 23-16; K Rogers 87-54; Z Miner 34-18; Y Bazardo 11-4.
Ground balls-fly balls - B Bannister 8-9; L Nunez 2-0; J Soria 0-0; K Rogers 9-5; Z Miner 0-2; Y Bazardo 1-0.
Batters faced - B Bannister 22; L Nunez 3; J Soria 4; K Rogers 24; Z Miner 9; Y Bazardo 3.
Game Details
Umpires: HP--Chuck Meriwether. 1B--Adrian Johnson. 2B--Bill Welke. 3B--Tim Welke.
Time: 2:31.
Attendance: 32,348.
Weather: 51 degrees, sunny.
Wind: 2 mph, right to left.

Updated on Thursday, Apr 3, 2008 2:49 am ET

 
 Top Batters
 Kansas City
B. Butler Billy Butler
2-4
2 RBI
 Detroit
E. Renteria Edgar Renteria
3-4