Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Kansas City 6,
Detroit 2
When: 7:05 PM ET, Monday, September 22, 2008
Where: Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan
Temperature: 71°
Umpires: Home - Paul Nauert, 1B - Jerry Crawford, 2B - Tom Hallion, 3B - Brian O'Nora
Attendance: 36482
Where: Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan
Temperature: 71°
Umpires: Home - Paul Nauert, 1B - Jerry Crawford, 2B - Tom Hallion, 3B - Brian O'Nora
Attendance: 36482
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Kansas City | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 1 |
| Detroit | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| David DeJesus | CF-RF | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .307 |
| Mike Aviles | SS-2B | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .319 |
| Jose Guillen | RF | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .267 |
| Mitch Maier | CF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .289 |
| Ryan Shealy | 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | .286 |
| Mark Teahen | LF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .256 |
| Alex Gordon | 3B | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .257 |
| Kila Ka'aihue | DH | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .278 |
| Billy Butler | PH-DH | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .267 |
| Jason Smith | PR-DH | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 |
| John Buck | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .219 |
| Alberto Jose Callaspo | 2B | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .313 |
| Tony Francisco Pena | SS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .162 |
| Totals | 35 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 22 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - David DeJesus (25), Mark Teahen (30), Alex Gordon (34) | |||||||||
| 3B - David DeJesus (7) | |||||||||
| TB - David DeJesus 7, Mike Aviles 2, Jose Guillen, Mark Teahen 2, Alex Gordon 2, Billy Butler, Alberto Jose Callaspo | |||||||||
| RBI - David DeJesus (73), Mike Aviles 2 (48), Ryan Shealy (14) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - David DeJesus (29) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Mike Aviles (25), Mark Teahen 2 (72), Alex Gordon 2 (34) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Mike Aviles (11), Ryan Shealy (2) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 9 | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Gil Meche (4) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Gil Meche (W 13-11) | 6.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4.05 |
| Ramon Ramirez (H 20) | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.67 |
| John Bale | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.56 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Gil Meche 95-59, Ramon Ramirez 26-18, John Bale 10-6 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Gil Meche 7-7, Ramon Ramirez 2-2, John Bale 2-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Gil Meche 23, Ramon Ramirez 6, John Bale 3 | ||||||||
Detroit
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Curtis Granderson | CF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .289 |
| Placido Polanco | 2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .308 |
| Magglio Ordonez | DH | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .321 |
| Miguel Cabrera | 1B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .294 |
| Jeff Larish | 1B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .247 |
| Matthew Joyce | RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .260 |
| Edgar Renteria | SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .271 |
| Ryan Raburn | LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .235 |
| Brandon Inge | 3B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .211 |
| Dusty Ryan | C | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .333 |
| Totals | 29 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| TB - Placido Polanco, Jeff Larish, Brandon Inge, Dusty Ryan | |||||||||
| RBI - Magglio Ordonez (98), Jeff Larish (16) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Jeff Larish (6) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Curtis Granderson (35), Matthew Joyce (25) | |||||||||
| SF - Magglio Ordonez (6) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Magglio Ordonez (26) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 3 | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Zach Miner (L 8-5) | 6.0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4.26 |
| Clay Rapada | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.58 |
| Gary Glover | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5.58 |
| Bobby Seay | 1.1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.17 |
| Aquilino Lopez | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.60 |
| WP - Bobby Seay, Aquilino Lopez | ||||||||
| HBP - Jose Guillen (by Miner) | ||||||||
| IBB - Jose Guillen (by Glover) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Zach Miner 97-57, Clay Rapada 4-2, Gary Glover 16-6, Bobby Seay 16-11, Aquilino Lopez 24-16 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Zach Miner 10-6, Clay Rapada 0-0, Gary Glover 0-0, Bobby Seay 0-2, Aquilino Lopez 0-2 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Zach Miner 27, Clay Rapada 1, Gary Glover 3, Bobby Seay 6, Aquilino Lopez 5 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Clay Rapada 1-0, Gary Glover 2-1, Bobby Seay 3-0, Aquilino Lopez 1-0 | ||||||||