Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Kansas City 5,
Detroit 0
When: 7:05 PM ET, Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Where: Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan
Temperature: 73°
Umpires: Home - Jerry Crawford, 1B - Tom Hallion, 2B - Brian O'Nora, 3B - Paul Nauert
Attendance: 35121
Where: Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan
Temperature: 73°
Umpires: Home - Jerry Crawford, 1B - Tom Hallion, 2B - Brian O'Nora, 3B - Paul Nauert
Attendance: 35121
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Kansas City | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 0 |
| Detroit | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| David DeJesus | CF-RF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .308 |
| Mike Aviles | 2B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .321 |
| Jose Guillen | RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .266 |
| Mitch Maier | CF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .289 |
| Ryan Shealy | 1B | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .305 |
| Mark Teahen | LF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .254 |
| Billy Butler | DH | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .270 |
| Alex Gordon | 3B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .259 |
| Miguel Olivo | C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .252 |
| Tony Francisco Pena | SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .164 |
| Totals | 33 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 15 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Ryan Shealy (1), Miguel Olivo (22) | |||||||||
| HR - Mike Aviles (9), Ryan Shealy (7), Alex Gordon (16) | |||||||||
| TB - David DeJesus, Mike Aviles 5, Ryan Shealy 6, Billy Butler 2, Alex Gordon 5, Miguel Olivo 2, Tony Francisco Pena | |||||||||
| RBI - Mike Aviles (49), Ryan Shealy 2 (16), Alex Gordon 2 (57) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Ryan Shealy (5) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Mark Teahen (73), Tony Francisco Pena 2 (17) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Mike Aviles (12), Jose Guillen (22), Mark Teahen (6), Miguel Olivo (6) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 5 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| CS - David DeJesus (8, 2nd by Garcia/Ryan) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| Outfield Assists - Mark Teahen (Larish at Home) | |||||||||
| PB - Miguel Olivo (4) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Zack Greinke (W 13-10) | 7.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3.47 |
| Leo Nunez | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.09 |
| WP - Zack Greinke | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Zack Greinke 107-65, Leo Nunez 14-11 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Zack Greinke 5-12, Leo Nunez 2-3 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Zack Greinke 27, Leo Nunez 6 | ||||||||
Detroit
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Curtis Granderson | CF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .287 |
| Placido Polanco | 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .306 |
| Magglio Ordonez | RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .319 |
| Miguel Cabrera | DH | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .294 |
| Jeff Larish | 1B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .247 |
| Edgar Renteria | SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .271 |
| Marcus Thames | LF | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .245 |
| Brandon Inge | 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .209 |
| Dusty Ryan | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .312 |
| Totals | 31 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 11 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Jeff Larish (6), Edgar Renteria (21) | |||||||||
| TB - Miguel Cabrera, Jeff Larish 2, Edgar Renteria 2, Marcus Thames | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Placido Polanco (55), Marcus Thames 2 (41) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 6 | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Freddy Garcia (L 1-1) | 5.0 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 4.50 |
| Gary Glover | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.37 |
| Casey Fossum | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5.13 |
| HBP - David DeJesus (by Garcia) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Freddy Garcia 77-50, Gary Glover 26-17, Casey Fossum 20-10 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Freddy Garcia 5-3, Gary Glover 3-2, Casey Fossum 5-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Freddy Garcia 23, Gary Glover 7, Casey Fossum 7 | ||||||||