Major League Baseball
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Kansas City 7,
Detroit 5
When: 8:10 PM ET, Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature: 71°
Umpires: Home - Wally Bell, 1B - Marty Foster, 2B - Mark Carlson, 3B - Kerwin Danley
Attendance: 12032
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature: 71°
Umpires: Home - Wally Bell, 1B - Marty Foster, 2B - Mark Carlson, 3B - Kerwin Danley
Attendance: 12032
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | X | R | H | E |
| Detroit | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 0 |
| Kansas City | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 0 |
Detroit
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Ryan Raburn | CF-LF | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| Carlos Guillen | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| Placido Polanco | 2B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Magglio Ordonez | RF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 |
| Clete Thomas | RF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 |
| Miguel Cabrera | 1B | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Marcus Thames | LF | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Curtis Granderson | PR-CF | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 |
| Aubrey Huff | DH | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 |
| Brandon Inge | 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 |
| Gerald Laird | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Ramon Santiago | PH-SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Adam Everett | SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Alex Avila | PH-C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Totals | 35 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 13 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Placido Polanco (0), Miguel Cabrera (0), Curtis Granderson (0) | |||||||||
| HR - Ryan Raburn (0) | |||||||||
| TB - Ryan Raburn 6, Placido Polanco 3, Magglio Ordonez, Miguel Cabrera 3, Marcus Thames, Curtis Granderson 2, Aubrey Huff | |||||||||
| RBI - Ryan Raburn (0), Marcus Thames 2 (0), Aubrey Huff 2 (0) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Marcus Thames (0), Aubrey Huff 2 (0) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Curtis Granderson (0), Aubrey Huff 2 (0), Brandon Inge (0) | |||||||||
| S - Placido Polanco (0) | |||||||||
| SF - Marcus Thames (0) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Adam Everett (0) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 9 | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| Outfield Assists - Ryan Raburn (Betancourt at Home) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Rick Porcello | 6.0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Bobby Seay (L 0-0; H 0) | 0.2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Ryan Perry (BS 0) | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Fu-Te Ni | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Jeremy Bonderman | 0.1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Nate Robertson | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| WP - Rick Porcello | ||||||||
| HBP - Mitch Maier (by Seay) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Rick Porcello 82-52, Bobby Seay 11-5, Ryan Perry 11-6, Fu-Te Ni 3-3, Jeremy Bonderman 16-8, Nate Robertson 10-6 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Rick Porcello 7-7, Bobby Seay 1-0, Ryan Perry 0-0, Fu-Te Ni 0-1, Jeremy Bonderman 0-1, Nate Robertson 0-2 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Rick Porcello 26, Bobby Seay 3, Ryan Perry 3, Fu-Te Ni 1, Jeremy Bonderman 3, Nate Robertson 2 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Bobby Seay 1-0, Ryan Perry 2-2, Fu-Te Ni 3-0, Nate Robertson 2-1 | ||||||||
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| David DeJesus | LF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 |
| Mitch Maier | RF-CF | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Billy Butler | 1B | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| Mike Jacobs | DH | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Alberto Jose Callaspo | 2B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .000 |
| Mark Teahen | 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .000 |
| Brayan Pena | C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Yuniesky Betancourt | SS | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Josh Anderson | CF | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 |
| Willie Bloomquist | PH-RF | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Totals | 31 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 11 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Mitch Maier (0), Billy Butler (0), Mike Jacobs (0), Brayan Pena (0), Josh Anderson (0) | |||||||||
| TB - David DeJesus, Mitch Maier 2, Billy Butler 3, Mike Jacobs 3, Alberto Jose Callaspo, Brayan Pena 2, Yuniesky Betancourt, Josh Anderson 2, Willie Bloomquist | |||||||||
| RBI - David DeJesus (0), Mitch Maier (0), Billy Butler 2 (0), Mike Jacobs (0), Brayan Pena (0), Yuniesky Betancourt (0) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Billy Butler (0), Mike Jacobs (0) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Mitch Maier (0), Alberto Jose Callaspo (0), Mark Teahen 2 (0), Josh Anderson (0) | |||||||||
| S - Willie Bloomquist (0) | |||||||||
| SF - David DeJesus (0), Billy Butler (0) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 7 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Willie Bloomquist (0, 2nd off Robertson/Avila) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Bruce Chen | 4.2 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0.00 |
| Yasuhiko Yabuta (W 0-0) | 2.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Roman Colon (H 0) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Joakim Soria (SV 0) | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 |
| IBB - Miguel Cabrera (by Chen), Miguel Cabrera (by Chen) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Bruce Chen 93-59, Yasuhiko Yabuta 32-20, Roman Colon 10-7, Joakim Soria 17-13 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Bruce Chen 8-5, Yasuhiko Yabuta 2-5, Roman Colon 0-3, Joakim Soria 0-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Bruce Chen 24, Yasuhiko Yabuta 9, Roman Colon 3, Joakim Soria 5 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Yasuhiko Yabuta 2-0 | ||||||||