Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Kansas City 5,
Detroit 1
When: 8:10 PM ET, Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature: 72°
Umpires: Home - Marty Foster, 1B - Mark Carlson, 2B - Kerwin Danley, 3B - Wally Bell
Attendance: 10584
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature: 72°
Umpires: Home - Marty Foster, 1B - Mark Carlson, 2B - Kerwin Danley, 3B - Wally Bell
Attendance: 10584
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | X | R | H | E |
| Detroit | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Kansas City | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 0 |
Detroit
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Curtis Granderson | CF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .000 |
| Placido Polanco | 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 |
| Carlos Guillen | LF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .000 |
| Miguel Cabrera | 1B | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .000 |
| Aubrey Huff | DH | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 |
| Clete Thomas | RF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .000 |
| Brandon Inge | 3B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .000 |
| Gerald Laird | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .000 |
| Alex Avila | PH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Ramon Santiago | SS | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Marcus Thames | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 |
| Totals | 32 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 17 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Carlos Guillen (0), Clete Thomas (0) | |||||||||
| TB - Carlos Guillen 2, Aubrey Huff, Clete Thomas 2, Brandon Inge, Ramon Santiago | |||||||||
| RBI - Alex Avila (0) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Placido Polanco (0), Carlos Guillen (0), Clete Thomas (0), Brandon Inge (0), Marcus Thames (0) | |||||||||
| SF - Alex Avila (0) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 8 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Gerald Laird (0, 2nd off Tejeda/Buck) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Justin Verlander (L 0-0) | 6.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Bobby Seay | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Fernando Rodney | 0.2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Casey Fien | 0.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| HBP - Mitch Maier (by Seay) | ||||||||
| IBB - Alberto Jose Callaspo (by Seay) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Justin Verlander 112-73, Bobby Seay 24-14, Fernando Rodney 17-8, Casey Fien 5-3 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Justin Verlander 5-5, Bobby Seay 2-0, Fernando Rodney 1-1, Casey Fien 1-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Justin Verlander 27, Bobby Seay 6, Fernando Rodney 5, Casey Fien 2 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Casey Fien 1-1 | ||||||||
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| David DeJesus | LF | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 |
| Mitch Maier | CF-RF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 |
| Billy Butler | 1B | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 |
| Mike Jacobs | DH | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 |
| Brayan Pena | PH-DH | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 |
| Alberto Jose Callaspo | 2B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Mark Teahen | RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .000 |
| Josh Anderson | CF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| John Buck | C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 |
| Alex Gordon | 3B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .000 |
| Yuniesky Betancourt | SS | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .000 |
| Totals | 33 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 17 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Billy Butler 3 (0), Alex Gordon (0) | |||||||||
| TB - David DeJesus, Mitch Maier, Billy Butler 6, Mike Jacobs, Alberto Jose Callaspo, John Buck, Alex Gordon 2, Yuniesky Betancourt | |||||||||
| RBI - David DeJesus (0), Mitch Maier (0), Billy Butler 2 (0), Mike Jacobs (0) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Billy Butler (0), Mike Jacobs (0) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - David DeJesus (0), Brayan Pena (0), Alberto Jose Callaspo (0), Mark Teahen 2 (0), Yuniesky Betancourt 2 (0) | |||||||||
| S - Mitch Maier (0) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 11 | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Robinson Tejeda (W 0-0) | 6.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Kyle Farnsworth (H 0) | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Jamey Wright | 0.1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Joakim Soria (SV 0) | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Robinson Tejeda 98-64, Kyle Farnsworth 25-17, Jamey Wright 17-9, Joakim Soria 11-8 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Robinson Tejeda 2-8, Kyle Farnsworth 4-0, Jamey Wright 0-0, Joakim Soria 0-2 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Robinson Tejeda 24, Kyle Farnsworth 6, Jamey Wright 4, Joakim Soria 2 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Joakim Soria 3-1 | ||||||||