Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
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 |
Team Records
| Team | W/L | Home | Away | Streak |
| Detroit | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | L1 |
| Kansas City | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | W2 |
Recap Quick Hits
- With this win, the Kansas City Royals have a 0-0 record at home this season. The Detroit Tigers have a 0-0 record on the road.
- Kansas City has a streak of 2 straight up wins. The Royals have won 0 of their last 10 games.
- Detroit has a streak of 1 straight up loss. The Tigers have won 0 of their last 10 games.
- Yasuhiko Yabuta pitched 2.1 innings for the win and now has an ERA of 0.00. Joakim Soria closed out the game to get the save and has 0 saves for the season. Bobby Seay took the loss for Detroit.
- Ryan Raburn had the only homerun for Detroit.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Detroit | Kansas City | |
| Rick Porcello | Player | Bruce Chen |
| No Decision | W/L | No Decision |
| 6.0 | IP | 4.2 |
| 4 | Strikeouts | 1 |
| 7 | Hits | 7 |
| 6.00 | ERA | 9.64 |
Hitting
| Detroit | Kansas City | |
| Ryan Raburn | Player | Billy Butler |
| 3 | Hits | 2 |
| 1 | RBI | 2 |
| 1 | HR | 0 |
| 6 | TB | 3 |
| .750 | Avg | .667 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team | Hits | HR | TB | Avg | LOB | K | RBI | BB | SB | Errors |
| Detroit | 11 | 1 | 17 | .314 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Kansas City | 11 | 0 | 16 | .355 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 |