Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
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Kansas City 4,
Detroit 3
When: 2:10 PM ET, Sunday, August 7, 2011
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature: 92°
Umpires: Home - Rob Drake, 1B - Gary Darling, 2B - Bruce Dreckman, 3B - Alan Porter
Attendance: 20132
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature: 92°
Umpires: Home - Rob Drake, 1B - Gary Darling, 2B - Bruce Dreckman, 3B - Alan Porter
Attendance: 20132
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Detroit | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 0 |
| Kansas City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 4 | 6 | 0 |
Detroit
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Austin Jackson | CF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .247 |
| Brennan Boesch | LF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .289 |
| Ryan Raburn | 3B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .229 |
| Miguel Cabrera | 1B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .318 |
| Magglio Ordonez | DH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .230 |
| Carlos Guillen | 2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .217 |
| Jhonny Peralta | SS | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .314 |
| Alex Avila | C | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .288 |
| Andy Dirks | RF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .259 |
| Totals | 35 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 7 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Austin Jackson (16), Miguel Cabrera (30), Andy Dirks (7) | |||||||||
| TB - Austin Jackson 2, Ryan Raburn, Miguel Cabrera 3, Carlos Guillen, Jhonny Peralta 2, Alex Avila 2, Andy Dirks 2 | |||||||||
| RBI - Austin Jackson (25), Miguel Cabrera (71), Andy Dirks (20) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Miguel Cabrera (27) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Magglio Ordonez (26), Jhonny Peralta (37) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 5 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Carlos Guillen (1, 2nd off Chen/Pena) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Max Scherzer (L 11-7) | 5.0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4.33 |
| Duane Below | 2.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3.46 |
| Al Alburquerque | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.29 |
| WP - Max Scherzer | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Max Scherzer 90-55, Duane Below 35-21, Al Alburquerque 9-6 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Max Scherzer 6-3, Duane Below 3-0, Al Alburquerque 0-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Max Scherzer 21, Duane Below 7, Al Alburquerque 2 | ||||||||
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Alex Gordon | LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .305 |
| Melky Cabrera | LF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .303 |
| Johnny Giavotella | 2B | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .455 |
| Billy Butler | DH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .291 |
| Eric Hosmer | 1B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .282 |
| Jeff Francoeur | RF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .273 |
| Mitch Maier | CF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .250 |
| Brayan Pena | C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .259 |
| Mike Moustakas | 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .189 |
| Alcides Escobar | SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .247 |
| Totals | 29 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 4 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Johnny Giavotella (2), Jeff Francoeur (31) | |||||||||
| 3B - Mitch Maier (2) | |||||||||
| HR - Johnny Giavotella (1) | |||||||||
| TB - Johnny Giavotella 6, Eric Hosmer, Jeff Francoeur 2, Mitch Maier 3, Brayan Pena | |||||||||
| RBI - Johnny Giavotella (2), Billy Butler (61), Mitch Maier (4), Brayan Pena (24) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Johnny Giavotella (1), Mitch Maier (2), Brayan Pena (7) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Brayan Pena (16) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 2 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| CS - Alex Gordon (7, 2nd by Scherzer/Avila) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| Outfield Assists - Alex Gordon (Cabrera at 2nd), Jeff Francoeur (Peralta at 3rd) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Bruce Chen (W 6-5) | 5.0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4.43 |
| Louis Coleman (H 7) | 2.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.77 |
| Greg Holland (H 10) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.37 |
| Joakim Soria (SV 21) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.88 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Bruce Chen 84-57, Louis Coleman 26-17, Greg Holland 19-14, Joakim Soria 11-7 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Bruce Chen 6-2, Louis Coleman 1-2, Greg Holland 0-1, Joakim Soria 0-3 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Bruce Chen 19, Louis Coleman 8, Greg Holland 4, Joakim Soria 4 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Louis Coleman 1-1 | ||||||||