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Royals
@ Tigers
Comerica Park
August 29, 2008
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Detroit Tigers and the Kansas City Royals, played on August 29, 2008 at Comerica Park.
Game Summary
| Date | August 29, 2008 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Kansas City Royals
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| Home Team |
Detroit Tigers
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 29, 2008 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Fri |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Kansas City Royals |
| Home Team | Detroit Tigers |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Kyle Davies |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Zach Miner |
| Ballpark | Comerica Park |
| City | Detroit |
| State | MI |
| Attendance | 40,206 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 52 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Tom Hallion 1B: Kevin Causey 2B: Brian O'Nora 3B: Paul Nauert |
Kansas City Royals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Mike Aviles | Shortstop |
| Alberto Callaspo | Second Baseman |
| David DeJesus | Left Fielder |
| Jose Guillen | Right Fielder |
| Mark Teahen | Third Baseman |
| Billy Butler | DH |
| Ross Gload | First Baseman |
| John Buck | Catcher |
| Joey Gathright | Center Fielder |
| Trey Hillman | Manager |
Detroit Tigers Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Curtis Granderson | Center Fielder |
| Placido Polanco | Second Baseman |
| Magglio Ordonez | Right Fielder |
| Miguel Cabrera | First Baseman |
| Jeff Larish | Third Baseman |
| Gary Sheffield | DH |
| Marcus Thames | Left Fielder |
| Edgar Renteria | Shortstop |
| Brandon Inge | Catcher |
| Jim Leyland | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Royals
@ Tigers
Comerica Park
August 29, 2008
Top 1
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Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Aviles vs. Miner
Aviles hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Miner fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Callaspo vs. Miner
Callaspo hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cabrera scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Callaspo for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
DeJesus vs. Miner
DeJesus hits a fly ball into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Guillen vs. Miner
Guillen hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Inge fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Granderson vs. Davies
Granderson hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. DeJesus settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Polanco vs. Davies
Polanco hits a fly ball into center field. Gathright settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Ordonez vs. Davies
Ordonez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Teahen fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Teahen vs. Miner
Teahen hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Butler vs. Miner
Butler hits a ball on the ground towards short. Renteria fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Renteria. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Gload vs. Miner
Gload hits a ball on the ground towards third. Larish fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Buck vs. Miner
Buck hits a fly ball into left field. Thames settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Gathright vs. Miner
Gathright hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cabrera scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Gathright for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Royals, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Cabrera vs. Davies
Cabrera hits a popup towards third. Teahen settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Larish vs. Davies
Larish hits a popup, foul, towards third. Teahen settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Sheffield vs. Davies
Sheffield hits a fly ball into left field. DeJesus settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Royals, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Aviles vs. Miner
Aviles hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Callaspo vs. Miner
Callaspo hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Polanco scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Aviles moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
DeJesus vs. Miner
DeJesus hits a fly ball into left field. Thames settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: -2-
Guillen vs. Miner
Guillen hits a ball on the ground towards third. Larish fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Royals, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Thames vs. Davies
Thames hits a popup in front of the plate. Buck settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Renteria vs. Davies
Renteria hits a fly ball into right field. Guillen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Inge vs. Davies
Inge hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Granderson vs. Davies
Granderson takes first base on ball four. Inge moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 12-
Polanco vs. Davies
Polanco hits a ball on the ground towards third. Teahen fields it and races to the third base bag for the out. Granderson moves to second. View Play
Top 4
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Royals, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Teahen vs. Miner
Teahen strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Butler vs. Miner
Butler hits a fly ball into right field, out of the reach of Ordonez. Butler reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Gload vs. Miner
Gload hits a fly ball into left field. Thames settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Buck vs. Miner
Buck takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 12-
Gathright vs. Miner
Gathright strikes out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Royals, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ordonez vs. Davies
Ordonez hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Cabrera vs. Davies
Cabrera hits a fly ball into center field. Gathright settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Larish vs. Davies
Larish hits a fly ball into left field. DeJesus settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Sheffield vs. Davies
Sheffield hits a fly ball into right field. Guillen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Royals, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Aviles vs. Miner
Aviles hits a ball on the ground towards third. Larish fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Callaspo vs. Miner
Callaspo hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
DeJesus vs. Miner
DeJesus hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Callaspo moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 12-
Guillen vs. Miner
Guillen hits a line drive into center field. Granderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Teahen vs. Miner
Teahen hits a fly ball into center field. Granderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Royals, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Thames vs. Davies
Thames hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aviles fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Aviles. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Renteria vs. Davies
Renteria hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Thames moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Inge vs. Davies
Inge strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: 12-
Granderson vs. Davies
Granderson hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Gathright who is chasing the ball. Granderson reaches third base with a triple. Thames scores. Renteria goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Polanco vs. Davies
Polanco hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Granderson scores. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Ordonez vs. Davies
Ordonez hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Polanco moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 12-
Cabrera vs. Davies
Cabrera strikes out. There goes Polanco. Here's the throw, and he's safe. There goes Ordonez. Here's the throw, and he's safe. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: -23
Larish vs. Davies
Larish hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Polanco scores. Ordonez scores. Two runs are unearned. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sheffield vs. Davies
There's a wild pitch. Larish moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: -2-
Sheffield vs. Davies
Sheffield hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Larish scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Thames vs. Wells
Kip Wells now pitching.
Thames hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Buck settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Royals, 1 - Tigers, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Butler vs. Miner
Ryan Raburn now playing left field. Jeff Larish now playing first base. Dane Sardinha now catching. Brandon Inge now playing third base.
Butler hits a fly ball into center field. Granderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Gload vs. Miner
Gload hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Miner, and towards Polanco, who fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Buck vs. Miner
Buck hits a line drive into center field. Granderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Royals, 1 - Tigers, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Renteria vs. Wells
Renteria hits a fly ball into center field. Gathright settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Inge vs. Wells
Inge takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Granderson vs. Wells
Granderson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Callaspo fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 7
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Royals, 1 - Tigers, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Gathright vs. Seay
Bobby Seay now pitching.
Gathright hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Ordonez. Gathright reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: -2-
Aviles vs. Seay
Aviles hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Gathright scores. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Tigers, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Callaspo vs. Seay
Callaspo hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Aviles moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Tigers, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: 12-
DeJesus vs. Seay
DeJesus hits a line drive into center field. Granderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Aviles moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Tigers, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Guillen vs. Glover
Gary Glover now pitching.
Guillen hits a ball on the ground towards third. Inge fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 7
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Royals, 2 - Tigers, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Polanco vs. Nunez
Leo Nunez now pitching.
Polanco hits a ball on the ground towards third. Teahen fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Tigers, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Ordonez vs. Nunez
Ordonez strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Tigers, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Raburn vs. Nunez
Raburn hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aviles scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Royals, 2 - Tigers, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Teahen vs. Farnsworth
Kyle Farnsworth now pitching.
Teahen hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Tigers, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Butler vs. Farnsworth
Butler hits a ball on the ground towards third. Inge fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Tigers, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Gload vs. Farnsworth
Gload strikes out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Royals, 2 - Tigers, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Larish vs. Tejeda
Rob Tejeda now pitching.
Larish hits a line drive into left field. DeJesus settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Tigers, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Sheffield vs. Tejeda
Sheffield hits a fly ball into center field. Gathright settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Tigers, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Sardinha vs. Tejeda
Sardinha hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Callaspo settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Royals, 2 - Tigers, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Buck vs. Rodney
Fernando Rodney now pitching.
Buck takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Tigers, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Gathright vs. Rodney
Gathright strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Tigers, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Aviles vs. Rodney
That is defensive interference on unknown player with unknown particulars. Buck moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Tigers, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Aviles vs. Rodney
Aviles hits a ball on the ground towards third. Inge fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Buck moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Tigers, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1-3
Callaspo vs. Rodney
Callaspo hits a ball on the ground towards first. Larish fields it and throws to second for the out. Buck scores. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Tigers, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
DeJesus vs. Rodney
That is defensive interference on unknown player with unknown particulars. Callaspo moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Tigers, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: -2-
DeJesus vs. Rodney
DeJesus hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Polanco scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 8/29/2008 -- Kansas City at Detroit (N)
Kansas City AB R H RBI Detroit AB R H RBI
Aviles M, ss 5 0 3 1 Granderson C, cf 3 1 1 2
Callaspo A, 2b 5 0 2 1 Polanco P, 2b 4 1 1 1
DeJesus D, lf 5 0 2 0 Ordonez M, rf 4 1 2 0
Guillen J, rf 4 0 0 0 Cabrera M, 1b 3 0 0 0
Teahen M, 3b 4 1 2 1 Raburn R, lf 1 0 0 0
Butler B, dh 4 0 1 0 Larish J, 3b-1b 4 1 1 2
Gload R, 1b 4 0 0 0 Sheffield G, dh 4 0 1 1
Buck J, c 2 1 0 0 Thames M, lf 3 1 0 0
Gathright J, cf 4 1 1 0 Sardinha D, c 1 0 0 0
Renteria E, ss 3 1 1 0
Inge B, c-3b 2 0 1 0
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37 3 11 3 32 6 8 6
Kansas City 010 000 101 -- 3
Detroit 000 060 00x -- 6
Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO
Davies K (L) 4.2 8 6 2 1 2
Wells K 1.1 0 0 0 1 0
Nunez L 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Tejeda R 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Detroit IP H R ER BB SO
Miner Z (W) 6.0 6 1 1 1 2
Seay B 0.1 3 1 1 0 0
Glover G 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Farnsworth K 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Rodney F 1.0 1 1 1 1 1
E -- Renteria E, Aviles M
DP -- Kansas City 1, Detroit 2
LOB -- Kansas City 9, Detroit 4
2B -- Butler B, Gathright J
3B -- Granderson C
HR -- Teahen M
SB -- Ordonez M, Polanco P
WP -- Davies K
T -- 2:52
A -- 40206
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