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Tigers 8 @ Royals 5
Kauffman Stadium
May 23, 2006

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Kansas City Royals and the Detroit Tigers, played on May 23, 2006 at Kauffman Stadium. The home team Royals were bested by the visiting Tigers with a score of 8 to 5.

Game Summary

DateMay 23, 2006 
Visiting Team
Detroit Tigers
R: 8 H: 17 E: 0 LOB: 10
Runs: 8
Hits: 17
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 10
Home Team
Kansas City Royals
R: 5 H: 11 E: 0 LOB: 7
Runs: 5
Hits: 11
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 7
Winning PitcherJoel Zumaya  
Losing PitcherElmer Dessens  
SaveTodd Jones  
Game Winning RBICurtis Granderson 

Game Info

DateMay 23, 2006 
Day of WeekTue 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamDetroit Tigers 
Home TeamKansas City Royals 
Visiting Starting PitcherKenny Rogers  
Home Starting PitcherRunelvys Hernandez  
BallparkKauffman Stadium 
CityKansas City 
StateMO 
Attendance15,556 
Time of Game3 hours 9 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Phil Cuzzi
1B: Jerry Crawford
2B: Chuck Meriwether
3B: Brian O'Nora

Detroit Tigers Lineup 

Name  Position 
Curtis Granderson  Center Fielder 
Placido Polanco  Second Baseman 
Ivan Rodriguez  Catcher 
Magglio Ordonez  Right Fielder 
Carlos Guillen  Shortstop 
Chris Shelton  First Baseman 
Craig Monroe  Left Fielder 
Omar Infante  DH 
Brandon Inge  Third Baseman 
Jim Leyland  Manager 

Kansas City Royals Lineup 

Name  Position 
Esteban German  Third Baseman 
Mark Grudzielanek  Second Baseman 
Reggie Sanders  Right Fielder 
Emil Brown  Left Fielder 
Tony Graffanino  DH 
Angel Berroa  Shortstop 
Doug Mientkiewicz  First Baseman 
John Buck  Catcher 
Aaron Guiel  Center Fielder 
Buddy Bell  Manager 

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Tigers 8 @ Royals 5
Kauffman Stadium
May 23, 2006

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 5/23/2006 -- Detroit at Kansas City (N)

  Detroit            AB  R  H RBI    Kansas City        AB  R  H RBI
Granderson C, cf      4  1  3  3   German E, 3b          5  0  2  0   
Polanco P, 2b         5  0  2  1   Grudzielanek M, 2b    4  3  3  2   
Rodriguez I, c        5  0  0  0   Sanders R, rf         5  1  1  2   
Ordonez M, rf         5  1  2  0   Brown E, lf           3  1  1  1   
Guillen C, ss         5  2  3  2   Graffanino T, dh      4  0  0  0   
Shelton C, 1b         4  0  1  0   Berroa A, ss          4  0  1  0   
Monroe C, lf          4  1  2  1   Mientkiewicz D, 1b    3  0  0  0   
Infante O, dh         4  1  2  0   Buck J, c             4  0  2  0   
Inge B, 3b            5  2  2  1   Guiel A, cf           4  0  1  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     41  8 17  8                        36  5 11  5

Detroit          000 002 141 --  8
Kansas City      103 000 100 --  5

  Detroit              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Rogers K              6.1 10  5  5  1  1
Zumaya J (W)          1.2  0  0  0  1  2
Jones T (S)           1.0  1  0  0  0  0

  Kansas City          IP  H  R ER BB SO
Hernandez R           5.1  8  2  2  3  4
Burgos A              2.1  2  2  2  1  3
Dessens E (L)         0.1  4  3  3  0  0
Peralta J             1.0  3  1  1  0  2

DP -- Kansas City 2
LOB -- Detroit 10, Kansas City 7
2B -- Berroa A, Granderson C 2, Guillen C, German E
HR -- Grudzielanek M 2, Sanders R, Brown E, Guillen C
SB -- Guillen C
CS -- Infante O
HBP -- by Rogers K (Mientkiewicz D)
T -- 3:09
A -- 15556

    

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