Detroit Tigers vs Kansas City Royals
May 27, 2004 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 27, 2004 at Kauffman Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Detroit Tigers 17, Kansas City Royals 7

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Sanchez cf 6 2 4 2
Guillen ss 5 1 1 1
  Smith ss 1 0 1 1
Rodriguez c 4 1 2 3
  Munson ph,3b 2 0 0 0
White lf 4 2 3 0
  Norton ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Monroe rf 6 2 3 1
  Levine p 0 0 0 0
Inge 3b,c 6 1 2 2
Shelton dh,rf 4 2 1 0
Pena 1b 6 4 6 5
Infante 2b 4 2 4 2
Robertson p 0 0 0 0
  Dingman p 0 0 0 0
  Colyer p 0 0 0 0
Totals 49 17 27 17
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Berroa ss 5 0 0 0
Beltran cf 2 0 0 0
  Guerrero cf 2 1 1 0
Sweeney 1b 4 3 2 1
Harvey dh 5 2 3 4
Randa 3b 3 0 2 0
  Lopez 3b 1 0 0 0
Stinnett c 4 0 0 1
Relaford 2b 3 0 1 1
Berger lf 4 0 1 0
Gettis rf 3 1 0 0
  Stairs rf 0 0 0 0
Anderson p 0 0 0 0
  Huisman p 0 0 0 0
  Sullivan p 0 0 0 0
  Field p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 7 10 7
Detroit 211 062 02317270
Kansas City 000 200 2037100
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Robertson  W (4-3) 5.0 3 2 2 2 3
  Dingman   1.2 3 2 2 1 2
  Colyer   1.1 1 0 0 1 1
  Levine   1.0 3 3 3 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
7
7
4
6
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Anderson  L (1-7) 4.0 12 6 6 1 1
  Huisman   1.1 8 6 6 0 0
  Sullivan   2.1 4 2 2 1 2
  Field   1.1 3 3 3 1 2
Totals
9.0
27
17
17
3
5

  E–None.  DP–Kansas City 1.  PB–Rodriguez (1).  2B–Detroit Sanchez (5,off Anderson); White (12,off Anderson); Infante 3 (6,off Anderson,off Sullivan,off Field); Pena (5,off Huisman); Rodriguez (9,off Huisman); Inge (4,off Field), Kansas City Harvey (6,off Dingman); Berger (2,off Colyer).  3B–Kansas City Guerrero (1,off Levine).  HR–Detroit Pena 2 (8,8th inning off Sullivan 0 on, 1 out,9th inning off Field 2 on, 2 out), Kansas City Harvey (6,9th inning off Levine 1 on, 0 out).  SH–Infante (1,off Anderson); Sanchez (7,off Anderson).  SF–Infante (3,off Sullivan); Relaford (1,off Robertson).  Team LOB–11.  HBP–Relaford (2,by Robertson); Gettis (1,by Dingman).  Team–9.  HBP–Robertson (2,Relaford); Dingman (1,Gettis).  U-HP–CB Bucknor, 1B–Eric Cooper, 2B–Mike Reilly, 3B–Chuck Meriwether.  T–3:19.  A–15,475.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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