Kansas City Royals vs Detroit Tigers
September 9, 2004 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 9, 2004 at Comerica Park. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Kansas City Royals 26, Detroit Tigers 5

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
DeJesus cf 5 4 2 3
Berroa ss 5 4 4 5
  Guerrero ss 1 0 0 0
Nunez rf 4 3 1 2
  Gomez rf 2 0 0 0
Stairs 1b 6 1 1 2
Randa 3b 7 6 6 2
Pickering dh 5 2 3 3
Brown lf 6 2 4 3
Castillo c 4 2 3 4
  Phillips c 2 1 1 0
Gotay 2b 5 1 1 1
Greinke p 0 0 0 0
  George p 0 0 0 0
  MacDougal p 0 0 0 0
Totals 52 26 26 25
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Logan cf 5 0 0 1
Higginson rf 4 0 2 1
  Thames rf 1 0 0 0
Rodriguez c 1 0 0 0
  Shelton ph,c 2 0 0 0
White dh 3 1 1 1
  Munson ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Guillen ss 1 1 1 0
  Infante 2b 3 0 1 0
Pena 1b 3 0 0 0
Monroe lf 4 1 2 2
Inge 3b 4 1 2 0
Smith 2b,ss 4 1 1 0
Johnson p 0 0 0 0
  Urdaneta p 0 0 0 0
  German p 0 0 0 0
  Dingman p 0 0 0 0
  Ennis p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 5 10 5
Kansas City 4211 205 01126260
Detroit 020 100 1015102
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Greinke  W (8-9) 5.0 6 3 3 1 3
  George   3.0 3 1 1 1 2
  MacDougal   1.0 1 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
5
5
2
6
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Johnson  L (8-13) 2.1 6 11 9 4 3
  Urdaneta   0.0 5 6 6 1 0
  German   1.2 6 2 2 1 1
  Dingman   1.2 3 4 4 2 1
  Ennis   3.1 6 3 3 0 1
Totals
9.0
26
26
24
8
6

  E–Logan (1), Smith (4).  2B–Kansas City Randa (25,off Johnson); Castillo (6,off Johnson); DeJesus (11,off Dingman); Gotay (5,off Ennis); Pickering (2,off Ennis), Detroit Higginson (20,off George).  3B–Kansas City Berroa (6,off Johnson), Detroit Smith (3,off MacDougal).  HR–Kansas City Berroa (7,6th inning off Ennis 2 on, 2 out), Detroit Monroe (15,2nd inning off Greinke 1 on, 1 out); White (19,4th inning off Greinke 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Stairs (3,off Johnson); Pickering (1,off Johnson).  Team LOB–9.  Team–6.  CS–Inge (4,2nd base by Greinke/Castillo).  WP–Johnson (5).  U-HP–Ted Barrett, 1B–Mike Fichter, 2B–Ed Rapuano, 3B–James Hoye.  T–3:11.
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