Kansas City Royals vs Detroit Tigers
September 9, 2005 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 9, 2005 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 12, Detroit Tigers 2

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Guiel cf 5 3 3 2
Long lf 3 1 1 1
  Ambres ph,lf 2 1 1 1
Brown rf 5 1 2 3
Stairs dh 4 0 2 2
  Diaz ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Berroa ss 4 0 2 1
  Murphy 2b 1 0 0 0
Teahen 3b 5 1 1 0
Buck c 5 1 2 1
Huber 1b 5 3 3 1
Blanco 2b,ss 4 1 1 0
Greinke p 0 0 0 0
  Snyder p 0 0 0 0
  Demaria p 0 0 0 0
Totals 44 12 18 12
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Polanco 2b 3 0 1 0
  McDonald 2b 1 0 0 0
Shelton 1b 4 1 2 0
Rodriguez c 3 0 2 0
  Wilson ph,c 1 0 1 0
Ordonez rf 3 0 0 1
  Logan cf 1 0 0 0
Pena dh 4 1 2 1
Monroe lf,rf 4 0 0 0
Inge 3b 4 0 1 0
Infante ss 4 0 0 0
Granderson cf,lf 3 0 1 0
Douglass p 0 0 0 0
  German p 0 0 0 0
  Creek p 0 0 0 0
  Ginter p 0 0 0 0
  Darensbourg p 0 0 0 0
  Walker p 0 0 0 0
  Rodney p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 2 10 2
Kansas City 130 330 11012181
Detroit 000 100 0012100
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Greinke  W (4-16) 5.2 5 1 1 0 3
  Snyder   2.1 4 0 0 0 2
  Demaria   1.0 1 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
2
2
0
6
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Douglass  L (5-4) 2.0 4 4 4 1 4
  German   1.1 2 1 1 1 2
  Creek   0.1 2 2 2 1 0
  Ginter   1.0 4 3 3 0 1
  Darensbourg   1.1 4 1 1 0 0
  Walker   2.0 1 1 1 0 1
  Rodney   1.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
18
12
12
4
9

  E–Berroa (18).  DP–Kansas City 2. Berroa-Blanco-Huber, Blanco-Berroa-Huber.  2B–Kansas City Stairs (24,off Douglass); Huber (2,off Douglass); Brown (30,off Ginter); Guiel (3,off Darensbourg); Ambres (5,off Darensbourg).  3B–Kansas City Long (3,off Creek).  HR–Kansas City Guiel (2,2nd inning off Douglass 1 on 2 out); Buck (10,8th inning off Walker 0 on 1 out), Detroit Pena (11,9th inning off Demaria 0 on 0 out).  SH–Blanco (2,off German).  HBP–Ambres (2,by Ginter).  Team LOB–11.  Team–6.  U-HP–Mike Everitt, 1B–Tim Timmons, 2B–Tim McClelland, 3B–Chuck Meriwether.  T–3:11.  A–23,950.
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