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Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Kansas City 5, Detroit 0
When: 7:05 PM ET, Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Where: Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan
Temperature: 73°
Umpires: Home - Jerry Crawford, 1B - Tom Hallion, 2B - Brian O'Nora, 3B - Paul Nauert
Attendance: 35121
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Kansas City 1003100005110
Detroit 000000000040
Team Records
 
Team W/L Home Away Streak
Kansas City 72-86 38-43 34-43 W2
Detroit 71-85 37-39 34-46 L5
Recap Quick Hits
  • With this loss, the Detroit Tigers have a 37-39 record at home this season. The Kansas City Royals have a 34-43 record on the road.
  • Detroit has a streak of 5 straight up losses. The Tigers have won 1 of their last 10 games.
  • Kansas City has a streak of 2 straight up wins. The Royals have won 8 of their last 10 games.
  • Zack Greinke pitched 7.0 innings for the win and now has an ERA of 3.47. Freddy Garcia took the loss for Detroit.
  • Mike Aviles, Ryan Shealy, Alex Gordon hit homeruns for Kansas City.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Kansas City   Detroit
Zack Greinke Player Freddy Garcia
Win W/L Loss
7.0 IP 5.0
4 Strikeouts 6
4 Hits 7
0.00 ERA 9.00
Hitting
Kansas City   Detroit
Ryan ShealyPlayer Marcus Thames
2 Hits 1
2 RBI 0
1 HR 0
6 TB 1
.667 Avg .500
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Kansas City 11 3 22 .333 15 7 5 3 0 0
Detroit 4 0 6 .129 11 5 0 2 0 0