Detroit 12, Kansas City 3
When: 7:05 PM ET, Monday, August 23, 2010
Where: Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan
Temperature:
76°
Umpires:
Home -
Tim Welke, 1B -
Jim Reynolds, 2B -
Bill Welke, 3B -
Mike DiMuro
Attendance:
30552
By SportsDirect Inc.
The Detroit Tigers broke the game open with a seven-run sixth inning and cruised to a 12-3 victory over the visiting Kansas Royals on Monday night.
Ryan Raburn, Jhonny Peralta, and Brandon Inge knocked in three runs apiece and four different Tigers (62-63) had at least two hits.
Detroit starter Jeremy Bonderman (7-9) went six innings, allowing two earned runs and striking out three and snapping a personal three-game losing streak.
Kansas City starter Bruce Chen (8-7) allowed five earned runs over 4 1/3 innings, and Jesse Chavez was battered for the seven runs in the sixth out of the bullpen.
The Royals (52-73), which tacked on a run in the ninth, had 10 hits but was just 1-for-5 with runners in scoring position.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Kansas City |
|
Detroit |
|
Bruce Chen |
Player |
Jeremy Bonderman |
|
Loss |
W/L |
Win |
|
4.1 |
IP |
6.0 |
|
2 |
Strikeouts |
3 |
|
5 |
Hits |
8 |
|
10.38 |
ERA |
3.00 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Kansas City
|
11 |
0 |
13 |
.306 |
14 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
| Detroit
|
12 |
0 |
16 |
.364 |
18 |
6 |
12 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
