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BOS 11
CHW  2

DET 10
KCR  8

(10)
MIN  5
LAA  2

NYY  7
TBD  3

NYY 17
TBD  5

OAK  4
BAL  3

TEX  8
CLE  5

TOR  1
SEA  0

ATL 14
STL  6

ARI  3
@CHC  2

FLA 11
CIN  1

LAD  8
NYM  6

SFG  8
@MIL  0

PIT  7
HOU  3

PHI 12
@SDP  4

WSN  3
COL  0

Standings at end of play this day

Comerica Park, Attendance: 43,408

Saturday, July 21, 2007, 7:06PM
Time of Game: 3:21
Royals
8
42-54
Lost 1
5th, 16½ GB
                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9  10    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -   -    -  -  -
Royals          1  0  1   0  1  2   0  1  2   0    8 12  0
Tigers          2  0  3   0  2  0   1  0  0   2   10 14  0
W: C Durbin (7-3), L: J Soria (1-3)
Winning Run scored with 1 out
Tigers
10
58-37
Won 1
1st

BATTING

Kansas City Royals           AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
D DeJesus CF                  4   1   0   1    1   1  .271  .745   21    5   0   
M Grudzielanek 2B             5   0   1   1    0   1  .290  .756   19    1   3   GDP
M Teahen RF                   5   1   2   0    0   1  .288  .768   18    4   0   2B,GDP
B Butler DH                   4   1   2   1    1   0  .339  .875   20    0   0   
R Gload 1B                    3   1   1   0    0   1  .257  .680   10    7   0   
  E German PH-3B              2   0   0   0    0   0  .281  .765    8    0   0   
A Gordon 3B-1B                5   0   0   1    0   2  .235  .677   19    3   0   
E Brown LF                    4   0   1   2    0   2  .231  .615   18    3   0   
J Buck C                      4   1   2   1    0   1  .244  .873   21    1   0   HR
  J Smith PR                  0   1   0   0    0   0  .203  .547         0   0   
  J LaRue C                   0   0   0   0    0   0  .173  .576         2   0   
T Pena SS                     4   2   3   0    0   0  .283  .670   11    1   4   

J de la Rosa P                                                           0   0
  J Peralta P                                                            0   0
  J Bale P                                                               0   0
  J Soria P                                                              1   0
Totals                       40   8  12   7    2   9              165   28   7
BATTING
2B: M Teahen (17, off J Verlander).
HR: J Buck (16, off J Verlander; 5th inn, 0 on, 0 outs to RF).
TB: J Buck 5; M Teahen 3; T Pena 3; B Butler 2; M Grudzielanek; R Gload; E Brown.
GIDP: M Teahen (14); M Grudzielanek (9).
RBI: E Brown 2 (41); J Buck (32); M Grudzielanek (32); A Gordon (32); B Butler (26); D DeJesus (36).
2-out RBI: E Brown 2; B Butler.
Team LOB: 4.
With RISP: 3 for 11.
FIELDING
DP: 1. M Grudzielanek-T Pena-R Gload.
Detroit Tigers               AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
R Raburn CF                   3   1   1   1    0   0  .400 1.338   12    0   0   HR
  C Granderson CF             2   0   1   0    0   0  .295  .909    5    1   0   
P Polanco 2B                  5   2   2   1    0   0  .331  .808   18    4   4   HR
G Sheffield RF                4   2   3   1    1   0  .306  .973   13    2   0   2B
M Ordonez DH                  4   2   2   0    1   1  .360 1.035   21    0   0   2B,GDP,IW
C Monroe LF                   5   1   2   4    0   1  .222  .663   19    5   0   HR,2B
I Rodriguez C                 5   0   1   1    0   0  .285  .731   14    8   1   
S Casey 1B                    4   0   1   0    1   0  .297  .763   22    9   1   
  T Perez PR                  0   1   0   0    0   0  .143  .393         0   0   
B Inge 3B                     5   1   1   2    0   1  .243  .742   13    0   6   HR
O Infante SS                  4   0   0   0    0   0  .260  .605   14    1   1   

J Verlander P                                                            0   0
  J Grilli P                                                             0   0
  M McBride P                                                            0   0
  Z Miner P                                                              0   0
  T Jones P                                                              0   1
  C Durbin P                                                             0   0
Totals                       41  10  14  10    3   3              151   30  14
BATTING
2B: G Sheffield (17, off J de la Rosa); M Ordonez (37, off J de la Rosa); C Monroe (19, off J de la Rosa).
HR: R Raburn (1, off J de la Rosa; 1st inn, 0 on, 0 outs to LF); P Polanco (4, off J Peralta; 7th inn, 0 on, 0 outs to LF); B Inge (12, off J Soria; 10th inn, 1 on, 1 out to LF); C Monroe (10, off J de la Rosa; 3rd inn, 2 on, 2 outs to LF).
IBB: M Ordonez (5, by J de la Rosa).
TB: C Monroe 6; P Polanco 5; R Raburn 4; B Inge 4; G Sheffield 4; M Ordonez 3; I Rodriguez; C Granderson; S Casey.
GIDP: M Ordonez (12).
RBI: C Monroe 4 (48); B Inge 2 (46); I Rodriguez (47); G Sheffield (65); P Polanco (41); R Raburn (2).
2-out RBI: C Monroe 4; I Rodriguez.
Team LOB: 6.
With RISP: 3 for 8.
FIELDING
DP: 2. P Polanco-S Casey-O Infante-P Polanco; B Inge-P Polanco-S Casey.
PB: I Rodriguez (5).

PITCHING

Kansas City Royals            IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
J de la Rosa                   4.1   7   7   7    2   1   2   5.61   22   79-47   27· 7·13    6· 6· 6· 1     20    -     0.69  -0.40
J Peralta                      2.2   3   1   1    0   0   1   3.75   10   33-21   17· 1· 3    3· 5· 2· 0          2-1    0.45  -0.03
J Bale                         1     1   0   0    1   0   0   0.00    5   17-10    6· 0· 4    1· 3· 0· 0          0-0    0.68  -0.06
J Soria, L (1-3)               1.1   3   2   2    0   2   1   2.34    7   22-16   10· 5· 1    2· 2· 1· 0          1-0    3.14  -0.13
Totals                         9.1  14  10  10    3   3   4          44  151-94   60·13·21   12·16· 9· 1          3-1 
Detroit Tigers                IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
J Verlander                    5.2   7   5   4    2   7   1   3.40   25   96-65   35·17·13    3· 9· 4· 0     42    -     1.11  -0.12
J Grilli, H (9)                1.1   0   0   0    0   1   0   5.56    4   16-11    6· 2· 3    1· 2· 0· 0          1-0    1.08   0.11
M McBride                      0     2   1   1    0   0   0   3.57    2    8-5     3· 0· 2    1· 0· 1· 0          0-0    1.34  -0.12
Z Miner, H (6)                 1     0   0   0    0   0   0   2.70    3   10-6     3· 3· 0    2· 1· 0· 0          2-1    2.11   0.13
T Jones, BS (5)                1     3   2   2    0   0   0   5.01    5   14-10    6· 3· 1    3· 0· 2· 0          0-0    3.26  -0.27
C Durbin, W (7-3)              1     0   0   0    0   1   0   4.01    3   12-9     2· 2· 5    1· 0· 1· 0          0-0    1.89   0.15
Totals                        10    12   8   7    2   9   1          42  156-106  55·27·24   11·12· 8· 0          3-1 
J Bale faced 1 batter in the 9th inning.
M McBride faced 2 batters in the 8th inning.
Balks: None.
WP: J Verlander 2 (14); J Grilli (4).
IBB: J de la Rosa (5; M Ordonez).
HBP: None.

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Paul Emmel, 1B - Dan Iassogna, 2B - Dale Scott, 3B - Ron Kulpa.
Time of Game: 3:21.
Attendance: 43,408.
Field Condition: Unknown.
Weather: 71° F, Wind 12mph in from Centerfield, Sunny.

LINEUPS

   Kansas City Royals            Detroit Tigers                       
1. D DeJesus            CF    1. R Raburn             CF 
2. M Grudzielanek       2B    2. P Polanco            2B 
3. M Teahen             RF    3. G Sheffield          RF 
4. B Butler             DH    4. M Ordonez            DH 
5. R Gload              1B    5. C Monroe             LF 
6. A Gordon             3B    6. I Rodriguez          C  
7. E Brown              LF    7. S Casey              1B 
8. J Buck               C     8. B Inge               3B 
9. T Pena               SS    9. O Infante            SS 

   J de la Rosa         P        J Verlander          P  

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   b10   1  8-8  1--  1   36% 100% B Inge          J Soria         Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); Perez Scores
   t 9   1  8-7  -2-  2  -27%  50% M Grudzielanek  T Jones         Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B); Pena Scores
   b 3   2  2-2  12-  1   26%  81% C Monroe        J de la Rosa    Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); Sheffield Scores; Ordonez Scores
   t 9   0  8-6  1--  1  -15%  69% T Pena          T Jones         Single to RF (Line Drive to Deep 1B); Smith to 3B
   t 9   1  8-8  1--  4   15%  65% M Teahen        T Jones         Ground Ball Double Play: 2B-1B-SS-2B (Weak 2B)

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Royals Batting, Tied 0-0, Justin Verlander facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
          ---  6   47%  D DeJesus       Walk
          1--      44%  M Grudzielanek  Wild Pitch; DeJesus to 2B
   O      -2-  6   46%  " "             Strikeout Swinging; DeJesus to 3B
   O      --3  4   51%  M Teahen        Strikeout Swinging
   R      --3  1   43%  B Butler        Single to CF (Line Drive to Short CF); DeJesus Scores
   O      1--  5   45%  R Gload         Strikeout Swinging
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Royals 1, Tigers 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Tigers Batting, Behind 0-1, Jorge de la Rosa facing 1-2-3
   R      ---  2   55%  R Raburn        Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
   O      ---  6   53%  P Polanco       Groundout: 1B unassisted (2B-1B)
   O      ---  1   51%  G Sheffield     Lineout: LF (Deep LF)
          ---  3   53%  M Ordonez       Double to RF (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
   R      -2-  7   63%  C Monroe        Ground-rule Double; Ordonez Scores
   O      -2-  2   60%  I Rodriguez     Lineout: 1B (2B-1B)
                  2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Royals 1, Tigers 2.

Top of the 2nd, Royals Batting, Behind 1-2, Justin Verlander facing 6-7-8
   O      ---  5   62%  A Gordon        Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  3   64%  E Brown         Strikeout Looking
   O      ---  6   65%  J Buck          Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak SS)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Tigers 2.

Bottom of the 2nd, Tigers Batting, Ahead 2-1, Jorge de la Rosa facing 7-8-9
   O      ---  4   63%  S Casey         Lineout: 3B (Weak SS)
   O      ---  5   62%  B Inge          Strikeout Looking
   O      ---  3   61%  O Infante       Flyball: CF
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Tigers 2.

Top of the 3rd, Royals Batting, Behind 1-2, Justin Verlander facing 9-1-2
          ---  4   56%  T Pena          Single to RF (Line Drive to Deep 2B-1B)
   O      1--  4   60%  D DeJesus       Strikeout Swinging
   O      1--  5   64%  M Grudzielanek  Flyball: RF (Deep RF)
          1--  3   60%  M Teahen        Double to RF (Fly Ball to Deep 2B-1B); Pena to 3B
   R      -23      52%  B Butler        Passed Ball; Pena Scores/unER; Teahen to 3B
   O      --3  4   56%  " "             Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak SS)
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Royals 2, Tigers 2.

Bottom of the 3rd, Tigers Batting, Tied 2-2, Jorge de la Rosa facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  5   53%  R Raburn        Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---  3   51%  P Polanco       Lineout: CF (CF-RF)
          ---  5   53%  G Sheffield     Walk
          1--  4   55%  M Ordonez       Single to RF (Ground Ball thru 2B-1B); Sheffield to 2B
   RRR    12-  1   81%  C Monroe        Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); Sheffield Scores; Ordonez Scores
   O      ---  2   80%  I Rodriguez     Lineout: LF
                  3 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Tigers 5.

Top of the 4th, Royals Batting, Behind 2-5, Justin Verlander facing 5-6-7
   O      ---  1   83%  R Gload         Popfly: SS (Weak SS)
   O      ---  2   84%  A Gordon        Flyball: LF (LF-CF)
   O      ---  3   85%  E Brown         Strikeout Looking
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Tigers 5.

Bottom of the 4th, Tigers Batting, Ahead 5-2, Jorge de la Rosa facing 7-8-9
   O      ---  4   84%  S Casey         Groundout: SS-1B (Weak SS)
   O      ---  4   83%  B Inge          Groundout: SS-1B (Weak SS)
   O      ---  2   83%  O Infante       Flyball: RF (RF Line)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Tigers 5.

Top of the 5th, Royals Batting, Behind 2-5, Justin Verlander facing 8-9-1
   R      ---  4   74%  J Buck          Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
          ---  2   69%  T Pena          Single to CF (Fly Ball to Short CF)
   O      1--  1   74%  D DeJesus       Flyball: LF (LF-CF)
   OO     1--  4   81%  M Grudzielanek  Ground Ball Double Play: 3B-2B-1B (Weak 3B)
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Royals 3, Tigers 5.

Bottom of the 5th, Tigers Batting, Ahead 5-3, Jorge de la Rosa facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  5   79%  R Raburn        Popfly: 2B (2B-1B)
          ---  5   81%  P Polanco       Single to LF (Ground Ball thru Weak 3B)
   R      1--  2   88%  G Sheffield     Double to CF (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); Polanco Scores
          -2-  4   89%  M Ordonez       Intentional Walk
                  Joel Peralta replaces Jorge de la Rosa pitching
   O      12-  6   87%  C Monroe        Flyball: CF (CF-RF)
   R      12-  3   92%  I Rodriguez     Single to LF (Ground Ball thru Weak 3B); Sheffield Scores; Ordonez to 2B
   O      12-  3   91%  S Casey         Lineout: CF
                  2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Royals 3, Tigers 7.

Top of the 6th, Royals Batting, Behind 3-7, Justin Verlander facing 3-4-5
                  Curtis Granderson replaces Ryan Raburn playing CF batting 1st
   O      ---  3   93%  M Teahen        Flyball: LF (LF-CF)
          ---  6   91%  B Butler        Walk
          1--  4   88%  R Gload         Single to CF (Line Drive to Short CF); Butler to 2B
   O      12-  6   92%  A Gordon        Flyball: LF (Short LF)
          12-      90%  E Brown         Wild Pitch; Butler to 3B; Gload to 2B
   RR     -23  4   81%  " "             Single to CF (Line Drive to Short CF); Butler Scores; Gload Scores
                  Jason Grilli replaces Justin Verlander pitching
          1--      80%  J Buck          Wild Pitch; Brown to 2B
   O      -2-  5   84%  " "             Strikeout Swinging
                  2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Royals 5, Tigers 7.

Bottom of the 6th, Tigers Batting, Ahead 7-5, Joel Peralta facing 8-9-1
   O      ---  1   82%  B Inge          Flyball: LF (Deep LF Line)
   O      ---  4   81%  O Infante       Flyball: CF (Deep CF)
   O      ---  4   81%  C Granderson    Groundout: SS-1B (Weak SS-2B)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Royals 5, Tigers 7.

Top of the 7th, Royals Batting, Behind 5-7, Jason Grilli facing 9-1-2
   O      ---  4   84%  T Pena          Flyball: LF (Deep LF-CF)
   O      ---  6   87%  D DeJesus       Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak 3B)
   O      ---  1   88%  M Grudzielanek  Flyball: CF (Short CF)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Royals 5, Tigers 7.

Bottom of the 7th, Tigers Batting, Ahead 7-5, Joel Peralta facing 2-3-4
   R      ---  2   94%  P Polanco       Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
          ---  2   95%  G Sheffield     Single to LF (Line Drive to Short LF-CF)
   OO     1--  6   93%  M Ordonez       Ground Ball Double Play: 2B-SS-1B
   O      ---  2   92%  C Monroe        Popfly: 3B (Weak 3B)
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Royals 5, Tigers 8.

Top of the 8th, Royals Batting, Behind 5-8, Macay McBride facing 3-4-5
                  Macay McBride replaces Jason Grilli pitching
          ---  4   88%  M Teahen        Single to 2B (Ground Ball to Weak SS-2B)
          1--  4   80%  B Butler        Single to CF (Line Drive to Short CF); Teahen to 2B
                  Zach Miner replaces Macay McBride pitching; Esteban German pinch hits for Ross Gload batting 5th
   O      12-  2   86%  E German        Groundout: 3B-2B/Forceout at 2B (Weak SS); Teahen to 3B; German to 1B
   RO     1-3  3   90%  A Gordon        Groundout: 3B-2B/Forceout at 2B (Weak 3B); Teahen Scores; Gordon to 1B
   O      1--  5   94%  E Brown         Flyball: RF (Deep CF-RF)
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Royals 6, Tigers 8.

Bottom of the 8th, Tigers Batting, Ahead 8-6, John Bale facing 6-7-8
                  John Bale replaces Joel Peralta pitching; Alex Gordon moves to 1B; Esteban German moves to 3B
   O      ---  2   93%  I Rodriguez     Groundout: 2B-1B
          ---  7   94%  S Casey         Walk
   O      1--  2   93%  B Inge          Flyball: RF (Short RF Line)
   O      1--  5   92%  O Infante       Flyball: RF
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Royals 6, Tigers 8.

Top of the 9th, Royals Batting, Behind 6-8, Todd Jones facing 8-9-1
                  Todd Jones replaces Zach Miner pitching
          ---  3   84%  J Buck          Single to RF (Line Drive to Deep 1B)
                  Jason Smith pinch runs for John Buck batting 8th
          1--  1   69%  T Pena          Single to RF (Line Drive to Deep 1B); Smith to 3B
   RO     1-3  4   77%  D DeJesus       Groundout: P-2B-1B (Weak 2B); Smith Scores; Pena to 2B
   R      -2-  2   50%  M Grudzielanek  Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B); Pena Scores
   OO     1--  4   65%  M Teahen        Ground Ball Double Play: 2B-1B-SS-2B (Weak 2B)
                  2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Royals 8, Tigers 8.

Bottom of the 9th, Tigers Batting, Tied 8-8, John Bale facing 1-2-3
                  Jason LaRue replaces Jason Smith playing C batting 8th
          ---  1   72%  C Granderson    Single to LF (Fly Ball to Deep SS)
                  Joakim Soria replaces John Bale pitching
   O      1--  2   64%  P Polanco       Foul Bunt Popfly: P (Behind Home)
          1--  3   72%  G Sheffield     Single to 3B (Ground Ball to Weak SS); Granderson to 2B
   O      12-  4   62%  M Ordonez       Strikeout Swinging
   O      12-  3   50%  C Monroe        Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Royals 8, Tigers 8.

Top of the 10th, Royals Batting, Tied 8-8, Chad Durbin facing 4-5-6
                  Chad Durbin replaces Todd Jones pitching
   O      ---  3   56%  B Butler        Lineout: 1B
   O      ---  6   61%  E German        Groundout: 2B-1B (SS-2B)
   O      ---  3   65%  A Gordon        Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Royals 8, Tigers 8.

Bottom of the 10th, Tigers Batting, Tied 8-8, Joakim Soria facing 6-7-8
   O      ---  5   59%  I Rodriguez     Flyball: RF
          ---  4   64%  S Casey         Single to CF (Line Drive to Deep SS-2B)
                  Timo Perez pinch runs for Sean Casey batting 7th
   RR     1--  1  100%  B Inge          Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); Perez Scores
        2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Royals 8, Tigers 10.

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