Tigers 6 - 5 Royals
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Maroth, Tigers aim to even series with Royals

Apr 7, 2007 - 3:32 PM Detroit (1-2) at Kansas City (2-2), 2:10 pm EDT

KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Ticker) -- Mike Maroth and the American League champion Detroit Tigers may still be suffering from a honeymoon hangover.

Maroth takes the mound for the first time in over 10 months Saturday when the Tigers visit the Kansas City Royals.

Detroit went 95-67 last season en route to the AL wild card and an appearance in the World Series.

But the Tigers have dropped two of their first three games this season, including Friday's 3-1 loss to the Royals in the opener of this three-game series.

The lefthanded Maroth missed most of last season due to surgery to remove bone chips from his left elbow. He went 5-2 with a 4.19 ERA last season and has not pitched since working just one-third of an inning here on May 25.

Kansas City counters with Gil Meche (1-0, 1.23 ERA) who signed a five-year, 55 million dollar contract in the offseason.

Meche was brilliant in his Royals debut, going 7 1/3 innings on Opening Day to lead Kansas City to a 7-1 victory over the Boston Red Sox.








  • AL
    FINAL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    DETROIT 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 6 8 1
    KANSAS CITY 0 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 10 0 (FINAL)

    BATTERIES: DET - MIKE MAROTH, JASON GRILLI (6TH), JOEL ZUMAYA (7TH), TODD JONES
    (9TH) AND IVAN RODRIGUEZ
    KAN - GIL MECHE, JOEL PERALTA (8TH) AND JOHN BUCK,
    JASON LARUE (9TH)

    Apr 7 4:52 PM
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    Tigers vs. RoyalsApr 7 4:45 PM


  • AL
    AT KANSAS CITY - MID INNING UPDATE
    PLAY: J Zumaya relieved J Grilli.
    SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 0 OUTS
    CURRENT SCORE: DETROIT 6
    KANSAS CITY 5 BOTTOM, 7TH
    DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: T Pena Jr (.333, 1-FOR-2)

    Apr 7 4:09 PM


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    AT KANSAS CITY - PITCHING CHANGE
    DET: JOEL ZUMAYA (0-0, 0.00) STARTING THE 7TH
    CURRENT SCORE: DETROIT 6, KANSAS CITY 5
    DUE UP FOR KANSASCITY: T PENA JR (.333, 1-FOR-2)

    Apr 7 4:09 PM


  • AL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    DETROIT 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 6 8 0
    KANSAS CITY 0 1 3 0 0 1 5 8 0 (BOT 7)

    CURRENT PITCHERS: DET - JASON GRILLI
    KAN - GIL MECHE

    DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: T PENA JR (.333, 1-FOR-2)
    D DEJESUS (.294, 1-FOR-2, BB)
    M GRUDZIELANEK (.188, 0-FOR-3, RBI)

    Apr 7 4:07 PM


  • AL
    AT KANSAS CITY - SCORING UPDATE
    DOUBLE BY ESTEBAN GERMAN SCORED REGGIE SANDERS.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, E GERMAN ON SECOND, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: DETROIT 6
    KANSAS CITY 5 BOTTOM, 6TH
    DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: R SHEALY (.000, 0-FOR-1, HBP)

    Tigers vs. RoyalsApr 7 3:51 PM


  • AL
    AT KANSAS CITY - SCORING UPDATE
    SOLO HOME RUN BY CURTIS GRANDERSON (2) TO RIGHT WITH 0 OUT
    IN THE 5TH OFF GIL MECHE.
    CURRENT SCORE: DETROIT 6, KANSAS CITY 4
    DUE UP FOR DETROIT: P POLANCO (.500, 1-FOR-2)

    Apr 7 3:25 PM


  • AL
    AT KANSAS CITY - SCORING UPDATE
    SOLO HOME RUN BY CURTIS GRANDERSON (2) TO RIGHT WITH 0 OUT
    IN THE 5TH OFF GIL MECHE.
    CURRENT SCORE: DETROIT 6, KANSAS CITY 4
    DUE UP FOR DETROIT: P POLANCO (.500, 1-FOR-2)

    Tigers vs. RoyalsApr 7 3:25 PM


  • AL
    AT KANSAS CITY - SCORING UPDATE
    TWO-RUN HOME RUN BY REGGIE SANDERS (1) TO LEFT WITH 2 OUT
    IN THE 3RD OFF MIKE MAROTH SCORED DAVID DEJESUS.
    CURRENT SCORE: DETROIT 4, KANSAS CITY 4
    DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: E BROWN (.125, 0-FOR-1)

    Tigers vs. RoyalsApr 7 3:03 PM


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    AT KANSAS CITY - SCORING UPDATE
    GROUND OUT BY MARK GRUDZIELANEK SCORED TONY PENA JR.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, D DEJESUS ON SECOND, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: DETROIT 4
    KANSAS CITY 2 BOTTOM, 3RD
    DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: M SWEENEY (.167, 0-FOR-1)

    Tigers vs. RoyalsApr 7 3:00 PM


  • AL
    AT KANSAS CITY - SCORING UPDATE
    SACRIFICE FLY BY MAGGLIO ORDONEZ SCORED PLACIDO POLANCO.
    SITUATION: 3 RUNS IN, G SHEFFIELD ON THIRD, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: DETROIT 4
    KANSAS CITY 1 TOP, 3RD
    DUE UP FOR DETROIT: C GUILLEN (.214, 0-FOR-1)

    Tigers vs. RoyalsApr 7 2:53 PM


  • AL
    AT KANSAS CITY - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY GARY SHEFFIELD SCORED CURTIS GRANDERSON.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, G SHEFFIELD ON SECOND, P POLANCO ON THIRD, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: DETROIT 3
    KANSAS CITY 1 TOP, 3RD
    DUE UP FOR DETROIT: M ORDONEZ (.182, 0-FOR-1)

    Tigers vs. RoyalsApr 7 2:49 PM


  • AL
    AT KANSAS CITY - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY CURTIS GRANDERSON SCORED CRAIG MONROE.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, C GRANDERSON ON FIRST, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: DETROIT 2
    KANSAS CITY 1 TOP, 3RD
    DUE UP FOR DETROIT: P POLANCO (.467, 0-FOR-1)

    Tigers vs. RoyalsApr 7 2:44 PM


  • AL
    AT KANSAS CITY - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY ESTEBAN GERMAN SCORED REGGIE SANDERS.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, E GERMAN ON FIRST, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: DETROIT 1
    KANSAS CITY 1 BOTTOM, 2ND
    DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: R SHEALY (.000, 0 HR, 1 RBI)

    Apr 7 2:34 PM


  • AL
    AT KANSAS CITY - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY ESTEBAN GERMAN SCORED REGGIE SANDERS.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, E GERMAN ON FIRST, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: DETROIT 1
    KANSAS CITY 1 BOTTOM, 2ND
    DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: R SHEALY (.000, 0 HR, 1 RBI)

    Tigers vs. RoyalsApr 7 2:34 PM


  • AL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    DETROIT 1 0 1 2 0
    KANSAS CITY 0 0 0 0 (BOT 2)

    CURRENT PITCHERS: DET - MIKE MAROTH
    KAN - GIL MECHE

    DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: R SANDERS (.000, 0 HR, 0 RBI)
    E BROWN (.143, 0 HR, 0 RBI)
    E GERMAN (.500, 0 HR, 0 RBI)

    Apr 7 2:26 PM


  • AL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    DETROIT 1 1 1 0
    KANSAS CITY 0 0 0 (BOT 1)

    CURRENT PITCHERS: DET - MIKE MAROTH
    KAN - GIL MECHE

    DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: D DEJESUS (.267, 1 HR, 2 RBI)
    M GRUDZIELANEK (.231, 0 HR, 4 RBI)
    M SWEENEY (.182, 0

    Tigers vs. RoyalsApr 7 2:13 PM

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