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Tigers continue fighting for playoff lives

Sep 21, 2007 - 2:04 PM Kansas City (66-86) at Detroit (83-70) 7:05 pm EDT

DETROIT (Ticker) - With their playoff lives hanging in the balance, the Detroit Tigers begin a three-game series against the Kansas City Royals on Friday.

The Tigers, who had won five in a row before getting swept in a crucial three-game set with Cleveland (90-62) during the week, are 7 1/2 games back of the Indians in the American League Central and 5 1/2 behind the wild card-leading New York Yankees (88-64).

To get that much-needed win to stay in the race, Detroit will turn to rookie Jair Jurrjens (3-1, 2.84 ERA), who will try to win his fourth straight decision. The righthander, who has never faced the Royals, is 2-0 with a 2.08 ERA in three home starts this season.

On Sunday, the 21-year-old yielded a run and two hits over 5 1/3 innings in a 6-4 victory over the Minnesota Twins.

The Royals will turn to their own rookie, Billy Buckner (1-1, 4.30), to keep them out of the AL Central basement. He downed Cleveland in his last start, a 4-3 win on Sunday in which he permitted one run and five hits over six innings for his first career win.

While he will be starting against the Tigers for the first time in his career, the righthander tossed 2 2/3 scoreless innings of relief against them on August 30.

The Royals have lost four of their last five road games.








  • AL
    FINAL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    KANSAS CITY 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 7 1
    DETROIT 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 x 5 11 1 (FINAL)

    BATTERIES: KAN - BILLY BUCKNER, LEO NUNEZ (6TH), JOHN BALE (6TH), JOEL PERALTA
    (7TH), DAVID RISKE (8TH) AND JOHN BUCK
    DET - JAIR JURRJENS, TIM BYRDAK (3RD), FERNANDO RODNEY
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    Sep 21 9:41 PM
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    roots
    RUWTbot Added 35 roots (Close Finish)

    Royals vs. TigersSep 21 9:31 PM


  • AL
    AT DETROIT - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY BRANDON INGE SCORED MAGGLIO ORDONEZ AND IVAN
    RODRIGUEZ.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, B INGE ON FIRST, S CASEY ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 4
    DETROIT 5 BOTTOM, 6TH
    DUE UP FOR DETROIT: C GRANDERSON (.300, 2-FOR-3)

    Royals vs. TigersSep 21 8:55 PM


  • AL
    AT DETROIT - SCORING UPDATE
    THREE-RUN HOME RUN BY SEAN CASEY (4) TO RIGHT WITH 1 OUT IN
    THE 5TH OFF BILLY BUCKNER SCORED IVAN RODRIGUEZ AND TIMO PEREZ.
    CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 4, DETROIT 3
    DUE UP FOR DETROIT: B INGE (.241, 0-FOR-1)

    Royals vs. TigersSep 21 8:22 PM


  • AL
    AT DETROIT - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY BILLY BUTLER SCORED MARK TEAHEN.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, B BUTLER ON FIRST, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 4
    DETROIT 0 TOP, 3RD
    DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: R GLOAD (.290, 0-FOR-1)

    Royals vs. TigersSep 21 7:43 PM


  • AL
    AT DETROIT - SCORING UPDATE
    TWO-RUN HOME RUN BY JASON SMITH (6) TO LEFT WITH 0 OUT IN
    THE 2ND OFF JAIR JURRJENS SCORED ALEX GORDON.
    CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 3, DETROIT 0
    DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: J BUCK (.230, 18 HR, 48 RBI)

    Royals vs. TigersSep 21 7:24 PM


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

    CURRENT PITCHERS: KAN - BILLY BUCKNER
    DET - JAIR JURRJENS

    DUE UP FOR DETROIT: C GRANDERSON (.298, 22 HR, 72 RBI)
    P POLANCO (.342, 9 HR, 65 RBI)
    G SHEFFIELD (.271, 25 HR,

    Royals vs. TigersSep 21 7:12 PM

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