Royals 6 - 2 Tigers
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Royals visit slumping Tigers

Sep 22, 2008 - 4:17 PM Kansas City (70-86) at Detroit (71-83), 7:05 p.m. EDT

DETROIT (Ticker) -- The Detroit Tigers were supposed to contend for the American League Central. Instead, they are flirting with last place in the division.

Losers of nine of its last 10 games, Detroit opens a three-game series with the Kansas City Royals on Monday.

The Tigers are only two games ahead of the Royals for fourth place in the AL Central. Detroit was swept by Cleveland over the weekend.

Zach Miner (8-4, 4.16 ERA) will hope to stop the Tigers' slide. The righthander is 3-0 over his last eight starts, and allowed two runs over 7 1/3 innings against Texas on Tuesday.

Kansas City will counter with Gil Meche (12-11, 4.08). Meche threw seven solid innings in his last outing, allowing two runs in a victory against Seattle on Wednesday.

The Royals won the first six meetings this season, but the Tigers have captured seven of the last nine.








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

    BATTERIES: KAN - GIL MECHE, RAMON RAMIREZ (7TH), JOHN BALE (9TH) AND JOHN BUCK
    DET - ZACH MINER, CLAY RAPADA (7TH), GARY GLOVER (7TH),
    BOBBY SEAY (7TH), AQUILINO LOPEZ (8TH) A

    Sep 22 10:05 PM


  • AL
    AT DETROIT - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY DAVID DEJESUS SCORED JASON SMITH.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, D DEJESUS ON FIRST, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 6
    DETROIT 2 TOP, 8TH
    DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: M AVILES (.320, 2-FOR-4, 2 RBI)

    Royals 6, Tigers 2  Top 8, 0 OutsSep 22 9:38 PM


  • AL
    AT DETROIT - SCORING UPDATE
    WILD PITCH BY BOBBY SEAY ALLOWED ALEX GORDON TO SCORE.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, J SMITH ON FIRST, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 5
    DETROIT 2 TOP, 8TH
    DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: A CALLASPO (.315, 1-FOR-2, BB)

    Royals 5, Tigers 2  Top 8, 0 OutsSep 22 9:36 PM


  • AL
    AT DETROIT - SCORING UPDATE
    BASES LOADED WALK TO RYAN SHEALY SCORED ALBERTO CALLASPO.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, R SHEALY ON FIRST, J GUILLEN ON SECOND, D
    DEJESUS ON THIRD, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 4
    DETROIT 2 TOP, 7TH
    DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: M TEAHEN (.255, 0-FOR-3)

    Royals 4, Tigers 2  Top 7, 0 OutsSep 22 9:11 PM


  • AL
    AT DETROIT - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY JEFF LARISH SCORED CURTIS GRANDERSON.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, J LARISH ON FIRST, P POLANCO ON THIRD, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 3
    DETROIT 2 BOTTOM, 6TH
    DUE UP FOR DETROIT: M JOYCE (.262, 0-FOR-2)

    Royals 3, Tigers 2  Bot 6, 0 OutsSep 22 8:51 PM


  • AL
    AT DETROIT - SCORING UPDATE
    SACRIFICE FLY BY MAGGLIO ORDONEZ SCORED DUSTY RYAN.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, P POLANCO ON FIRST, C GRANDERSON ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 3
    DETROIT 1 BOTTOM, 6TH
    DUE UP FOR DETROIT: J LARISH (.241, 0-FOR-1)

    Royals 3, Tigers 1  Bot 6, 0 OutsSep 22 8:47 PM


  • AL
    AT DETROIT - SCORING UPDATE
    RYAN SHEALY HIT INTO DOUBLE PLAY SCORING DAVID DEJESUS.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, M AVILES ON THIRD, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 3
    DETROIT 0 TOP, 5TH
    DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: M TEAHEN (.255, 0-FOR-2)

    Royals 3, Tigers 0  Top 5, 0 OutsSep 22 8:23 PM


  • AL
    AT DETROIT - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY MIKE AVILES SCORED ALBERTO CALLASPO.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, M AVILES ON FIRST, D DEJESUS ON THIRD, 0 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 2
    DETROIT 0 TOP, 5TH
    DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: J GUILLEN (.268, 1-FOR-1, BB)

    Royals 2, Tigers 0  Top 5, 0 OutsSep 22 8:20 PM


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

    CURRENT PITCHERS: KAN - GIL MECHE
    DET - ZACH MINER

    DUE UP FOR DETROIT: C GRANDERSON (.290, 20 HR, 61 RBI)
    P POLANCO (.309, 7 HR, 55 RBI)
    M ORDONEZ (.323, 20 HR, 97 RBI

    Royals 1, Tigers 0  Bot 1, 0 OutsSep 22 7:15 PM
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    Royals vs. TigersSep 22 5:40 PM

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