Kansas City Royals – Detroit Tigers Monday box score
Royals 4, Tigers 3
| Kansas City | AB | R | H | BI | BB | SO | Avg. |
| DeJesus lf | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .252 |
| Bloomquist ss-rf | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .284 |
| Butler 1b | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .285 |
| Teahen 3b | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .292 |
| Guillen rf | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .245 |
| Pena Jr. ss | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .091 |
| Jacobs dh | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .225 |
| Callaspo 2b | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .300 |
| Olivo c | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .254 |
| Maier cf | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .215 |
| Totals | 34 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 9 | |
| Detroit | AB | R | H | BI | BB | SO | Avg. |
| Granderson cf | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .255 |
| Polanco 2b | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .256 |
| Mi. Cabrera 1b | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .322 |
| Thames dh | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .257 |
| 1-J. Anderson pr-dh | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 |
| Raburn lf | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .287 |
| Inge 3b | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .266 |
| Ordonez rf | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .264 |
| Laird c | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .241 |
| Everett ss | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .267 |
| a-Santiago ph | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .273 |
| Totals | 31 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 7 | |
| Kansas City | 000 | 001 | 021 | — | 4 | 9 | 0 |
| Detroit | 010 | 001 | 010 | — | 3 | 7 | 0 |
a-struck out for Everett in the 9th. 1-ran for Thames in the 8th.
LOB: Kansas City 5, Detroit 7.
2B: Raburn (7).
3B: Bloomquist (6).
HR: Bloomquist (2), off Galarraga; Jacobs (11), off Rodney; Thames (7), off Meche; Raburn (6), off Meche.
RBIs: Bloomquist 3 (18), Jacobs (28), Thames (15), Raburn 2 (22).
CS: DeJesus (3).
Runners left in scoring position: Kansas City 1 (Teahen); Detroit 4 (Everett 2, Raburn, Laird). GIDP: Polanco, Mi. Cabrera, Everett. DP: Kansas City 3 (Callaspo, Bloomquist, Butler), (Bloomquist, Callaspo, Butler), (Bloomquist, Butler).
| Kansas City | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | NP | ERA |
| Meche | 5 2/3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 114 | 4.14 |
| Cruz | 1 1/3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 4.46 |
| Colon W, 1-0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3.60 |
| Soria S, 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 1.66 |
| Detroit | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | NP | ERA |
| Galarraga | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 102 | 5.03 |
| Zumaya | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 4.25 |
| Rodney L, 0-2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 4.25 |
Blown saves: Colon (1); Zumaya (5).
Inherited runners-scored: Cruz 2-0.
WP: Meche 2.
Umpires: Home, Brian O’Nora; First, Fieldin Culbreth; Second, Adrian Johnson; Third, Jim Wolf. Time: 2:53. Announced attendance: 32,134.
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