Royals – Tigers box score
Royals 2, Tigers 0
| Detroit | AB | R | H | BI | BB | SO | Avg. |
| Granderson cf | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .233 |
| Polanco 2b | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .273 |
| CGuillen 3b | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .292 |
| Ordonez rf | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .305 |
| MiCabrera 1b | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .269 |
| Joyce lf | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .286 |
| Thames dh | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .241 |
| Renteria ss | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .260 |
| IRodriguez c | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .271 |
| Totals | 32 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 8 | |
| Kansas City | AB | R | H | BI | BB | SO | Avg. |
| DeJesus lf | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .298 |
| Grudzielanek 2b | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .319 |
| Gordon 3b | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .277 |
| Guillen dh | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .217 |
| Butler 1b | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .279 |
| Gload 1b | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .266 |
| Teahen rf | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .279 |
| Buck c | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .257 |
| Pena Jr. ss | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .170 |
| Gathright cf | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .255 |
| Totals | 29 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 4 | |
| Detroit | 000 | 000 | 000 | — | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| Kansas City | 020 | 000 | 00x | — | 2 | 7 | 0 |
E: IRodriguez (2).
LOB: Detroit 8, Kansas City 9.
2B: Pena Jr. (4).
RBIs: Gathright 2 (5).
CS: Pena Jr. (1).
S: Gathright.
GIDP: Ordonez.
Runners left in scoring position: Detroit 5 (CGuillen 2, MiCabrera, Thames 2); Kansas City 4 (DeJesus, Gordon, Guillen 2). Runners moved up: Polanco, Joyce. DP: Kansas City 1 (Pena Jr., Grudzielanek and Butler).
| Detroit | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | NP | ERA |
| Verlander L, 1-7 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 101 | 6.05 |
| Rapada | 2/3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0.93 |
| Dolsi | 1 1/3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 2.08 |
| Kansas City | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | NP | ERA |
| Hochevar W, 3-2 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 96 | 3.94 |
| Mahay | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 2.50 |
| Nunez | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1.62 |
| Soria S, 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 0.00 |
Verlander pitched to 1 batter in the 7th, Mahay pitched to 1 batter in the 8th.
Inherited runners-scored: Rapada 1-0, Dolsi 3-0, Nunez 1-0. IBB: off Rapada (Grudzielanek) 1. Holds: Mahay (5), Nunez (6). WP: Verlander. Umpires: Home, Ed Montague; First, Jerry Layne; Second, Phil Cuzzi; Third, Jim Wolf. Time: 2:48. Announced attendance: 14,053.
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