Kansas City Royals Detroit Tigers box – Wednesday, July 23
Tigers 7, Royals 1
| Detroit | AB | R | H | BI | BB | SO | Avg. |
| Granderson cf | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .294 |
| Polanco 2b | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .312 |
| Guillen 3b | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .287 |
| Ordoñez rf | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .314 |
| Cabrera 1b | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | .290 |
| Joyce lf | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .284 |
| Sheffield dh | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .221 |
| Renteria ss | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .258 |
| Inge c | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .219 |
| Totals | 39 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 10 | |
| Kansas City | AB | R | H | BI | BB | SO | Avg. |
| DeJesus dh | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .304 |
| Aviles ss-2b | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .313 |
| Grudzielanek 2b | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .308 |
| German 2b-lf | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .247 |
| Guillen lf-rf | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .265 |
| Gordon 3b | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .248 |
| Teahen rf-cf | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .245 |
| Olivo c | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .251 |
| Gload 1b | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .259 |
| Gathright cf | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .251 |
| a-Butler ph | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .251 |
| Peña Jr. ss | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .152 |
| Totals | 31 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | |
| Detroit | 212 | 000 | 200 | — | 7 | 13 | 0 |
| Kansas City | 000 | 000 | 100 | — | 1 | 4 | 0 |
a-flied out for Gathright in the 8th.
LOB: Detroit 9, Kansas City 5. 2B: Joyce (9), DeJesus (15). 3B: Granderson (6). RBIs: Ordoñez 2 (57), Cabrera 3 (71), Renteria (34), Guillen (66). CS: Ordoñez (3).
Runners left in scoring position: Detroit 4 (Granderson, Joyce, Sheffield 2); Kansas City 3 (Aviles, Olivo 2). Runners moved up: Ordoñez, Inge.
DP: Kansas City 1 (Olivo, Grudzielanek and Gload).
| Detroit | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | NP | ERA |
| Galarraga W, 8-4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 87 | 3.27 |
| Fossum | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 5.82 |
| Jones | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 4.66 |
| Kansas City | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | NP | ERA |
| Greinke L, 7-7 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 98 | 4.06 |
| H. Ramirez | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 2.16 |
| Nunez | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1.61 |
| Mahay | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 1.74 |
HBP: by Jones (Guillen).
WP: Greinke.
Umpires: Home, Mike Estabrook; First, Bruce Dreckman; Second, Brian Gorman; Third, Gerry Davis. Time: 2:41. Announced attendance: 16,594.
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