Kansas City 4, Detroit 3
Sunday, August 7, 2011 2:10 PM
When: 2:10 PM ET, Sunday, August 7, 2011
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature:
92°
Umpires:
Home -
Rob Drake, 1B -
Gary Darling, 2B -
Bruce Dreckman, 3B -
Alan Porter
Attendance:
20132
Final Scoring Summary
Team Records
Recap Quick Hits
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With this win, the Kansas City Royals have a 31-32 record at home this season. The Detroit Tigers have a 28-28 record on the road.
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Kansas City has a streak of 1 straight up win. The Royals have won 6 of their last 10 games.
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Detroit has a streak of 1 straight up loss. The Tigers have won 6 of their last 10 games.
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Bruce Chen pitched 5.0 innings for the win and now has an ERA of 4.43. Joakim Soria closed out the game to get the save and has 21 saves for the season. Max Scherzer took the loss for Detroit.
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Johnny Giavotella had the only homerun for Kansas City.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Detroit |
|
Kansas City |
|
Max Scherzer
|
Player |
Bruce Chen
|
|
Loss |
W/L |
Win |
|
5.0 |
IP |
5.0 |
|
5 |
Strikeouts |
5 |
|
6 |
Hits |
5 |
|
7.20 |
ERA |
5.40 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
E |
| Detroit
|
10 |
0 |
13 |
.286 |
7 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
| Kansas City
|
6 |
1 |
13 |
.207 |
10 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
Upcoming Games
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Kansas City will play their next game on the road against Tampa Bay. The Royals have a W/L % of .449 after a win and .415 after a loss.
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Detroit will play their next game on the road against Cleveland. The Tigers have a W/L % of .525 after a win and .547 after a loss.
