Kansas City Royals vs Detroit Tigers - August 31,2008

Visiting Team

Kansas City Royals (57-79)

Home Team

Detroit Tigers (66-70)

Game Date

August 31,2008

Year

2008

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

Ballpark

Comerica Park

Time of Day

Day

Start Time

Attendance

39,782

Time of Game

2:56

Umpires

[HP]: Brian O'Nora [1B]: Paul Nauert [2B]: Tom Hallion [3B]: Kevin Causey

7th inning: NP **Royals shortstop Mike Aviles left the game due to an injured hand/wrist**
8th inning: 26(2)/FO/BG.1-2 **Tigers Manager Jim Leyland ejected by 3B umpire Kevin Causey; Leyland argued**
8th inning: 26(2)/FO/BG.1-2 **that shortstop Tony Pena never had control of the ball on the force at third**

Kansas City Royals - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi	bb	so	avg	s-g	c-g
1	David DeJesus	lf	28.255	L	3	1	1	0	1	2	.289	110	618
2	Mike Aviles	ss	27.171	R	4	0	1	0	0	0	.328	74	76
3	Jose Guillen	rf	32.106	R	4	1	1	1	0	1	.246	126	1396
4	Billy Butler	dh	22.135	R	4	0	2	0	0	1	.276	106	198
5	Mark Teahen	3b	26.360	L	4	0	0	0	0	2	.245	123	507
6	Miguel Olivo	c	30.047	R	4	0	0	0	0	1	.264	69	626
7	Ross Gload	1b	32.148	L	4	0	0	0	0	1	.270	113	476
8	Alberto Callaspo	2b	25.134	B	3	0	3	0	1	0	.306	49	129
9	Joey Gathright	cf	27.126	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	.247	89	393
	John Buck	ph	28.055	R	1	0	0	0	0	1	.218	94	512
Totals

3B: David DeJesus (5)

HR: Jose Guillen (16)

RBI: Jose Guillen (74)

SH: Joey Gathright 2 (10)

GDP: Mike Aviles (9)

Detroit Tigers - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi	bb	so	avg	s-g	c-g
1	Curtis Granderson	cf	27.168	L	3	1	0	0	1	0	.301	115	488
2	Placido Polanco	2b	32.326	R	4	2	1	0	0	0	.310	120	1291
3	Magglio Ordonez	rf	34.216	R	3	0	1	0	1	1	.310	120	1515
4	Miguel Cabrera	1b	25.135	R	4	1	2	4	0	1	.288	134	853
5	Matt Joyce	lf	24.028	L	4	0	1	0	0	1	.275	68	68
6	Gary Sheffield	dh	39.287	R	3	0	0	0	1	0	.224	93	2453
7	Jeff Larish	3b	25.325	L	4	0	0	0	0	3	.215	23	23
8	Ramon Santiago	ss	29.000	B	3	0	0	0	0	1	.314	42	350
9	Dane Sardinha	c	29.145	R	2	0	1	0	0	0	.128	14	16
	Brandon Inge	ph-c	31.104	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	.218	90	969
Totals

2B: Miguel Cabrera (31)

HR: Miguel Cabrera (29)

RBI: Miguel Cabrera 4 (104)

HBP: Brandon Inge (7)

Kansas City Royals - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr	era	whip	s-g	c-g
1	Gil Meche	R		7.0	5	2	2	0	6	1	4.07	1.32	29	210
2	Kip Wells	R	L 1-3	0.1	0	2	2	2	0	0	5.09	1.73	21	252
3	Ramon Ramirez	R		0.2	1	0	0	1	1	0	2.75	1.31	59	144
Totals				0.0

HB: Kip Wells (2)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Gil Meche (109-67-42), Kip Wells (13-2-11), Ramon Ramirez (23-13-10)

Detroit Tigers - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr	era	whip	s-g	c-g
1	Armando Galarraga	R		7.0	8	2	2	1	7	1	3.17	1.19	25	28
2	Gary Glover	R	W 2-3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.71	1.63	36	252
3	Fernando Rodney	R	SV 7	1.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	4.60	1.31	28	225
Totals				0.0

WP: Armando Galarraga (4)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Armando Galarraga (113-69-44), Gary Glover (12-8-4), Fernando Rodney (20-12-8)

team	record		1	2	3		4	5	6		7	8	9		R	H	E		div-rk	lg-rk	mlb-rk	links
Kansas City Royals	KCA	57-79		0	0	1		0	0	1		0	0	0		2	8	0		5	13	27	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Detroit Tigers	DET	66-70		0	0	0		0	0	2		0	2	x		4	6	0		3	9	18	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page

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