GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: AL: KANSAS CITY (42-53) at DETROIT (57-37)

AL: KANSAS CITY (42-53) at DETROIT (57-37)

<h3>Verlander looks to help Tigers bounce back vs. Royals</h3>

<div class="pre">Kansas City (42-53) at Detroit (57-37) 7:05 pm EDT</div>

DETROIT (Ticker) -- Justin Verlander hopes to help the DetroitTigers rebound against the Kansas City Royals in the second gameof their weekend series on Saturday.


In Friday's opener, All-Star Gil Meche was outstanding on thehill and rookie Billy Butler drove in four runs as the Royalspushed their winning streak to three games with an easy 10-2triumph.


Verlander (11-3, 3.26 ERA) goes in search of his third straightwinning outing after tossing seven effective innings for a 11-7win at Seattle last Sunday.


The hard-throwing righthander has been stellar since June, going6-1 with a 3.00 ERA in seven starts while limiting foes to justa lackluster .194 average during that span.


Against Kansas City, Verlander is 5-0 through six career startswith an impressive 1.53 ERA.


The Royals will counter with Jorge De La Rosa (7-10, 5.25), whohad his personal three-game winning streak snapped in his laststart. The lefthander gave up three runs and two hits in 3 1/3frames of a 5-3 loss at Cleveland.


In his season debut on April 6, De La Rosa yielded one run andfour hits in seven innings for his first career triumph over theAmerican League defending champion Tigers.

 

AL: KANSAS CITY at DETROIT

<div class="pre">KANSAS CITY AT DETROIT -- LINEUPS

KANSAS CITY DETROIT
AVG HR RBI AVG HR RBI
David Dejesus CF .274 5 35 Ryan Raburn CF .429 0 1
Mark Grudzielanek 2B .291 4 31 Placido Polanco 2B .330 3 40
Mark Teahen RF .286 5 43 Gary Sheffield RF .301 23 64
Billy Butler DH .333 3 25 Magglio Ordonez DH .359 15 80
Ross Gload 1B .256 2 26 Craig Monroe LF .219 9 44
Alex Gordon 3B .239 6 31 Ivan Rodriguez C .286 8 46
Emil Brown LF .231 4 39 Sean Casey 1B .298 2 35
John Buck C .239 15 31 Brandon Inge 3B .244 11 44
Tony Pena Jr SS .277 1 30 Omar Infante SS .268 1 12

Jorge De La Rosa LHP (7-10, 5.25) Justin Verlander RHP (11-3, 3.26)</div>

 

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<div class="pre">AL AT DETROIT
WARMUPS: KAN - JORGE DE LA ROSA (7-10, 5.25)
DET - JUSTIN VERLANDER (11-3, 3.26)

UMPIRES: HP - PAUL EMMEL
1B - DAN IASSOGNA
2B - DALE SCOTT
3B - RON KULPA

WEATHER: 76 Degrees, clear
WIND: 12 mph, in from center</div>

 

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<div class="pre">AL AT DETROIT
STARTING BATS: KAN - JORGE DE LA ROSA AND JOHN BUCK
DET - JUSTIN VERLANDER AND IVAN RODRIGUEZ

DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: D DEJESUS (.274, 5 HR, 35 RBI)
M GRUDZIELA (.291, 4 HR, 31 RBI)
M TEAHEN (.286, 5 HR, 43 RBI)</div>

 

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<div class="pre">AL AT DETROIT - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY BILLY BUTLER SCORED DAVID DEJESUS.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, B BUTLER ON FIRST, 2 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 1
DETROIT 0 TOP, 1ST

DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: R GLOAD (.256, 2 HR, 26 RBI)</div>

 

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<div class="pre">AL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
KANSAS CITY 1 1 1 0
DETROIT 0 0 0 (BOT 1)

CURRENT PITCHERS: KAN - JORGE DE LA ROSA
DET - JUSTIN VERLANDER

DUE UP FOR DETROIT: R RABURN (.429, 0 HR, 1 RBI)
P POLANCO (.330, 3 HR, 40 RBI)
G SHEFFIELD (.301, 23 HR, 64 RBI)</div>

 

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<div class="pre">KANSAS CITY (1) VS DETROIT (0) - MID 1ST - IN PROGRESS

KANSAS CITY ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
D DeJesus cf 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .274
M Grudzielanek 2b 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .290
M Teahen rf 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .285
B Butler dh 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .339
R Gload 1b 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .254
A Gordon 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .239
E Brown lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .231
J Buck c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .239
T Pena Jr ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .277

Totals 4 1 1 1 1 3 3

BATTING: RBI - B Butler (26). 2-out RBI - B Butler. Team LOB - 1.


DETROIT ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
R Raburn cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .429
P Polanco 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .330
G Sheffield rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .301
M Ordonez dh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .359
C Monroe lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .219
I Rodriguez c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286
S Casey 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .298
B Inge 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .244
O Infante ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .268

Totals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

BATTING: Team LOB - 0.


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KANSAS CITY - 1 -- 1
DETROIT - -- 0
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KANSAS CITY ip h r er bb so hr era
J De La Rosa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.25

DETROIT ip h r er bb so hr era
J Verlander 1 1 1 1 1 3 0 3.31

WP - J Verlander 2. Pitches-strikes: J Verlander 22-14. Ground balls-fly
balls: J Verlander 0-0. Batters faced: J Verlander 5.

UMPIRES: HP--Paul Emmel. 1B--Dan Iassogna. 2B--Dale Scott. 3B--Ron Kulpa.

Weather: 71 degrees, clear. Wind: 12 mph, in from center.</div>

 

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<div class="pre">AL AT DETROIT
CONFIRMED STARTERS: KAN - JORGE DE LA ROSA
DET - JUSTIN VERLANDER</div>

 

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<div class="pre">AL AT DETROIT - SCORING UPDATE
SOLO HOME RUN BY RYAN RABURN (1) TO LEFT WITH 0 OUT IN THE
1ST OFF JORGE DE LA ROSA.
CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 1, DETROIT 1

DUE UP FOR DETROIT: P POLANCO (.330, 3 HR, 40 RBI)</div>

 

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<div class="pre">AL KANSAS CITY AT DETROIT
NOTE: DETROIT CENTER FIELDER RYAN RABURN LED OFF THE BOTTOM
OF THE FIRST INNING WITH THE FIRST HOME RUN OF HIS MAJOR LEAGUE
CAREER.</div>

 

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<div class="pre">AL AT DETROIT - SCORING UPDATE
DOUBLE BY CRAIG MONROE SCORED MAGGLIO ORDONEZ.
SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, C MONROE ON SECOND, 2 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 1
DETROIT 2 BOTTOM, 1ST

DUE UP FOR DETROIT: I RODRIGUEZ (.286, 8 HR, 46 RBI)</div>

 

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<div class="pre">AL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
KANSAS CITY 1 1 1 0
DETROIT 2 2 3 0 (TOP 2)

CURRENT PITCHERS: KAN - JORGE DE LA ROSA
DET - JUSTIN VERLANDER

DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: A GORDON (.239, 6 HR, 31 RBI)
E BROWN (.231, 4 HR, 39 RBI)
J BUCK (.239, 15 HR, 31 RBI)</div>

 

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<div class="pre">KANSAS CITY (1) VS DETROIT (2) - END 1ST - IN PROGRESS

KANSAS CITY ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
D DeJesus cf 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .274
M Grudzielanek 2b 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .290
M Teahen rf 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .285
B Butler dh 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .339
R Gload 1b 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .254
A Gordon 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .239
E Brown lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .231
J Buck c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .239
T Pena Jr ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .277

Totals 4 1 1 1 1 3 3

BATTING: RBI - B Butler (26). 2-out RBI - B Butler. Team LOB - 1.


DETROIT ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
R Raburn cf 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 .500
P Polanco 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .329
G Sheffield rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .300
M Ordonez dh 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .360
C Monroe lf 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .221
I Rodriguez c 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .285
S Casey 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .298
B Inge 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .244
O Infante ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .268

Totals 6 2 3 2 0 0 1

BATTING: 2B - M Ordonez (37, J De La Rosa); C Monroe (19, J De La Rosa). HR - R
Raburn (1, 1st inning off J De La Rosa 0 on, 0 Out). RBI - R Raburn (2), C
Monroe (45). 2-out RBI - C Monroe. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - I
Rodriguez 1. Team LOB - 1.


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KANSAS CITY - 1 -- 1
DETROIT - 2 -- 2
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KANSAS CITY ip h r er bb so hr era
J De La Rosa 1 3 2 2 0 0 1 5.37

DETROIT ip h r er bb so hr era
J Verlander 1 1 1 1 1 3 0 3.31

WP - J Verlander 2. Pitches-strikes: J De La Rosa 21-13; J Verlander 22-14.
Ground balls-fly balls: J De La Rosa 1-2; J Verlander 0-0. Batters faced: J De
La Rosa 6; J Verlander 5.

UMPIRES: HP--Paul Emmel. 1B--Dan Iassogna. 2B--Dale Scott. 3B--Ron Kulpa.

Weather: 71 degrees, clear. Wind: 12 mph, in from center.</div>

 

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<div class="pre">AL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
KANSAS CITY 1 0 1 1 0
DETROIT 2 2 3 0 (BOT 2)

CURRENT PITCHERS: KAN - JORGE DE LA ROSA
DET - JUSTIN VERLANDER

DUE UP FOR DETROIT: S CASEY (.298, 2 HR, 35 RBI)
B INGE (.244, 11 HR, 44 RBI)
O INFANTE (.268, 1 HR, 12 RBI)</div>

 

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<div class="pre">KANSAS CITY (1) VS DETROIT (2) - MID 2ND - IN PROGRESS

KANSAS CITY ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
D DeJesus cf 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .274
M Grudzielanek 2b 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .290
M Teahen rf 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .285
B Butler dh 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .339
R Gload 1b 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .254
A Gordon 3b 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .238
E Brown lf 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .230
J Buck c 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .238
T Pena Jr ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .277

Totals 7 1 1 1 1 5 3

BATTING: RBI - B Butler (26). 2-out RBI - B Butler. Team LOB - 1.


DETROIT ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
R Raburn cf 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 .500
P Polanco 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .329
G Sheffield rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .300
M Ordonez dh 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .360
C Monroe lf 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .221
I Rodriguez c 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .285
S Casey 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .298
B Inge 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .244
O Infante ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .268

Totals 6 2 3 2 0 0 1

BATTING: 2B - M Ordonez (37, J De La Rosa); C Monroe (19, J De La Rosa). HR - R
Raburn (1, 1st inning off J De La Rosa 0 on, 0 Out). RBI - R Raburn (2), C
Monroe (45). 2-out RBI - C Monroe. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - I
Rodriguez 1. Team LOB - 1.


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KANSAS CITY - 10 -- 1
DETROIT - 2 -- 2
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KANSAS CITY ip h r er bb so hr era
J De La Rosa 1 3 2 2 0 0 1 5.37

DETROIT ip h r er bb so hr era
J Verlander 2 1 1 1 1 5 0 3.28

WP - J Verlander 2. Pitches-strikes: J De La Rosa 21-13; J Verlander 36-23.
Ground balls-fly balls: J De La Rosa 1-2; J Verlander 1-0. Batters faced: J De
La Rosa 6; J Verlander 8.

UMPIRES: HP--Paul Emmel. 1B--Dan Iassogna. 2B--Dale Scott. 3B--Ron Kulpa.

Weather: 71 degrees, clear. Wind: 12 mph, in from center.</div>

 

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<div class="pre">AL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
KANSAS CITY 1 0 1 1 0
DETROIT 2 0 2 3 0 (TOP 3)

CURRENT PITCHERS: KAN - JORGE DE LA ROSA
DET - JUSTIN VERLANDER

DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: T PENA JR (.277, 1 HR, 30 RBI)
D DEJESUS (.274, 0-FOR-0, BB)
M GRUDZIELANEK (.290, 0-FOR-1)</div>

 

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<div class="pre">KANSAS CITY (1) VS DETROIT (2) - END 2ND - IN PROGRESS

KANSAS CITY ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
D DeJesus cf 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .274
M Grudzielanek 2b 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .290
M Teahen rf 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .285
B Butler dh 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .339
R Gload 1b 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .254
A Gordon 3b 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .238
E Brown lf 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .230
J Buck c 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .238
T Pena Jr ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .277

Totals 7 1 1 1 1 5 3

BATTING: RBI - B Butler (26). 2-out RBI - B Butler. Team LOB - 1.


DETROIT ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
R Raburn cf 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 .500
P Polanco 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .329
G Sheffield rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .300
M Ordonez dh 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .360
C Monroe lf 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .221
I Rodriguez c 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .285
S Casey 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .297
B Inge 3b 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .243
O Infante ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .266

Totals 9 2 3 2 0 1 1

BATTING: 2B - M Ordonez (37, J De La Rosa); C Monroe (19, J De La Rosa). HR - R
Raburn (1, 1st inning off J De La Rosa 0 on, 0 Out). RBI - R Raburn (2), C
Monroe (45). 2-out RBI - C Monroe. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - I
Rodriguez 1. Team LOB - 1.


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KANSAS CITY - 10 -- 1
DETROIT - 20 -- 2
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KANSAS CITY ip h r er bb so hr era
J De La Rosa 2 3 2 2 0 1 1 5.32

DETROIT ip h r er bb so hr era
J Verlander 2 1 1 1 1 5 0 3.28

WP - J Verlander 2. Pitches-strikes: J De La Rosa 33-21; J Verlander 36-23.
Ground balls-fly balls: J De La Rosa 1-4; J Verlander 1-0. Batters faced: J De
La Rosa 9; J Verlander 8.

UMPIRES: HP--Paul Emmel. 1B--Dan Iassogna. 2B--Dale Scott. 3B--Ron Kulpa.

Weather: 71 degrees, clear. Wind: 12 mph, in from center.</div>

 

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<div class="pre">AL AT DETROIT - SCORING UPDATE
PASSED BALL BY IVAN RODRIGUEZ ALLOWED TONY PENA JR TO
SCORE.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, M TEAHEN ON SECOND, 2 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 2
DETROIT 2 TOP, 3RD

DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: B BUTLER (.339, 1-FOR-1, RBI)</div>

 

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<div class="pre">AL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
KANSAS CITY 1 0 1 2 3 0
DETROIT 2 0 2 3 0 (BOT 3)

CURRENT PITCHERS: KAN - JORGE DE LA ROSA
DET - JUSTIN VERLANDER

DUE UP FOR DETROIT: R RABURN (.500, 1-FOR-1, HR, RBI)
P POLANCO (.329, 0-FOR-1)
G SHEFFIELD (.300, 0-FOR-1)</div>

 

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<div class="pre">KANSAS CITY (2) VS DETROIT (2) - MID 3RD - IN PROGRESS

KANSAS CITY ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
D DeJesus cf 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 .273
M Grudzielanek 2b 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 .289
M Teahen rf 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 .287
B Butler dh 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 .336
R Gload 1b 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .254
A Gordon 3b 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .238
E Brown lf 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .230
J Buck c 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .238
T Pena Jr ss 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .280

Totals 12 2 3 1 1 6 6

BATTING: 2B - M Teahen (17, J Verlander). RBI - B Butler (26). 2-out RBI - B
Butler. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - B Butler 1. Team LOB - 2.


DETROIT ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
R Raburn cf 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 .500
P Polanco 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .329
G Sheffield rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .300
M Ordonez dh 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .360
C Monroe lf 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .221
I Rodriguez c 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .285
S Casey 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .297
B Inge 3b 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .243
O Infante ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .266

Totals 9 2 3 2 0 1 1

BATTING: 2B - M Ordonez (37, J De La Rosa); C Monroe (19, J De La Rosa). HR - R
Raburn (1, 1st inning off J De La Rosa 0 on, 0 Out). RBI - R Raburn (2), C
Monroe (45). 2-out RBI - C Monroe. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - I
Rodriguez 1. Team LOB - 1.

FIELDING: PB - I Rodriguez.


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KANSAS CITY - 101 -- 2
DETROIT - 20 -- 2
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KANSAS CITY ip h r er bb so hr era
J De La Rosa 2 3 2 2 0 1 1 5.32

DETROIT ip h r er bb so hr era
J Verlander 3 3 2 2 1 6 0 3.33

WP - J Verlander 2. Pitches-strikes: J De La Rosa 33-21; J Verlander 56-35.
Ground balls-fly balls: J De La Rosa 1-4; J Verlander 2-1. Batters faced: J De
La Rosa 9; J Verlander 13.

UMPIRES: HP--Paul Emmel. 1B--Dan Iassogna. 2B--Dale Scott. 3B--Ron Kulpa.

Weather: 71 degrees, clear. Wind: 12 mph, in from center.</div>