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BOX SCORE
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GAME LOG
 
 
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Kansas City
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1 | 
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6 | 
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| KANSAS CITY | 
AB | 
R | 
H | 
RBI | 
BB | 
SO | 
LOB | 
AVG | 
 
Jo Damon cf R Sanchez ss Mi Sweeney dh Dye rf Randa 3b Quinn lf Mccarty 1b H Ortiz c Reboulet 2b a-Pose ph Totals | 
2 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 2 1 32 | 
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 6 | 
2 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 1 0 8 | 
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 | 
0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 | 
0 2 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 8 | 
2 2 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 9 | 
.302 .248 .347 .315 .327 .278 .287 .750 .273 .184
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a-struck out for Reboulet in the 9th.
 
 BATTING 
2B:  H Ortiz 2 (2, S Sparks, N Cruz). 
S:  Jo Damon. 
SF:  Jo Damon. 
Rbi:  Reboulet (12), Jo Damon 2 (45). 
Runners left
in scoring position, 2 out:  Dye 1. 
Gidp:  R Sanchez, Mccarty. 
Team LOB:  3. 
 FIELDING 
DP: 1 (Reboulet-Mccarty). 
 
| DETROIT | 
AB | 
R | 
H | 
RBI | 
BB | 
SO | 
LOB | 
AVG | 
 
Polonia rf b-Ausmus ph-c Macias 2b Higginson dh Palmer 3b D Cruz ss Magee lf J Encarnacion cf H Morris 1b Cardona c a-R Becker ph-rf Totals | 
3 0 4 3 5 5 5 5 3 3 1 37 | 
1 1 2 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 10 | 
1 0 2 1 1 3 2 2 1 0 1 14 | 
0 0 4 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 10 | 
1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 | 
1 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 5 | 
0 0 0 1 4 0 1 3 4 2 0 15 | 
.276 .239 .277 .300 .265 .296 .291 .297 .214 .231 .253
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a-singled for Cardona in the 7th; b-walked for Polonia in the
7th.
 
  BATTING 
2B:  D Cruz 2 (25, Durbin 2); Macias (2, Durbin). 
HR: 
Macias (1, 7th inning off Byrdak 3 on, 2 out). 
Rbi:  D Cruz 2
(43), Higginson 2 (62), J Encarnacion (36), R Becker (27),
Macias 4 (12). 
2-out rbi:  R Becker, Macias 4. 
Runners left in
scoring position, 2 out:  H Morris 1, Cardona 1, Palmer 2. 
Gidp:  H Morris. 
Team LOB:  9. 
 BASERUNNING 
SB:  Higginson (8, 2nd base off Bochtler/H Ortiz);
Polonia (7, 3rd base off Bochtler/H Ortiz). 
 FIELDING 
E:  S Sparks (1, throw). 
PB:  Cardona. 
DP: 2 (D
Cruz-Macias-H Morris, Macias-D Cruz-H Morris). 
  Pitching 
| KANSAS CITY | 
IP | 
H | 
R | 
ER | 
BB | 
SO | 
HR | 
ERA | 
 
Durbin Bochtler (L, 0-2) Byrdak A Larkin | 
4 1/3 2 1/3 0 1 1/3 | 
8 5 1 0 | 
5 3 2 0 | 
5 3 2 0 | 
2 2 2 0 | 
2 0 0 3 | 
0 0 1 0 | 
8.22 6.48 13.50 0.00 | 
 
 
 
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IP | 
H | 
R | 
ER | 
BB | 
SO | 
HR | 
ERA | 
 
S Sparks Blair N Cruz (W, 3-0) | 
5 1 3 | 
6 0 2 | 
5 0 1 | 
2 0 1 | 
2 0 0 | 
3 0 5 | 
0 0 0 | 
6.89 4.88 2.11 | 
 
 
S Sparks pitched to 1 batter in the 6th.
Byrdak pitched to 3 batters in the 7th.
 
WP: Durbin, S Sparks. 
Ibb: Higginson (by Bochtler). 
Pitches-strikes: S Sparks 97-57; Blair 6-3; N Cruz 38-28; Durbin
82-54; Bochtler 50-26; Byrdak 15-5; A Larkin 19-14. 
Ground
balls-fly balls: S Sparks 8-4; Blair 2-1; N Cruz 2-2; Durbin
3-8; Bochtler 3-4; Byrdak 0-0; A Larkin 1-0. 
Batters faced: S
Sparks 23; Blair 2; N Cruz 11; Durbin 23; Bochtler 13; Byrdak 3;
A Larkin 4. 
Umpires: HP: Ron Kulpa. 1B--Mike Vanvleet. 2B--Angel Hernandez.
3B--Lance Barksdale. 
T: 3:08. 
Att: 35,046. 
Weather: 69 degrees, cloudy. 
Wind: 9
mph, out to left. 
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ALSO SEE 
Baseball Scoreboard
 
 
Kansas City Clubhouse
 
 
Detroit Clubhouse
 
 
BOXSCORES 
Kansas City 8 Detroit 5
Detroit 10 Kansas City 6
 (2nd game)
 
Oakland 10 Anaheim 3
 
Seattle 13 Texas 5
 
Baltimore 8 Toronto 2
 
Tampa Bay 12 NY Yankees 4
 
Boston 8 Chi. White Sox 6
 
Minnesota 10 Cleveland 6
 
NY Mets 4 Atlanta 0
 
Cincinnati 7 Arizona 3
 
Houston 10 St. Louis 5
 
Chicago Cubs 3 Milwaukee 2
 
San Francisco 5 Los Angeles 2
 
Montreal 17 Florida 7
 
Pittsburgh 2 Philadelphia 1
 
Colorado 9 San Diego 4
 
 
  
  
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