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Kansas City Royals
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Detroit Tigers
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
| Kansas City Royals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 0 |
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| Detroit Tigers | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 1 |
W: Juan Carlos Oviedo (W, 1-0) L: Denny Bautista (L, 0-1) S: Joakim Soria (S, 1)
Venue:
Comerica Park
Date: Mar 31, 2008
First Pitch: 01:05 PM
Weather: 51 degrees, cloudy
Wind: 16 mph, In from RF
Time of Game: 03:37
Attendance: 44,934
Umpires: HP-Tim Welke, 1B-Chuck Meriwether, 2B-Adrian Johnson, 3B-Bill Welke
Batting
Kansas City Royals
| Players | AB | H | RBI | HR | BB | SO | SB | LOB | AVG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David DeJesus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 |
| Joey Gathright | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .200 |
| Mark Grudzielanek | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 1.550 |
| Esteban German | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .000 | .000 |
| Alex Gordon | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | .200 | 1.000 |
| Jose Guillen | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 |
| Billy Butler | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .200 | .400 |
| Mark Teahen | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .333 | 1.600 |
| Ross Gload | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .250 | .450 |
| John Buck | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .400 | .800 |
| Tony Pena Jr. | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | .200 | .400 |
| Total | 42 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 18 | .238 | .655 |
Detroit Tigers
| Players | AB | H | RBI | HR | BB | SO | SB | LOB | AVG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edgar Renteria | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .200 | .533 |
| Placido Polanco | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .000 | .000 |
| Gary Sheffield | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .800 |
| Magglio Ordonez | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .400 | 1.000 |
| Miguel Cabrera | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | .200 | 1.000 |
| Carlos Guillen | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .600 | 2.000 |
| Ivan Rodriguez | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .200 | .400 |
| Jacque Jones | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 |
| Clete Thomas | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 |
| Brandon Inge | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .333 | 1.067 |
| Total | 40 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 18 | .250 | .840 |
Pitching
Kansas City Royals
| Players | IP | BB | SO | R | ER | NP | S | SP | ERA | WHIP | NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gil Meche | 6 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 99 | 64 | 64.65 | 4.50 | 2.00 | |
| Brett Tomko | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 19 | 59.38 | 4.50 | 1.00 | |
| Juan Carlos Oviedo | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 16 | 61.54 | 0.00 | 0.50 | (W, 1-0) |
| Joakim Soria | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 10 | 66.67 | 0.00 | 1.00 | (S, 1) |
| Total | 11 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 172 | 109 | 63.37 | 3.27 | 1.45 |
Detroit Tigers
| Players | IP | BB | SO | R | ER | NP | S | SP | ERA | WHIP | NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Justin Verlander | 6 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 97 | 60 | 61.86 | 6.00 | 0.83 | |
| Jason Grilli | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 87.50 | 0.00 | 3.00 | |
| Bobby Seay | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 75.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| Aquilino Lopez | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 9 | 81.82 | 0.00 | 1.50 | |
| Todd Jones | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 10 | 66.67 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| Denny Bautista | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 25 | 65.79 | 4.50 | 2.50 | (L, 0-1) |
| Total | 11 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 173 | 114 | 65.90 | 4.09 | 1.18 |