Detroit Tigers @ Kansas City Royals

3-7, 0-4 Away

Final

4-6, 1-3 Home


DET
KC

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	7	0
0	0	2	1	0	1	0	2	-	6	10	1

TigersTop 1st
- J. Lima pitching for KC
  DET
  KC
- Pitch
  1
  Ball
  2
  Strike Looking
  3
  Single
- 5 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsBottom 1st
- W. Ledezma pitching for DET
  DET
  KC
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
TigersTop 2nd
- J. Lima pitching for KC
  DET
  KC
- I Rodriguez safe at first on throwing error by third baseman T Graffanino, N Logan to third.
  5
  0
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 1 Error
RoyalsBottom 2nd
- W. Ledezma pitching for DET
  DET
  KC
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
TigersTop 3rd
- J. Lima pitching for KC
  DET
  KC
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsBottom 3rd
- W. Ledezma pitching for DET
  DET
  KC
- 2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors
TigersTop 4th
- J. Lima pitching for KC
  DET
  KC
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
RoyalsBottom 4th
- W. Ledezma pitching for DET
  DET
  KC
- 1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
TigersTop 5th
- J. Lima pitching for KC
  DET
  KC
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsBottom 5th
- W. Ledezma pitching for DET
  DET
  KC
- 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors
TigersTop 6th
- J. Lima pitching for KC
  DET
  KC
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsBottom 6th
- W. Ledezma pitching for DET
  DET
  KC
- 1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
TigersTop 7th
- J. Lima pitching for KC
  DET
  KC
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
RoyalsBottom 7th
- J. Walker pitching for DET
  DET
  KC
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
TigersTop 8th
- J. Cerda pitching for KC
  DET
  KC
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsBottom 8th
- U. Urbina pitching for DET
  DET
  KC
- O Infante hit for J Smith.
  5
  6
- 2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors
TigersTop 9th
- J. Affeldt pitching for KC
  DET
  KC
- R White hit for N Logan.
  5
  6
- M. MacDougal pitching for KC
  DET
  KC
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors

Tigers
5
Royals
6

Game 1

4/15

Tigers
7
Royals
1

Game 2

4/16

Tigers
6
Royals
1

Game 3

4/17

Kauffman Stadium

8:10 PM, April 15, 2005

Kansas City, Missouri

Attendance: 29,720

Game Time:2:39

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - C.B. Bucknor
First Base Umpire - Phil Cuzzi
Second Base Umpire - Ed Rapuano
Third Base Umpire - Lance Barksdale

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Chicago	50	45	.526	-	W3
Cleveland	51	46	.526	-	W4
Minnesota	48	49	.495	3	W2
Detroit	44	52	.458	6.5	L2
Kansas City	38	59	.392	13	L5

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Detroit Tigers @ Kansas City Royals

J. Cerda1-1

U. Urbina0-2

M. MacDougal1

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Pitch
1 Ball
2 Strike Looking
3 Single