Kansas City 2, Detroit 1
When: 2:10 PM ET, Sunday, September 5, 2010
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature:
81°
Umpires:
Home -
Jerry Meals, 1B -
Todd Tichenor, 2B -
Scott Barry, 3B -
Dan Iassogna
Attendance:
19061
By SportsDirect Inc.
Alex Gordon belted a go-ahead home run in the sixth inning to lift the Kansas City Royals to a 2-1 victory over the visiting Detroit Tigers on Sunday.
Kyle Davies (7-9) went six strong innings, allowing one run on three hits. He struck out four and walked three.
Wilson Betemit had an RBI ground-rule double and Billy Butler added two hits as the Royals took the series finale to avoid a three-game sweep. Butler went 7-for-13 in the three-game set.
Closer Joakim Soria, Kansas City’s third reliever, worked a perfect ninth for his 37th save.
Casper Wells hit a solo home run in the fifth inning for the only run for Detroit, which had its three-game winning streak snapped.
Brad Thomas (5-2) took the loss in relief of Tigers starter Armando Galarraga, who gave up one run on four hits while striking out two and walking five in five innings.
Top Game Performances
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Detroit
|
3 |
1 |
6 |
.100 |
9 |
7 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
| Kansas City
|
6 |
1 |
12 |
.207 |
17 |
2 |
2 |
6 |
0 |
1 |
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