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Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Kansas City 3, Detroit 1
When: 4:10 PM ET, Saturday, April 9, 2011
Where: Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan
Temperature: 46°
Umpires: Home - Andy Fletcher, 1B - Tim Welke, 2B - Jim Reynolds, 3B - Mike DiMuro
Attendance: 33810

Bruce Chen struck out seven over six scoreless innings to lead the Kansas City Royals to a 3-1 win over the host Detroit Tigers on Saturday.

Chen (1-0) allowed just three hits and one walk. Joakim Soria surrendered a two-out solo home run to Ryan Raburn in the ninth inning to break up the shutout but notched his second save.

The Royals (5-3) scored twice in the second inning off Tigers’ starter Phil Coke (0-2). Billy Butler led off the inning with a walk and one out later Jeff Francoeur followed with a single. Wilson Betemit then drove in one run with a single and Alcides Escobar drove in the second with a fielder’s choice.

Francoeur’s sacrifice fly in the ninth inning capped the Royals’ scoring.

Coke fanned seven in 6 2/3 innings. He allowed three hits and four walks.

The Tigers (3-5) had the bases loaded in the eighth, but Robinson Tejada fanned Magglio Ordonez to end the inning.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Kansas City   Detroit
Bruce Chen Player Phil Coke
Win W/L Loss
6.0 IP 6.2
7 Strikeouts 7
3 Hits 3
0.00 ERA 2.70
Hitting
Kansas City   Detroit
Billy Butler Player Casper Wells
2 Hits 1
0 RBI 0
0 HR 0
3 TB 1
.667 Avg .500
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Kansas City 5 0 6 .179 9 8 3 5 0 0
Detroit 5 1 9 .161 10 10 1 3 0 0