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
By SportsDirect Inc.
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 |
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 |
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