Kansas City 4, Detroit 3
When: 2:10 PM ET, Sunday, August 7, 2011
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature:
92°
Umpires:
Home -
Rob Drake, 1B -
Gary Darling, 2B -
Bruce Dreckman, 3B -
Alan Porter
Attendance:
20132
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Johnny Giavotella hit his first major league home run and Mitch Maier tripled in a run as the Kansas City Royals avoided a three-game sweep with a 4-3 victory over the visiting Detroit Tigers on Sunday afternoon.
Billy Butler and Brayan Pena each added an RBI for the Royals, who are in the midst of a stretch of 20 games in as many days.
Kansas City jumped on Max Scherzer (11-7) in the fourth, rallying for three runs to open the scoring. Maier provided the highlight of the frame when he laced a triple to deep right-center, scoring Eric Hosmer from first base.
Giavotella struck in the fifth, taking a 2-1 offering from Scherzer over the wall in the left field corner. Through his first three major league games, Giavotella is 5-for-11 (.455) with three runs scored and two RBIs.
Bruce Chen (6-5) went five-plus innings to earn the win and Joakim Soria worked the ninth for his 21st save.
The Tigers rallied around a rain delay in the sixth, getting back-to-back RBI doubles from Andy Dirks and Austin Jackson before a 46-minute stoppage. Miguel Cabrera added an RBI double of his own when play resumed.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Detroit |
|
Kansas City |
|
Max Scherzer
|
Player |
Bruce Chen
|
|
Loss |
W/L |
Win |
|
5.0 |
IP |
5.0 |
|
5 |
Strikeouts |
5 |
|
6 |
Hits |
5 |
|
7.20 |
ERA |
5.40 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Detroit
|
10 |
0 |
13 |
.286 |
7 |
7 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
| Kansas City
|
6 |
1 |
13 |
.207 |
4 |
10 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
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