2006 AL Game KC @ Det.

 July 14, 2006

    After having won 8 in a row shortly before the AL Star break the Detroit Tigers have now lost 4 in a row, matching their season worst losing streak. The Tigers lost 2 games right before the break and have now lost the last 2 right after the break. Tonight's game against the Kansas City Royals looked like it was headed to the Win column for Detroit before the Tiger's pitching and defense faltered. Kenny Rogers started for Detroit and from the get-go you could see he didn't have his best stuff. But Detroit's offense scored in 4 separate innings and Rogers, having thrown 105 pitches, left after the 6th inning with his team leading 8-4. The bullpen then proceeded to fall apart while KC battled back by scoring 4 runs in the 8th and 2 in the 9th to take a 10-8 lead. Carlos Guillen homered to lead off the bottom of the 9th but Detroit failed to score again and KC won the game 10-9. 

BOXSCORE: 2006 Kansas City Royals At 2006 Detroit Tigers            7/14/2006
 
  Royals             AB  R  H RBI AVG     Tigers             AB  R  H RBI AVG
  D.Dejesus CF        5  1  1  1 .307     P.Polanco 2B        4  2  3  1 .294  
  E.German LF         5  1  1  0 .319     M.Thames LF         4  1  2  2 .278  
  R.Sanders DH        3  3  2  1 .239     I.Rodriguez C       5  0  2  1 .305  
  E.Brown RF          4  2  1  1 .306     M.Ordonez RF        4  0  1  1 .297  
  T.Graffanino 2B     3  1  1  1 .202     C.Guillen SS        4  2  2  1 .335  
  M.Stairs 1B         4  1  2  1 .244     B.Inge 3B           5  0  0  0 .274  
C-D.Mientkiewicz PH,1 1  0  1  2 .259     C.Monroe CF         4  3  3  2 .304  
  A.Berroa SS         5  0  1  2 .259     C.Shelton 1B        4  0  0  0 .255  
  M.Teahen 3B         3  1  0  0 .266     O.Infante DH        4  1  1  1 .210  
  J.Buck C            2  0  1  0 .212                                          
A-M.Grudzielanek PH   1  0  0  0 .320                                          
B-P.Phillips C        1  0  0  0 .000                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      37 10 11  9                 Totals      38  9 14  9
 
A-Pinch Hit For Buck In 7th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Grudzielanek In 7th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Stairs In 9th Inning
 
Royals.......... 0 0 4  0 0 0  0 4 2  - 10 11  0
Tigers.......... 2 3 0  1 2 0  0 0 1  -  9 14  1
 
Royals (38-51)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
M.Redman                  3 2/3   8   6   6   2   0   0  93   6.72
T.Wellemeyer              0 1/3   1   1   1   0   0   0   8   6.94
M.Macdougal WIN(1-0)      4       4   1   1   2   3   1  47   2.25
A.Burgos SAVE(16th)       1       1   1   1   0   2   1  15   2.93
Totals                    9      14   9   9   4   5   2
 
Tigers (59-31)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
K.Rogers                  6       6   4   4   3   5   0 105   3.54
J.Grilli                  1       2   3   3   1   1   0  25   5.35
W.Ledezma BS(2nd)         0 1/3   2   1   1   0   0   0  16   2.00
F.Rodney LOSS(5-4)        1       0   2   1   2   1   0  23   1.88
J.Walker                  0 2/3   1   0   0   0   1   0   9   3.03
Totals                    9      11  10   9   6   8   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 36,246 DATE- Friday, July 14th 2006 TIME- Night WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Jim Joyce, Paul Schrieber, Doug Eddings, Dana Demuth
T- 3:58
LEFT ON BASE- Royals: 7  Tigers: 8
DOUBLE PLAYS- Royals: 1  Tigers: 1
ERRORS- P.Polanco
DOUBLES- D.Dejesus(20th), R.Sanders(19th), M.Stairs-2(17th), M.Thames(11th),
         M.Ordonez(17th), C.Monroe-2(29th)
TRIPLES- M.Thames(2nd)
HOME RUNS- C.Guillen(16th), C.Monroe(24th)
RBIs- D.Dejesus(21st), R.Sanders(25th), E.Brown(42nd), T.Graffanino(26th),
      M.Stairs(20th), D.Mientkiewicz-2(48th), A.Berroa-2(47th), P.Polanco(42nd),
      M.Thames-2(55th), I.Rodriguez(53rd), M.Ordonez(47th), C.Guillen(48th),
      C.Monroe-2(72nd), O.Infante(9th)
SACRIFICE HITS- M.Teahen
SACRIFICE FLIES- M.Thames, M.Ordonez
WALKS- R.Sanders-2, E.Brown, T.Graffanino-2, M.Teahen, P.Polanco, C.Guillen,
       C.Monroe, C.Shelton
STRIKE OUTS- D.Dejesus, E.German, M.Stairs, A.Berroa, M.Teahen-3, P.Phillips,
             M.Thames, I.Rodriguez, B.Inge, C.Monroe, C.Shelton
GIDP- E.Brown, M.Ordonez
WILD PITCHES- M.Redman, K.Rogers, J.Grilli
2-out RBI- O.Infante, P.Polanco, M.Thames, R.Sanders, T.Graffanino
RLISP 2-out- I.Rodriguez, M.Stairs, M.Ordonez-2, M.Teahen-3, B.Inge-2,
             D.Dejesus
TEAM RISP- Royals: 7 for 16  Tigers: 3 for 9
 
Designated hitter Reggie Sanders had 2 base hits and scored 3 times as the
Kansas City Royals rallied impressively to win in dramatic style over Detroit
Tigers, 10 to 9.
 
Kansas City came up with the deciding runs in the 9th inning plating 2 runs.
After an out was recorded, Sanders keyed the rally when he drew a walk.  Emil
Brown came next and he reached on an error.  Tony Graffanino then drew a walk
to load the bases.  Doug Mientkiewicz came up and he delivered a base-hit
driving home two runs.  Mientkiewicz took second on the throw.  Detroit
scored in 5 different innings, but their shaky pitching kept them from
victory.  
 
Mike Macdougal(1-0) allowed 1 run in 4 innings, and picked up the victory.
Macdougal got help from Ambiorix Burgos who was credited with his 16th save.
The loss was charged to Fernando Rodney(5-4) in relief.  
 
Kansas City now has a record of 38-51.  With the loss, Detroit has a record of
6-4 lately, 59-31 overall.