1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Detroit	2	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	5	12	2
Kansas City	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	x	8	12	0

DETROIT	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
R Becker cf Macias 2b Higginson lf Palmer 3b Mcmillon rf Magee rf D Cruz ss H Morris 1b Ausmus c Fick dh Totals	4 4 5 5 3 1 4 4 4 4 38	1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5	1 2 3 1 1 0 2 0 0 2 12	0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 5	1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4	2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3	0 1 3 3 2 0 1 5 2 0 17	.245 .257 .296 .260 .286 .272 .298 .291 .266 .250

BATTING
2B: Fick (7, Murray); Palmer (23, Spoljaric).
HR: Higginson (30, 3rd inning off Meadows 0 on, 0 out); Fick (3, 4th inning off Meadows 0 on, 2 out).
S: Mcmillon.
Rbi: Higginson 2 (99), D Cruz 2 (82), Fick (21).
2-out rbi: D Cruz 2, Fick.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: H Morris 3, Higginson 1, Ausmus 1.
Team LOB: 11.

FIELDING
E: Palmer 2 (23, throw, ground ball).

KANSAS CITY	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Jo Damon cf R Sanchez ss a-Mccarty ph Ordaz ss c-D Brown ph Reboulet 2b Mi Sweeney 1b Dye rf Randa 3b Beltran dh Quinn lf Fabregas c W Delgado pr-ss Febles 2b b-Zaun ph-c Totals	5 3 1 0 1 0 3 5 4 4 4 4 0 3 1 38	1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 8	1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 2 0 2 1 12	1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 7	0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3	1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 6	3 0 0 0 3 0 2 5 2 3 4 2 0 0 0 24	.327 .269 .279 .221 .143 .242 .336 .321 .306 .251 .293 .283 .268 .255 .271

a-grounded to catcher for R Sanchez in the 7th; b-singled for Fabregas in the 8th; c-reached on error for Ordaz in the 8th.

BATTING
Rbi: Randa 2 (105), Quinn (78), Fabregas (17), Jo Damon (86), D Brown (4), Dye (117).
2-out rbi: Randa.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Fabregas 1, Quinn 2, Mi Sweeney 2, Beltran 1.
Team LOB: 10.


Pitching

DETROIT	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Mlicki Nitkowski (H, 17) Bernero (H, 1) T Jones (L, 0-4; Bs, 4) D Patterson	6 1/3 1 1/3 1/3	6 0 1 5 0	1 0 2 5 0	1 0 2 2 0	2 0 0 1 0	5 1 0 0 0	0 0 0 0 0	5.58 5.28 3.57 3.73 3.56

KANSAS CITY	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Meadows Murray Spoljaric J Santiago (W, 8-6) Bottalico (S, 16)	4 2/3 1 2/3 1 2/3 1	8 2 1 1 0	5 0 0 0 0	5 0 0 0 0	1 1 0 1 1	1 0 1 1 0	2 0 0 0 0	4.77 4.67 6.52 4.03 5.02

Mlicki pitched to 2 batters in the 7th.

WP: Bottalico.
Ibb: Mi Sweeney (by T Jones).
HBP: Randa (by Bernero).
Pitches-strikes: Meadows 81-54; Murray 25-14; Spoljaric 12-8; J Santiago 24-17; Bottalico 20-9; Mlicki 97-64; Nitkowski 6-3; Bernero 18-9; T Jones 27-18; D Patterson 7-4.
Ground balls-fly balls: Meadows 6-7; Murray 3-0; Spoljaric 1-0; J Santiago 0-4; Bottalico 2-1; Mlicki 9-4; Nitkowski 0-0; Bernero 3-0; T Jones 1-0; D Patterson 0-1.
Batters faced: Meadows 23; Murray 6; Spoljaric 3; J Santiago 7; Bottalico 4; Mlicki 27; Nitkowski 1; Bernero 5; T Jones 8; D Patterson 1.
Umpires: HP: Chuck Meriwether. 1B--Greg Gibson. 2B--Steve Rippley. 3B--Tim Tschida.
T: 3:28.
Att: 15,002.
Weather: 71 degrees, clear.
Wind: 3 mph, right to left.