Comerica Park Detroit, Michigan
| Team | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Kansas City Royals | 10 | 15 | 1 |
 | Detroit Tigers | 2 | 5 | 3 |
Highlights
The Royals with their chests puffed out coming off a 2-1 series win over the Red Sox and the Tigers perhaps a little over confident after their sweep over the Twins and the fact that they were playing the Central Division cellar dwelling Royals combined for what turned out to be a rout for Kansas City. Detroit starter Kenny Rogers struggled at times as he allowed 6 runs off 9 hits thru 6 1/3 before giving way to Jose Cappellan who gave up a single to Billy Butler but then got David DeJesus on strikes and Emil Brown to fly out to right to end the inning. He pitched to four batters in the eighth but then got into trouble in the ninth as he surrendered 4 successive singles to Mark Grudzielanek, Mark Teahan, Butler and DeJesus accounting for the final four runs of the game. Jason Grilli came in to stop the bleeding with two grounders to short and a strike out. Butler finished the evening with a 4 for 5 effort and 4 RBI’s. Gil Meche was impressive going 7 innings and allowing 2 runs on 5 hits while walking none. The Tigers runs came on a first inning solo shot by Gary Sheffield and a sixth inning pop fly into no man’s land in short center by lead off hitter Curtis Granderson who came across 3 batters later when left fielder Emil Brown misplayed Magglio Ordonez ‘s single. Zack Greinke & Ryan Braun each pitched to the minimum batters in the eighth & ninth respectively.