GDT: 9/25/12 - DET (81-72) VS KC (70-83) - 7:05 p.m. ET

Tigers: RHP Anibal Sanchez (3-6, 4.55, 2.74 ERA)

Thursday's loss to the A's ended Sanchez's streak of five straight quality starts. He allowed six runs, five earned, on six hits over 5 2/3 innings, though he struck out eight. He tossed seven innings of one-run ball vs. the Royals in August.



Royals: LHP Bruce Chen (11-12, 5.22 ERA)

Chen is going after his 12th victory to match his last two seasons when he led the staff. He was at his best on Wednesday night with 6 2/3 scoreless innings in a 3-0 win over the White Sox. He had four strikeouts, seven popouts and four groundouts.







INJURY UPDATE:

• C Victor Martinez (left knee surgery, 60-day disabled list on March 12).
• OF Ryan Raburn (right quadriceps strain, 15-day DL on September 11).
• LHP Daniel Schlereth (left shoulder tendinitis, 60-day DL on April 21).






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• Wednesday, September 26:
Tigers (RHP Rick Porcello (9-12, 4.57 ERA)) VS
Royals (RHP Jeremy Guthrie (4-3, 3.00 ERA)),
7:05 p.m. ET (FSD / 1270 AM & 97.1 FM)


• Thursday, September 27:
Tigers (RHP Doug Fister (10-9, 3.43 ERA)) VS
Royals (RHP Luis Mendoza (8-9, 4.44 ERA)),
1:05 p.m. ET (FSD / 1270 AM & 97.1 FM)


• Friday, September 28:
Tigers (RHP TBA (TBA ERA)) AT
Twins (LHP Scott Diamond (12-8, 3.64 ERA)),
8:10 p.m. ET (FSD / 1270 AM & 97.1 FM)


• Saturday, September 29:
Tigers (RHP TBA (TBA ERA)) AT
Twins (RHP P.J. Walters (2-4, 5.88 ERA)),
4:05 p.m. ET (FOX / 1270 AM & 97.1 FM)

STARTING LINEUPS:

TIGERS

Austin Jackson, CF
Omar Infante, 2B (1-for-9, 5 K’s off Chen)
Miguel Cabrera, 3B (11-for-26, 3 HRs off Chen)
Prince Fielder, 1B
Delmon Young, DH (8-for-18, 3 2Bs, HR off Chen)_
Andy Dirks, LF
Jhonny Peralta, SS
Avisail Garcia, RF
Gerald Laird, C

P: Anibal Sanchez

ROYALS

Jarrod Dyson, CF
Alcides Escobar, SS
Alex Gordon, LF
Billy Butler, DH
Salvador Perez, C
Mike Moustakas, 3B
Jeff Francoeur, RF
Eric Hosmer, 1B
Johnny Giavotella, 2B

P: Bruce Chen

KC - Top 1st
B:0 S:2 O:1
Jarrod Dyson grounds out, third baseman Miguel Cabrera to first baseman Prince Fielder.

B:1 S:2 O:2
Alcides Escobar flies out to center fielder Austin Jackson.

B:1 S:1 O:3
Alex Gordon grounds out, shortstop Jhonny Peralta to first baseman Prince Fielder.


DET - Bot 1st
B:2 S:2 O:0
Austin Jackson singles on a ground ball to center fielder Jarrod Dyson.

B:1 S:1 O:0
Omar Infante singles on a line drive to center fielder Jarrod Dyson. Austin Jackson to 2nd.

B:1 S:0 O:1
Miguel Cabrera flies out to left fielder Alex Gordon.

B:0 S:1 O:1
Prince Fielder singles on a line drive to center fielder Jarrod Dyson. Austin Jackson scores. Omar Infante to 3rd.
1 - 0

B:0 S:2 O:1
Delmon Young singles on a line drive to right fielder Jeff Francoeur. Omar Infante scores. Prince Fielder to 2nd.
2 - 0

Coaching visit to mound.

B:3 S:3 O:2
Andy Dirks called out on .

B:2 S:1 O:3
Jhonny Peralta flies out to left fielder Alex Gordon.

2 - 0 AFTER 1 INNING

KC - Top 2nd
B:0 S:2 O:1
Billy Butler grounds out, second baseman Omar Infante to first baseman Prince Fielder.

B:0 S:1 O:2
Salvador Perez grounds out, shortstop Jhonny Peralta to first baseman Prince Fielder.

B:1 S:3 O:3
Mike Moustakas out swinging.


DET - Bot 2nd
B:0 S:1 O:0
Avisail Garcia singles on a line drive to center fielder Jarrod Dyson.

B:0 S:1 O:0
Gerald Laird singles on a line drive to left fielder Alex Gordon. Avisail Garcia to 2nd.

With Austin Jackson batting, wild pitch by Bruce Chen, Avisail Garcia to 3rd. Gerald Laird to 2nd.

B:4 S:2 O:0
Austin Jackson walks.

B:0 S:0 O:1
Omar Infante flies out to center fielder Jarrod Dyson.

B:2 S:3 O:2
Miguel Cabrera out swinging.

B:2 S:3 O:3
Prince Fielder out swinging.

2 - 0 AFTER 2 INNINGS

KC - Top 3rd
B:1 S:1 O:1
Jeff Francoeur grounds out, shortstop Jhonny Peralta to first baseman Prince Fielder.

B:1 S:2 O:2
Eric Hosmer grounds out, pitcher Anibal Sanchez to first baseman Prince Fielder.

B:0 S:2 O:3
Johnny Giavotella grounds out, first baseman Prince Fielder to pitcher Anibal Sanchez.


DET - Bot 3rd
B:2 S:2 O:0
Delmon Young singles on a line drive to left fielder Alex Gordon.

B:0 S:0 O:2
Andy Dirks grounds into a double play, second baseman Johnny Giavotella to shortstop Alcides Escobar to first baseman Eric Hosmer. Delmon Young out at 2nd.

B:3 S:2 O:3
Jhonny Peralta pops out to first baseman Eric Hosmer.

2 - 0 AFTER 3 INNINGS

KC - Top 4th
B:1 S:3 O:1
Jarrod Dyson out swinging.

B:0 S:3 O:2
Alcides Escobar out swinging.

B:2 S:1 O:2
Alex Gordon singles on a ground ball to left fielder Andy Dirks.

B:0 S:0 O:2
Billy Butler singles on a line drive to left fielder Andy Dirks. Alex Gordon to 2nd.

B:1 S:1 O:3
Salvador Perez lines out to third baseman Miguel Cabrera.


DET - Bot 4th
B:0 S:3 O:1
Avisail Garcia called out on .

B:0 S:2 O:1
Gerald Laird singles on a soft ground ball to first baseman Eric Hosmer.

On-field Delay.

B:1 S:1 O:3
Austin Jackson lines into a double play, second baseman Johnny Giavotella to first baseman Eric Hosmer. Gerald Laird doubled off 1st.

2 - 0 AFTER 4 INNINGS

KC - Top 5th
B:0 S:0 O:1
Mike Moustakas lines out to center fielder Austin Jackson.

B:1 S:3 O:2
Jeff Francoeur out swinging.

B:0 S:0 O:3
Eric Hosmer flies out to left fielder Andy Dirks.


DET - Bot 5th
B:0 S:0 O:1
Omar Infante bunt grounds out, pitcher Bruce Chen to first baseman Eric Hosmer.

B:1 S:2 O:2
Miguel Cabrera grounds out, third baseman Mike Moustakas to first baseman Eric Hosmer.

B:0 S:0 O:3
Prince Fielder pops out to third baseman Mike Moustakas.

2 - 0 AFTER 5 INNINGS

KC - Top 6th
B:0 S:0 O:1
Johnny Giavotella grounds out, shortstop Jhonny Peralta to first baseman Prince Fielder.

B:2 S:3 O:2
Jarrod Dyson out swinging.

B:1 S:0 O:2
Alcides Escobar singles on a bunt ground ball to third baseman Miguel Cabrera.

With Alex Gordon batting, Alcides Escobar steals (32) 2nd base.

B:4 S:2 O:2
Alex Gordon walks.

Coaching visit to mound.

B:1 S:3 O:3
Billy Butler out swinging.


DET - Bot 6th
B:1 S:3 O:1
Delmon Young out swinging.

B:0 S:0 O:1
Andy Dirks singles on a fly ball to center fielder Jarrod Dyson.

B:0 S:0 O:2
Jhonny Peralta flies out to left fielder Alex Gordon.

B:0 S:0 O:3
Avisail Garcia grounds into a force out, shortstop Alcides Escobar to second baseman Johnny Giavotella. Andy Dirks out at 2nd.

2 - 0 AFTER 6 INNINGS

KC - Top 7th
B:2 S:3 O:1
Salvador Perez out swinging.

B:2 S:3 O:2
Mike Moustakas out swinging.

B:1 S:0 O:3
Jeff Francoeur grounds out, third baseman Miguel Cabrera to first baseman Prince Fielder.


DET - Bot 7th
B:1 S:0 O:1
Gerald Laird flies out to left fielder Alex Gordon.

B:3 S:2 O:2
Austin Jackson flies out to right fielder Jeff Francoeur.

B:1 S:2 O:2
Omar Infante triples (7) on a line drive to center fielder Jarrod Dyson.

B:4 S:0 O:2
Bruce Chen intentionally walks Miguel Cabrera.

Coaching visit to mound.

B:4 S:0 O:2
Prince Fielder walks. Miguel Cabrera to 2nd.

Pitching Change: Louis Coleman replaces Bruce Chen.

Coaching visit to mound.

B:0 S:3 O:3
Delmon Young out swinging.

2 - 0 AFTER 7 INNINGS

KC - Top 8th
B:2 S:1 O:1
Eric Hosmer grounds out, second baseman Omar Infante to first baseman Prince Fielder.

B:0 S:3 O:2
Johnny Giavotella out swinging.

B:1 S:1 O:3
Jarrod Dyson grounds out, pitcher Anibal Sanchez to first baseman Prince Fielder.


DET - Bot 8th
Defensive Substitution: David Lough replaces center fielder Jarrod Dyson, batting 1st, playing center field.

B:1 S:2 O:1
Andy Dirks pops out to catcher Salvador Perez in foul territory.

B:4 S:2 O:1
Jhonny Peralta walks.

B:0 S:0 O:2
Avisail Garcia grounds into a force out, shortstop Alcides Escobar to second baseman Johnny Giavotella. Jhonny Peralta out at 2nd. Avisail Garcia to 1st.

B:2 S:3 O:3
Gerald Laird out swinging.

2 - 0 AFTER 8 INNINGS

KC - Top 9th
B:0 S:1 O:1
Alcides Escobar flies out to right fielder Avisail Garcia.

B:2 S:3 O:2
Alex Gordon out swinging.

B:0 S:1 O:3
Billy Butler grounds out to first baseman Prince Fielder.

WIN 2 - 0

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Game Over-R-H-E

Royals	0	3	0
Tigers	2	10	0

• W Sanchez, An (9-13)
  
• L Chen (11-13)
  

Game Info



WP: Chen.
IBB: Cabrera, Mi (by Chen).
Pitches-strikes: Chen 115-77, Coleman, L 22-15, Sanchez, An 105-77.
Groundouts-flyouts: Chen 4-6, Coleman, L 1-0, Sanchez, An 12-3.
Batters faced: Chen 31, Coleman, L 5, Sanchez, An 31.
Inherited runners-scored: Coleman, L 3-0.
Umpires: HP: Cory Blaser. 1B: Chris Guccione. 2B: Jeff Nelson. 3B: Bill Welke.
Weather: 68 degrees, cloudy.
Wind: 13 mph, In from RF.
T: 2:13.
Att: 29,048.