Detroit Tigers shutout by Kansas City Royals 0-1 – MLB Update
Detroit Tigers, once again, failed to live up to expectations as they lost to the Kansas City Royals 0-1 at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri in second game of their three match series of the 2012 Major League Baseball regular season.
Tigers’ starting pitcher Anibal Sanchez was unlucky to end up with the loss considering the fact he gave up seven hits and a run in seven innings. For the Royals, Bruce Chen came out with his best skills, allowing just four hits in eight innings to grab
his 10th win of the season.
Relief pitcher Greg Holland pitched the scoreless ninth to hold off the Tigers. Eric Hosmer reached on infield single to shortstop in the fourth inning to score the only run of the game.
"That's baseball. That's why this game is so great," Royals’ manager Ned Yost said. "We won the game on an 80-foot bomb in the Bermuda triangle. That's baseball."
"It's part of the game, a blooper like that," Sanchez said. "I have to take it. You have to go back to the mound and get the next guy out."
"Chen pitched a great game. A great matchup -- Chen and Sanchez -- and Chen was just a little better," Tigers’ manager Jim Leyland said. "Chen throws this when you're looking for that, and vice-versa. He knows what he's doing, obviously."
Tigers were beaten by the Royals in series opener as well and they were unable to make the most of scoring opportunities on Wednesday evening. Royals, on the other hand, took complete advantage of the situation to register an emphatic victory, taking an
impassable 2-0 series lead.
Manager Jim Leyland will be very frustrated with what he saw from the batting line-up. With some of the best hitters in their line-up, the skipper was expecting his team to put up a powerful offensive show but that did not turn out to be the case.
The loss also sent the Tigers three games behind the American League Central Division leaders Chicago White Sox. It will be interesting to see if Leyland and company can turn things around in the finale to avoid an embarrassing series sweep.
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