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July 16, 2006

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Bottom 8 R H E
Royals 9 13 1
Tigers 3 6 3
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Royals 9 13 1
Tigers 6 7 3

Marcus Thames Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .298
OBP .333 .372
At Bats 3 215
Hits 1 64
• Singles 0 28
• Doubles 0 17
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 1 18
Walks 0 23
RBI’s 2 40

Elmer Dessens Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
4 7 2
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Comerica Park - July 16, 2006
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Home Run
Elmer Dessens
Paul Phillips
Doug Mientkiewicz
Esteban German
Mark Teahen
Tony Graffanino
David DeJesus
Joey Gathright
Emil Brown
Marcus Thames
Omar Infante
Brandon Inge
Count: 0-1, 0 Outs
Count: 0-1, 0 Outs

Thames hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 8 Infante hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Inge moves to second.
Bottom 8 Inge hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 8 Jason Grilli now pitching. German strikes out.
Top 8 Teahen takes first base on ball four. Stairs moves to second.
Top 8 Stairs hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Infante misplays the ball. That's an error on Infante.
Top 8 Brown strikes out.
Top 8 Ramon Santiago now playing shortstop. Mientkiewicz hits a popup, foul, towards first. Shelton settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Granderson strikes out.
Bottom 7 Wilson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Gomez hits a fly ball into left field. DeJesus settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Elmer Dessens now pitching. Monroe hits a fly ball into right field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Graffanino hits a popup towards first. Shelton settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 DeJesus hits a ball on the ground towards second. Infante throws to second for one, and Guillen throws the ball away attempting to make the double play. Gathright scores. DeJesus moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 7 Phillips hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. German scores. Gathright moves to second.
Top 7 Gathright is hit by the pitch. German moves to second.
Top 7 German hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Teahen strikes out.
Bottom 6 Shelton hits a popup, foul, towards third. Teahen settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Guillen strikes out.
Bottom 6 Thames hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 6 Infante hits a fly ball into center field. Gathright settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Inge takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Stairs hits a ball on the ground towards short. Guillen scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Brown hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Granderson. Brown reaches second base with a double. Graffanino goes all the way around to score.
Top 6 Mientkiewicz hits a fly ball into left field. Thames settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Graffanino takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 There goes DeJesus. The throw from Wilson and he is out, Guillen applying the tag.
Top 6 DeJesus hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Granderson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mientkiewicz scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Granderson for the out.
Bottom 5 Wilson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Monroe moves to second.
Bottom 5 Gomez hits a fly ball towards center. Gathright catches it and throws to third to double up Shelton.
Bottom 5 Monroe hits a ball on the ground and there's an error on the play. Shelton moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 5 Shelton takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Phillips hits a ball on the ground towards third. Inge fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Gathright hits a fly ball into left field, out of the reach of Thames who is chasing the ball. Gathright reaches third base with a triple. Stairs scores. German goes all the way around to score.
Top 5 German takes first base on ball four. Stairs moves to second.
Top 5 Wil Ledezma now pitching. Teahen hits a popup towards short. Guillen settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Stairs hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 5 Brown hits a ball on the ground towards third. Inge fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Guillen hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. German scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Thames hits a fly ball into center field. Gathright settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Infante hits a ball on the ground towards short. Graffanino scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Mientkiewicz hits a fly ball into left field. Thames settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Graffanino hits a ball on the ground towards short. Guillen fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Guillen.
Top 4 DeJesus hits a ball on the ground towards first. Shelton scoops it up and throws to first, with Miner covering, for the out.
Top 4 Phillips bunts in front of the plate. Wilson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Inge hits a ball on the ground towards short. Graffanino scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Granderson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. German scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Wilson hits a popup towards short. Graffanino settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Gathright hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Gomez throws the ball in to Infante who relays the ball to Guillen who tags Gathright trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Brown scores. Teahen scores. German moves to third.
Top 3 German hits a ball on the ground towards third. Inge fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Graffanino scores. Brown moves to third. Teahen moves to second.
Top 3 Teahen is walked intentionally.
Top 3 Stairs hits a popup towards short. Guillen settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Brown hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. DeJesus scores. Graffanino moves to third. Brown moves to second.
Top 3 Mientkiewicz strikes out.
Top 3 Graffanino hits a ball on the ground towards short. Guillen fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. DeJesus moves to second.
Top 3 DeJesus hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Gomez hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mientkiewicz scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Gomez for the out.
Bottom 2 Monroe hits a line drive into left field. DeJesus settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Shelton hits a fly ball into right field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Guillen hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 2 Phillips hits a fly ball into right field. Gomez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Gathright takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 There goes German. The throw from Wilson and he is safe. German steals second.
Top 2 German hits a ball on the ground towards short. Guillen fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 2 Teahen hits a line drive into left field. Thames settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Stairs hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Infante scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Thames hits a popup towards first. Mientkiewicz settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Infante strikes out.
Bottom 1 Inge hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. DeJesus settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Granderson takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Brown hits a fly ball into center field. Granderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Mientkiewicz hits a popup, foul, towards third. Inge settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Graffanino hits a ball on the ground towards third. Inge fields it and throws to first for the out. DeJesus moves to second.
Top 1 DeJesus hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.