The Detroit Tigers beat the Kansas City Royals 7-1 on Tuesday night as they beat the Royals for the second straight night. The game was interrupted in the 7th inning by rain and both teams had to wait 2 hours and 19 minutes before they could play the final couple of innings.
Placido Polanco and Magglio Ordonez both led the team with two rbi each. Polanco had a solo home run and then a rbi groundout to account for both of his rbi. Ordonez had two rbi singles in the game for his rbi’s. Miguel Cabrera, Matt Joyce, and Gary Sheffield all chipped in with one rbi each as well.
Kenny Rogers picked up the win and is now 8-6. Rogers threw six innings while only giving up four hits and one run. It was a very good start for Rogers who pitched a great game. Fernando Rodney pitched two innings after Rogers left the game and struckout four batters while only giving up one hit. Joel Zumaya pitched a scoreless 9th inning to finish off the Royals.
The Tigers will now go for the three game sweep Wednesday afternoon. The players more then likely will be a little tired as they will have a short turnaround. If they can pull off the sweep, it will be the teams fourth straight win!
