TIGERS TRAVAILS CONTINUE AS 'L' STREAK REACHES 19
Harvey Homers, Drives in 5 for Royals
DETROIT, July 26 (AP) - Ken Harvey had three hits, including a home run, and
drove in five runs as the Kansas City Royals raced out to a large lead and then
held on for an 8-5 victory over the Detroit Tigers at Comerica Park. The
loss was the 19th straight for the hapless Tigers, easily the longest of the
major league season.
The Royals took the lead for good in the top of the very first inning.
Desi Relaford drew a one-out walk and, after Carlos Beltran flied out, Harvey
belted a Jeremy Bonderman offering into the left field seats for a two-run
homer.
Kansas City added a single runs in the fourth and fifth innings. Beltran's
20th home run of the year led off the fourth and Harvey's two-out single drove
home Aaron Guiel in the fifth. The Tigers finally got on the board against
Kyle Snyder (3-5) when Eric Munson led off the bottom of the fifth with his 12th
home run of the season.
The score was still 4-1 in favor of the Royals in the top of the eighth.
Angel Berroa doubled off the base of the left field wall with one out and
Chris Spurling relieved Steve Sparks on the mound for Detroit. Brent Mayne
greeted Spurling with a single though the middle, scoring Berroa without a throw
for a 5-1 advantage. Dee Brown's base hit to center advanced Mayne to
second and pinch hitter Raul Ibanez made it 6-1 with a single to left-center
that scored Mayne. Guiel rolled into a double play to end the inning.
The Royals extended their lead in the ninth. Relaford led off with a
single and Beltran doubled him to third. Harvey grounded a single into
center field scoring both runners to put Kansas City on top, 8-1.
The extra runs seemed superfluous but they ended up being crucial. Mike
MacDougal came on to get some work for the Royals and immediately surrendered a
home run to Kevin Witt. Carlos Pena struck out but Munson walked and pinch
hitter Ben Petrick singled him to third. Ramon Santiago then grounded a
potential double play ball to Harvey at first but his throw to second was wild,
allowing Munson to score and leaving runners at first and second with the lead
now 8-3. Alex Sanchez walked to load the bases and MacDougal also walked
Warren Morris, forcing in a run. Suddenly it was 8-4, there was still only
one out and the tying run was standing at the plate. D.J. Carrasco
replaced MacDougal and promptly walked Bobby Higgginson, forcing in another run
and bringing the potential winning run to the plate in the form of Dmitri Young,
Detroit's best hitter. The count ran to 3-2 and Young chopped a ball
toward third. Relaford fired home for the force and Mayne's relay to first
was in time to complete the double play and end the game.
7/26/2003, KC03-Det03, Comerica Park 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 2003 Royals 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 8 14 1 9 2 2003 Tigers 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 5 9 1 8 3 Royals AB R H BI AVG Tigers AB R H BI AVG Guiel rf 4 1 1 0 .341 Sanchez,A cf 4 0 1 0 .251 Relaford 3b 3 2 1 0 .290 Morris,W 2b 4 0 1 1 .290 Beltran cf 4 2 2 1 .304 Higginson rf 4 0 1 1 .249 Harvey 1b 5 1 3 5 .283 Young,D lf 5 0 0 0 .317 Tucker,M lf 4 0 2 0 .239 Witt dh 4 1 3 1 .319 Berroa ss 4 1 2 0 .270 Pena,C 1b 4 0 0 0 .192 Mayne c 4 1 1 1 .279 Munson 3b 2 2 2 1 .225 Brown,D dh 5 0 1 0 .218 Walbeck c 3 0 0 0 .175 Febles 2b 2 0 0 0 .259 Petrick ph 1 1 1 0 .294 Ibanez ph 1 0 1 1 .317 Santiago,R ss 4 1 0 1 .258 Dawkins 2b 0 0 0 0 .250 35 5 9 5 36 8 14 8 Royals INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Snyder W 3-5 6.0 5 1 1 1 2 91 60 5.79 Leskanic H 8 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 10 6 3.31 Grimsley 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 13 10 4.47 MacDougal 0.1 2 4 3 3 1 41 20 4.39 Carrasco,D S 3 0.2 0 0 0 1 0 11 4 5.46 9.0 9 5 4 5 4 166 100 Tigers INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Bonderman L 4-11 4.2 5 4 3 3 1 81 48 4.84 Eckenstahler 0.2 0 0 0 2 1 16 7 0.00 Sparks 2.0 2 1 1 1 0 30 17 6.50 Spurling 1.0 7 3 3 0 0 32 23 4.44 Patterson,D 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 9 5 10.13 9.0 14 8 7 6 2 168 100 KC : Ibanez batted for Febles in the 8th Dawkins inserted at 2b in the 8th Det: Petrick batted for Walbeck in the 9th E-Harvey, Sanchez,A. 2B-Beltran(6), Tucker,M(21), Berroa(24), Higginson(10). 3B-Morris,W(2). HR-Beltran(20), Harvey(8), Witt(7), Munson(12). RBI-Beltran(62), Harvey 5(53), Mayne(30), Ibanez(70), Morris,W(17), Higginson(27), Witt(31), Munson(35), Santiago,R(31). CS-Tucker,M. K-Berroa, Febles, Young,D, Witt, Pena,C 2. BB-Guiel, Relaford, Beltran, Tucker,M, Berroa, Mayne, Sanchez,A, Morris,W, Higginson, Munson 2. SH-Relaford. HBP-Febles. HB-Bonderman. WP-Snyder, Bonderman. GWRBI: Harvey Temperature: 90, Sky: clear, Wind: right to left at 12 MPH. Attendance: 20,036 Game Time: 3:23