Bannister, Royals down Tigers

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07/22/2007 - Detroit, MI (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Brian Bannister allowed just four hits and one run in seven innings, leading Kansas City past Detroit, 5-2, in the rubber match of a three-game series at Comerica Park.

Bannister (6-6) fanned three and walked just one for his first win in his last three starts. Mark Grudzielanek went 4-for-5 with a double for the Royals, who have won four of five. Esteban German homered and had two hits, David DeJesus collected a pair of hits and drove in a run, while Reggie Sanders, Tony Pena and Emil Brown also knocked in a run each.

Nate Robertson (6-7) was battered on 11 hits and five runs -- four earned -- with five strikeouts and one walk over six-plus innings.

Craig Monroe belted his 11th home run for the AL Central-leading Tigers, who dropped two of three in the series. Magglio Ordonez accounted for the other run with an RBI double.

Down by four and with Octavio Dotel on to close out the game, Detroit finally showed some life, cutting their deficit to 5-2 in the ninth on a double by Ordonez to score Gary Sheffield, who led off with a walk. Although Carlos Guillen walked, Sean Casey popped out and Monroe struck out swinging, then pinch-hitter Ivan Rodriguez struck out swinging to end the game.

The Royals had three hits in the third but failed to score a run, which would haunt the visitors when Monroe broke the scoreless tie in the home half with a one-out solo homer to put the Tigers up 1-0.

Kansas City struck for two in the fourth to take the lead on Sanders' RBI infield single and Pena's one-out sacrifice fly.

It was 3-1 for the visitors in the sixth. Sanders led off with a walk, and went to third on a DeJesus double. Brown followed with a sac fly to plate Sanders.

German stretched the lead to 4-1 with a lead-off homer in the seventh, his first since May 5, and DeJesus put the Royals up by four later in the frame with an RBI single.

Game Notes

Despite the loss, the Tigers have won eight of the 12 meetings this season...The Royals took 4-of-6 on the road against division-leading Boston and Detroit, finishing their nine-game road trip 5-4...Grudzielanek was 9- for-15 in the series with two RBI...The Tigers have had at least one extra- base hit in 57 consecutive games...Detroit begins a five-game series with the White Sox in Chicago on Monday, while Kansas City opens a four-game home set with the Yankees also on Monday...Attendance 42,201.

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