Final
Detroit won 3-0
| Game 1: Friday, September 22 | ||
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| Detroit | 7 | Final |
| Kansas City | 3 | |
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| Game 2: Saturday, September 23 | ||
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| Detroit | 15 | Final |
| Kansas City | 4 | |
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| Game 3: Sunday, September 24 | ||
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| Detroit | 11 | Final |
| Kansas City | 4 | |
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2:10 PM ET, September 24, 2006
Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
W: J. Verlander (17-9)
L: R. Hernandez (6-10)
| View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-Pitch | Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Detroit - Top of 1st | SCORE | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Runelvys Hernandez pitching for Kansas City | DET | KC | |
| Curtis Granderson | Strike (looking), Ball, Ball, Strike (foul), Ball, C Granderson doubled to deep right | 0 | 0 |
| Ivan Rodriguez | Ball, I Rodriguez popped out to shortstop | 0 | 0 |
| Sean Casey | Ball, Ball, Strike (foul), Ball, Ball, S Casey walked | 0 | 0 |
| Magglio Ordonez | M Ordonez popped out to first | 0 | 0 |
| Carlos Guillen | Ball, Ball, Strike (foul), Strike (foul), Ball, Foul, Foul, Foul, Ball, C Guillen walked, C Granderson to third, S Casey to second | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Stairs | Strike (looking), Ball, Strike (swinging), Strike (swinging), M Stairs struck out swinging | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Kansas City - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | ||
| Justin Verlander pitching for Detroit | DET | KC | |
| Joey Gathright | Ball, Ball, J Gathright grounded out to shortstop | 0 | 0 |
| Esteban German | Ball, Ball, E German grounded out to shortstop | 0 | 0 |
| David DeJesus | Ball, Strike (looking), D DeJesus singled to right | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Sweeney | Strike (swinging), Strike (swinging), Ball, Foul, Foul, Strike (swinging), M Sweeney struck out swinging | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Detroit - Top of 2nd | SCORE | ||
| Runelvys Hernandez pitching for Kansas City | DET | KC | |
| Craig Monroe | C Monroe doubled to left | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon Inge | Ball, B Inge hit by pitch | 0 | 0 |
| Omar Infante | O Infante sacrificed to third, C Monroe to third, B Inge to second, O Infante safe at first on error by third baseman J Keppinger. C Monroe to third on error by third baseman J Keppinger | 0 | 0 |
| Curtis Granderson | Ball, C Granderson hit sacrifice fly to left, C Monroe scored | 1 | 0 |
| Ivan Rodriguez | Strike (looking), Strike (swinging), Ball, I Rodriguez singled to right, B Inge to third, O Infante to second | 1 | 0 |
| Sean Casey | Strike (foul), Ball, S Casey flied out to left | 1 | 0 |
| Magglio Ordonez | Strike (looking), M Ordonez singled to center, B Inge and O Infante scored, I Rodriguez to second | 3 | 0 |
| Carlos Guillen | Strike (foul), Strike (foul), Ball, C Guillen singled to left, I Rodriguez scored, M Ordonez to second | 4 | 0 |
| Matt Stairs | Ball, Strike (swinging), Strike (foul), Foul, M Stairs singled to right, M Ordonez scored, C Guillen to third | 5 | 0 |
| Craig Monroe | Ball, Strike (swinging), Strike (foul), Ball, Foul, Ball, C Monroe homered to left, C Guillen and M Stairs scored, T Wellemeyer relieved R Hernandez | 8 | 0 |
| Brandon Inge | B Inge homered to right center | 9 | 0 |
| Omar Infante | Ball, Ball, Ball, Strike (looking), Ball, O Infante walked | 9 | 0 |
| Curtis Granderson | Strike (foul), Ball, Ball, Strike (swinging), Strike (swinging), C Granderson struck out swinging | 9 | 0 |
| 9 Runs, 7 Hits, 1 Errors | |||
| Kansas City - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | ||
| Justin Verlander pitching for Detroit | DET | KC | |
| Ryan Shealy | Strike (looking), Strike (looking), Foul, R Shealy grounded out to shortstop | 9 | 0 |
| Shane Costa | Strike (foul), Strike (foul), Foul, Foul, Foul, Strike (swinging), S Costa struck out swinging | 9 | 0 |
| Jeff Keppinger | Ball, Ball, J Keppinger lined out to first | 9 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Detroit - Top of 3rd | SCORE | ||
| Todd Wellemeyer pitching for Kansas City | DET | KC | |
| Ivan Rodriguez | Strike (looking), Strike (foul), Foul, I Rodriguez flied out to right | 9 | 0 |
| Sean Casey | S Casey flied out to center | 9 | 0 |
| Magglio Ordonez | Strike (looking), Ball, Strike (foul), Ball, Foul, Foul, Ball, Foul, Ball, M Ordonez walked | 9 | 0 |
| Carlos Guillen | C Guillen flied out to left | 9 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Kansas City - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | ||
| Justin Verlander pitching for Detroit | DET | KC | |
| Paul Bako | Ball, P Bako flied out to left | 9 | 0 |
| Andres Blanco | Ball, Strike (looking), Ball, Strike (foul), Foul, Ball, Ball, A Blanco walked | 9 | 0 |
| Joey Gathright | Ball, J Gathright flied out to center | 9 | 0 |
| Esteban German | Ball, Ball, E German singled to center, A Blanco to second | 9 | 0 |
| David DeJesus | D DeJesus doubled to deep center, A Blanco and E German scored | 9 | 2 |
| Mike Sweeney | Strike (foul), M Sweeney flied out to center | 9 | 2 |
| 2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Detroit - Top of 4th | SCORE | ||
| Todd Wellemeyer pitching for Kansas City | DET | KC | |
| Matt Stairs | Ball, Ball, Ball, Strike (looking), Strike (looking), M Stairs grounded out to third | 9 | 2 |
| Craig Monroe | Strike (looking), Ball, Strike (foul), Foul, Foul, C Monroe flied out to center | 9 | 2 |
| Brandon Inge | Strike (looking), Ball, Ball, Strike (foul), Foul, B Inge flied out to center | 9 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Kansas City - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | ||
| Justin Verlander pitching for Detroit | DET | KC | |
| Ryan Shealy | Strike (looking), Strike (foul), Ball, R Shealy singled to center | 9 | 2 |
| Shane Costa | Ball, S Costa grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, R Shealy out at second | 9 | 2 |
| Jeff Keppinger | J Keppinger singled to left | 9 | 2 |
| Paul Bako | Strike (swinging), Strike (foul), Foul, Ball, Foul, Foul, Foul, P Bako grounded out to pitcher | 9 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Detroit - Top of 5th | SCORE | ||
| Todd Wellemeyer pitching for Kansas City | DET | KC | |
| Omar Infante | Ball, Ball, Ball, Ball, O Infante walked | 9 | 2 |
| Curtis Granderson | Strike (looking), Strike (foul), Ball, Foul, Strike (looking), C Granderson struck out looking | 9 | 2 |
| Ivan Rodriguez | Ball, Ball, Strike (looking), I Rodriguez doubled to deep right, O Infante scored | 10 | 2 |
| Sean Casey | Ball, Strike (looking), S Casey flied out to right, I Rodriguez to third | 10 | 2 |
| Magglio Ordonez | Strike (swinging), Ball, Strike (foul), Ball, Strike (swinging), M Ordonez struck out swinging | 10 | 2 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Kansas City - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | ||
| Justin Verlander pitching for Detroit | DET | KC | |
| Andres Blanco | Strike (looking), Ball, Ball, Strike (foul), Ball, Ball, A Blanco walked | 10 | 2 |
| Joey Gathright | Ball, Strike (foul), Strike (foul), Ball, Foul, Ball, Foul, Foul, J Gathright grounded into fielder's choice to third, A Blanco out at second | 10 | 2 |
| Esteban German | Ball, Ball, Ball, Strike (looking), Strike (looking), Strike (swinging), E German struck out swinging | 10 | 2 |
| David DeJesus | Ball, D DeJesus singled to center, J Gathright to second | 10 | 2 |
| Mike Sweeney | Strike (swinging), Ball, Strike (swinging), Foul, M Sweeney flied out to left | 10 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Detroit - Top of 6th | SCORE | ||
| Ryan Braun pitching for Kansas City | DET | KC | |
| R Braun relieved T Wellemeyer. | 10 | 2 | |
| Carlos Guillen | Ball, Ball, Strike (foul), Ball, C Guillen fouled out to third | 10 | 2 |
| Matt Stairs | M Stairs homered to right | 11 | 2 |
| Craig Monroe | Strike (swinging), Strike (foul), Ball, C Monroe grounded out to shortstop | 11 | 2 |
| Brandon Inge | Ball, Ball, Ball, Strike (looking), Strike (foul), Foul, Strike (looking), B Inge struck out looking | 11 | 2 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Kansas City - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | ||
| Jason Grilli pitching for Detroit | DET | KC | |
| J Grilli relieved J Verlander. | 11 | 2 | |
| Ryan Shealy | Ball, Ball, Strike (looking), Strike (foul), Foul, R Shealy flied out to left | 11 | 2 |
| Shane Costa | S Costa flied out to left | 11 | 2 |
| Jeff Keppinger | Strike (looking), Strike (foul), Foul, J Keppinger singled to right | 11 | 2 |
| Paul Bako | Strike (swinging), Strike (foul), Strike (looking), P Bako struck out looking | 11 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Detroit - Top of 7th | SCORE | ||
| Andrew Sisco pitching for Kansas City | DET | KC | |
| A Sanchez at shortstop. | 11 | 2 | |
| M Maier in left field. | 11 | 2 | |
| A Blanco at second base. | 11 | 2 | |
| A Sisco relieved R Braun. | 11 | 2 | |
| Omar Infante | Ball, Strike (foul), Ball, Strike (foul), Foul, Foul, Strike (swinging), O Infante struck out swinging | 11 | 2 |
| Curtis Granderson | Ball, Ball, Ball, Ball, C Granderson walked | 11 | 2 |
| Ivan Rodriguez | Strike (looking), Ball, Strike (foul), Ball, Foul, Foul, I Rodriguez flied out to right | 11 | 2 |
| Sean Casey | Strike (looking), Strike (foul), Strike (swinging), S Casey struck out swinging | 11 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Kansas City - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | ||
| Jamie Walker pitching for Detroit | DET | KC | |
| J Walker relieved J Grilli. | 11 | 2 | |
| Andres Blanco | Ball, Strike (looking), A Blanco tripled to deep right | 11 | 2 |
| Joey Gathright | Strike (foul), Strike (foul), Ball, Ball, J Gathright grounded out to shortstop, A Blanco scored | 11 | 3 |
| Angel Sanchez | Ball, Strike (foul), Strike (foul), Ball, A Sanchez flied out to center | 11 | 3 |
| Mitch Maier | Strike (swinging), Ball, Ball, Strike (foul), Foul, Strike (looking), M Maier struck out looking | 11 | 3 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Detroit - Top of 8th | SCORE | ||
| Ambiorix Burgos pitching for Kansas City | DET | KC | |
| A Burgos relieved A Sisco. | 11 | 3 | |
| Magglio Ordonez | Strike (looking), Ball, Ball, Ball, Strike (foul), M Ordonez grounded out to shortstop | 11 | 3 |
| Carlos Guillen | Strike (foul), Ball, Ball, Strike (foul), C Guillen grounded out to third | 11 | 3 |
| Matt Stairs | Ball, Ball, Strike (looking), Strike (looking), Ball, Strike (swinging), M Stairs struck out swinging | 11 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Kansas City - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | ||
| Zach Miner pitching for Detroit | DET | KC | |
| C Shelton at first base. | 11 | 3 | |
| B Clevlen in right field. | 11 | 3 | |
| R Santiago at shortstop. | 11 | 3 | |
| Z Miner relieved J Walker. | 11 | 3 | |
| Mike Sweeney | Strike (foul), Strike (swinging), Ball, Ball, Strike (swinging), M Sweeney struck out swinging | 11 | 3 |
| Ryan Shealy | Ball, Ball, Ball, Strike (looking), Strike (foul), Strike (swinging), R Shealy struck out swinging | 11 | 3 |
| Shane Costa | Ball, Strike (foul), Ball, Strike (foul), Foul, Ball, S Costa popped out to third | 11 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Detroit - Top of 9th | SCORE | ||
| Joe Nelson pitching for Kansas City | DET | KC | |
| J Nelson relieved A Burgos. | 11 | 3 | |
| Craig Monroe | Ball, Strike (foul), Strike (swinging), C Monroe doubled to right center, A Gomez ran for C Monroe | 11 | 3 |
| Brandon Inge | Strike (looking), Ball, Ball, Ball, B Inge flied out to center, A Gomez to third, K Hooper hit for O Infante | 11 | 3 |
| Kevin Hooper | Strike (foul), Strike (foul), Ball, Foul, Strike (swinging), K Hooper struck out swinging | 11 | 3 |
| Curtis Granderson | Ball, Strike (looking), Strike (looking), Ball, Ball, Strike (swinging), C Granderson struck out swinging | 11 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Kansas City - Bottom of 9th | SCORE | ||
| Andrew Miller pitching for Detroit | DET | KC | |
| V Wilson catching. | 11 | 3 | |
| A Gomez in left field. | 11 | 3 | |
| K Hooper at second base. | 11 | 3 | |
| A Miller relieved Z Miner. | 11 | 3 | |
| Jeff Keppinger | J Keppinger doubled to deep right center, P Phillips hit for P Bako | 11 | 3 |
| Paul Phillips | Strike (looking), Strike (looking), Ball, Strike (swinging), P Phillips struck out swinging | 11 | 3 |
| Andres Blanco | Ball, Strike (foul), A Berroa hit for A Blanco, Strike (foul), Foul, A Berroa grounded out to second, J Keppinger to third | 11 | 3 |
| Joey Gathright | Strike (foul), Ball, Ball, J Gathright singled to center, J Keppinger scored | 11 | 4 |
| Angel Sanchez | Strike (foul), Strike (looking), Foul, Foul, Strike (swinging), A Sanchez struck out swinging | 11 | 4 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | |||