Detroit Tigers vs Cleveland Indians
August 26, 2002 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 26, 2002 at Jacobs Field. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 2, Cleveland Indians 8

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Jackson 2b 4 0 0 0
Magee cf 4 0 1 0
Higginson lf 4 0 1 0
Simon dh 4 1 1 1
Fick rf 3 1 0 0
Pena 1b 3 0 1 0
Halter ss 3 0 0 1
Truby 3b 4 0 1 0
Inge c 3 0 0 0
Sparks p 0 0 0 0
  Bernero p 0 0 0 0
  Farnsworth p 0 0 0 0
  Paniagua p 0 0 0 0
  Walker p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 5 2
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Crisp cf 5 0 2 1
Vizquel ss 5 0 0 0
Burks dh 3 1 0 0
  LaRocca ph,dh 0 0 0 0
Thome 1b 3 2 2 1
Garcia rf 5 2 3 1
Lawton lf 3 2 1 3
Bard c 5 0 1 0
Fryman 3b 4 0 1 2
McDonald 2b 4 1 3 0
Rodriguez p 0 0 0 0
  Sadler p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 8 13 8
Detroit 000 000 002251
Cleveland 044 000 00x8130
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Sparks  L (8-13) 2.0 7 8 8 2 1
  Bernero   3.0 4 0 0 1 5
  Farnsworth   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Paniagua   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Walker   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
13
8
8
3
8
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Rodriguez  W (1-1) 8.1 5 2 2 1 5
  Sadler   0.2 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
5
2
2
2
6

  E–Truby (9).  2B–Cleveland Fryman (10,off Sparks); McDonald 2 (9,off Sparks,off Bernero); Bard (1,off Bernero).  3B–Cleveland Crisp (1,off Sparks).  HR–Detroit Simon (18,9th inning off R Rodriguez 0 on, 1 out), Cleveland Thome (39,2nd inning off Sparks 0 on, 0 out); Lawton (14,3rd inning off Sparks 2 on, 0 out).  HBP–Fick (5,by R Rodriguez); Lawton 2 (8,by Sparks,by Walker); LaRocca (2,by Walker).  SB–Magee (2,2nd base off R Rodriguez/Bard).  WP–Sadler (1).  HBP–Sparks (9,Lawton); Walker 2 (4,LaRocca,Lawton); R Rodriguez (2,Fick).  U-HP–John Hirschbeck, 1B–Wally Bell, 2B–Mark Carlson, 3B–Justin Klemm.  T–2:28.  A–24,344.
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