Detroit Tigers vs Cleveland Indians
September 18, 2007 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 18, 2007 at Jacobs Field. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Detroit Tigers 4, Cleveland Indians 7

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Granderson cf 5 0 1 0
Polanco 2b 4 1 2 0
Sheffield dh 5 1 2 0
Ordonez rf 5 1 1 0
Guillen 1b 4 0 1 0
Rodriguez c 5 0 0 0
Thames lf 3 1 1 1
Santiago ss 4 0 3 2
Inge 3b 3 0 1 0
Verlander p 0 0 0 0
  Grilli p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 4 12 3
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Sizemore cf 3 1 0 0
Cabrera 2b 3 1 0 0
Hafner dh 2 1 1 3
Martinez c 4 1 1 1
Garko 1b 4 1 1 1
Peralta ss 4 0 0 0
Lofton lf 3 1 2 0
Gutierrez rf 4 1 1 2
Blake 3b 3 0 0 0
Westbrook p 0 0 0 0
  Lewis p 0 0 0 0
  Borowski p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 7 6 7
Detroit 013 000 0004120
Cleveland 013 003 00x761
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Verlander  L (17-6) 5.2 6 7 7 3 4
  Grilli   2.1 0 0 0 2 2
Totals
8.0
6
7
7
5
6
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Westbrook   5.0 12 4 3 2 4
  Lewis  W (1-1) 3.0 0 0 0 0 4
  Borowski  SV (41) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
12
4
3
2
9

  E–Martinez (5).  2B–Detroit Thames (14,off Westbrook).  HR–Cleveland Garko (19,2nd inning off Verlander 0 on 0 out); Hafner (23,3rd inning off Verlander 2 on 1 out); Martinez (24,6th inning off Verlander 0 on 0 out); Gutierrez (13,6th inning off Verlander 1 on 2 out).  HBP–Inge (11,by Westbrook); Polanco (10,by Lewis).  Team LOB–11.  Team–4.  U-HP–Paul Emmel, 1B–Gary Darling, 2B–Jerry Meals, 3B–Larry Poncino.  T–3:00.  A–41,103.
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