Cleveland Indians vs Detroit Tigers
June 6, 2008 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 6, 2008 at Comerica Park. 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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Cleveland Indians 4, Detroit Tigers 2

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Sizemore cf 4 0 1 0
Francisco lf 5 0 0 0
Martinez c 4 0 1 0
Garko 1b 3 2 1 1
Peralta ss 4 1 1 0
Dellucci dh 3 1 0 0
Blake 3b 4 0 1 2
Gutierrez rf 4 0 2 1
Cabrera 2b 3 0 0 0
Byrd p 0 0 0 0
  Kobayashi p 0 0 0 0
  Borowski p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 7 4
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Granderson cf 4 0 0 0
Polanco 2b 4 0 0 0
Guillen lf 4 0 2 0
Ordonez rf 4 0 0 0
Cabrera 1b 4 0 1 0
Larish dh 3 1 1 1
Renteria ss 3 0 0 0
Rodriguez c 3 0 0 0
Inge 3b 3 1 1 1
Verlander p 0 0 0 0
  Bautista p 0 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 5 2
Cleveland 000 300 010470
Detroit 000 001 100250
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Byrd  W(3-5) 7.0 4 2 2 0 2
  Kobayashi   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Borowski  SV(5) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
1
0
0
0
1
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Verlander  L(2-9) 7.0 5 3 3 4 8
  Bautista   1.0 1 1 1 0 1
  Jones   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
1
0
0
0
1

  E–None.  2B–Cleveland Blake (13,off Verlander); Sizemore (13,off Verlander), Detroit Cabrera (13,off Byrd).  HR–Cleveland Garko (5,8th inning off Bautista 0 on 0 out), Detroit Inge (5,6th inning off Byrd 0 on 0 out); Larish (1,7th inning off Byrd 0 on 2 out).  Team LOB–7.  Team–3.  U-HP–Mike Everitt, 1B–Tim McClelland, 2B–Mike DiMuro, 3B–Larry Vanover.  T–2:30.  A–40,990.
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