Cleveland Indians vs Detroit Tigers
June 9, 2008 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 9, 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Cleveland Indians 8, Detroit Tigers 2

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Gutierrez cf 5 1 1 0
Francisco lf 3 2 0 0
Martinez 1b 3 2 0 0
Garko dh 3 1 1 4
Peralta ss 4 0 1 1
Choo rf 3 0 1 1
Blake 3b 3 1 1 0
Shoppach c 4 1 1 2
Barfield 2b 4 0 0 0
Lee p 0 0 0 0
  Perez p 0 0 0 0
  Betancourt p 0 0 0 0
  Kobayashi p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 8 6 8
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Renteria ss 3 0 1 1
  Hollimon ss 1 0 0 0
Polanco 2b 5 0 4 1
Thames dh 4 0 0 0
Ordonez rf 4 0 1 0
Cabrera 1b 4 0 0 0
  Larish 1b 0 0 0 0
Guillen 3b 3 1 0 0
  Raburn 3b 0 0 0 0
Inge c 3 0 0 0
Clevlen lf 3 1 1 0
Granderson cf 3 0 0 0
Willis p 0 0 0 0
  Bautista p 0 0 0 0
  Rapada p 0 0 0 0
  Seay p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 7 2
Cleveland 350 000 000861
Detroit 000 200 000270
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Lee  W(10-1) 5.0 6 2 2 2 5
  Perez   2.0 1 0 0 2 1
  Betancourt   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
  Kobayashi   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
0
0
0
0
0
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Willis  L(0-1) 1.1 3 8 8 5 2
  Bautista   2.2 1 0 0 0 1
  Rapada   3.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Seay   2.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
1
0
0
0
2

  E–Blake (7).  DP–Cleveland 2. Peralta-Martinez, Peralta-Barfield-Martinez.  2B–Cleveland Choo (4,off Seay), Detroit Polanco (15,off Lee).  HR–Cleveland Garko (6,1st inning off Willis 2 on 1 out); Shoppach (2,2nd inning off Willis 1 on 0 out).  SF–Choo (1,off Bautista).  HBP–Garko (7,by Bautista).  Team LOB–4.  Team–9.  U-HP–Larry Vanover, 1B–Mike Everitt, 2B–Tim McClelland, 3B–Mike DiMuro.  T–3:06.  A–38,440.
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