Cleveland Indians vs Detroit Tigers
July 8, 2008 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 8, 2008 at Comerica Park. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Cleveland Indians 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 2, Detroit Tigers 9

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Sizemore cf 3 0 0 0
Carroll 2b 4 0 0 0
Blake 3b 4 1 1 0
Peralta ss 4 1 1 2
Choo rf 3 0 0 0
Shoppach c 3 0 0 0
Dellucci dh 3 0 0 0
Garko 1b 3 0 0 0
Gutierrez lf 3 0 0 0
Sowers p 0 0 0 0
  Slocum p 0 0 0 0
  Kobayashi p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 2 2 2
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Granderson cf 5 1 2 2
Polanco 2b 5 1 1 0
Thames lf 3 2 2 3
  Joyce rf 1 0 0 0
Cabrera 1b 4 2 4 3
Sheffield dh 4 0 0 0
Rodriguez c 4 1 1 1
Renteria ss 4 1 1 0
Thomas rf,lf 4 0 0 0
Raburn 3b 4 1 2 0
Verlander p 0 0 0 0
  Lopez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 9 13 9
Cleveland 200 000 000221
Detroit 004 021 20x9131
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Sowers  L(0-5) 5.2 10 7 6 0 1
  Slocum   1.1 3 2 2 0 1
  Kobayashi   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
0
0
0
0
0
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Verlander  W(6-9) 7.0 2 2 2 1 7
  Lopez   2.0 0 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
0
0
0
0
3

  E–Peralta (7), Raburn (7).  2B–Cleveland Blake (21,off Verlander), Detroit Raburn (8,off Sowers); Thames (7,off Sowers).  HR–Cleveland Peralta (14,1st inning off Verlander 1 on 2 out), Detroit Cabrera 2 (15,3rd inning off Sowers 1 on 2 out,7th inning off Slocum 0 on 1 out); Thames (17,5th inning off Sowers 1 on 2 out); Rodriguez (4,7th inning off Slocum 0 on 2 out).  Team LOB–2.  Team–5.  SB–Sizemore (21,2nd base off Verlander/Rodriguez).  U-HP–Gary Cederstrom, 1B–Fieldin Culbreth, 2B–Jim Reynolds, 3B–Tim Timmons.  T–2:27.  A–40,443.
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