Detroit Tigers vs Tampa Bay Rays
August 3, 2008 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 3, 2008 at Tropicana Field. The Tampa Bay Rays defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 5, Tampa Bay Rays 6

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Granderson cf 6 1 1 1
Polanco 2b 5 2 3 0
Guillen 3b 5 0 1 0
Ordonez rf 5 0 2 2
Cabrera 1b 5 1 1 1
Joyce lf 4 0 1 0
Sheffield dh 4 1 2 1
Inge c 2 0 0 0
Santiago ss 4 0 1 0
  Thames ph 1 0 0 0
  Renteria ss 0 0 0 0
Galarraga p 0 0 0 0
  Farnsworth p 0 0 0 0
  Seay p 0 0 0 0
  Rodney p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 5 12 5
Tampa Bay Rays ab   r   h rbi
Iwamura 2b 4 1 1 0
Upton cf 4 2 2 2
Crawford lf 5 0 1 1
Longoria 3b 5 0 1 0
Pena 1b 4 0 1 2
Floyd dh 3 0 1 0
  Gomes ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Navarro c 4 0 0 0
Hinske rf 3 1 1 1
  Gross rf 0 0 0 0
  Aybar ph 0 1 0 0
Bartlett ss 3 0 0 0
  Riggans ph 0 1 0 0
Shields p 0 0 0 0
  Balfour p 0 0 0 0
  Howell p 0 0 0 0
  Percival p 0 0 0 0
  Miller p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 6 8 6
Detroit 001 010 011 15121
Tampa Bay 000 000 130 2680
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Galarraga   7.0 4 1 1 0 4
  Farnsworth   1.0 3 3 3 0 2
  Seay   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Rodney  L(0-3) 0.2 1 2 2 3 1
Totals
9.2
1
2
2
3
1
  Tampa Bay Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Shields   6.1 9 2 2 1 4
  Balfour   1.1 1 1 1 1 3
  Howell   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Percival   1.1 2 2 2 2 0
  Miller  W(1-0) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
10.0
0
0
0
0
1

  E–Galarraga (2).  DP–Detroit 1. Cabrera-Santiago-Galarraga, Tampa Bay 1. Bartlett-Iwamura.  2B–Detroit Polanco 2 (26,off Shields 2), Tampa Bay Upton (25,off Galarraga).  HR–Detroit Sheffield (9,8th inning off Balfour 0 on 2 out); Granderson (12,9th inning off Percival 0 on 0 out); Cabrera (20,10th inning off Percival 0 on 0 out), Tampa Bay Hinske (16,8th inning off Farnsworth 0 on 0 out); Upton (7,8th inning off Farnsworth 1 on 1 out).  HBP–Inge (4,by Shields); Riggans (1,by Rodney).  Team LOB–11.  SH–Iwamura (2,off Rodney).  Team–6.  SB–Sheffield (7,2nd base off Percival/Navarro).  U-HP–Jim Joyce, 1B–Jeff Nelson, 2B–Adrian Johnson, 3B–Tim Tschida.  T–3:45.  A–33,438.
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