Toronto Blue Jays vs Detroit Tigers
August 12, 2008 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 12, 2008 at Comerica Park. The Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Toronto Blue Jays 6, Detroit Tigers 4

Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Inglett 2b 4 0 1 1
Scutaro 3b 5 1 2 1
Rios rf 4 1 1 0
Wells cf 5 0 2 2
Stairs dh 3 0 0 0
  Mench pr,dh 0 1 0 0
Barajas c 3 0 0 0
Lind lf 5 2 3 2
  Wilkerson lf 0 0 0 0
Overbay 1b 5 0 0 0
McDonald ss 3 1 1 0
Burnett p 0 0 0 0
  League p 0 0 0 0
  Downs p 0 0 0 0
  Ryan p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 6 10 6
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Granderson cf 5 0 1 0
Polanco 2b 4 0 2 0
Guillen 3b 4 0 0 0
  Raburn 3b 0 0 0 0
Ordonez rf 4 1 1 1
Cabrera 1b 4 0 0 0
Joyce lf 3 0 0 0
Sheffield dh 4 2 2 2
Renteria ss 3 1 1 0
Inge c 4 0 2 1
Miner p 0 0 0 0
  Seay p 0 0 0 0
  Zumaya p 0 0 0 0
  Farnsworth p 0 0 0 0
  Dolsi p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 9 4
Toronto 010 000 4016101
Detroit 010 003 000491
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Burnett  W(15-9) 6.0 8 4 4 1 6
  League   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Downs   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Ryan  SV(23) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
0
0
0
0
1
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Miner   6.0 5 1 1 1 5
  Seay   0.2 2 2 2 0 1
  Zumaya  L(0-2) 0.0 2 2 2 3 0
  Farnsworth   1.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Dolsi   1.0 1 1 1 2 0
Totals
9.0
1
1
1
2
0

  E–Scutaro (6), Joyce (4).  2B–Toronto Scutaro (12,off Miner); McDonald (5,off Seay); V. Wells (13,off Zumaya), Detroit Granderson (20,off Burnett); Renteria (14,off Burnett); Inge (12,off Burnett).  HR–Toronto Lind (6,2nd inning off Miner 0 on 2 out), Detroit Sheffield 2 (12,2nd inning off Burnett 0 on 2 out,6th inning off Burnett 0 on 2 out); Ordonez (15,6th inning off Burnett 0 on 0 out).  IBB–Stairs 2 (8,by Zumaya,by Dolsi).  Team LOB–11.  HBP–Joyce (1,by Burnett).  Team–6.  SB–Rios 2 (30,2nd base off Miner/Inge,3rd base off Dolsi/Inge); Guillen (9,2nd base off Burnett/Barajas).  CS–Inge (2,3rd base by Burnett/Barajas).  U-HP–Gary Cederstrom, 1B–Fieldin Culbreth, 2B–Jim Reynolds, 3B–Tim Timmons.  T–3:17.  A–39,790.
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