Detroit Tigers vs Texas Rangers
August 20, 2008 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 20, 2008 at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington. The Texas Rangers 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

Detroit Tigers 1, Texas Rangers 9

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Granderson cf 4 0 1 0
Santiago 2b 3 1 1 0
Ordonez rf 3 0 1 0
  Thames ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Cabrera 1b 4 0 1 1
Guillen 3b 3 0 0 0
  Raburn 3b 1 0 1 0
Sheffield dh 4 0 1 0
Joyce lf 3 0 0 0
Renteria ss 3 0 0 0
Inge c 3 0 0 0
Robertson p 0 0 0 0
  Lopez p 0 0 0 0
  Beltran p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 6 1
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Boggs lf 3 1 1 1
Young ss 5 1 1 1
Hamilton rf 5 1 3 1
Bradley dh 3 2 2 1
  Catalanotto ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Byrd cf 4 1 2 0
  Ellison ph,cf 1 0 0 0
Laird c 3 0 0 0
Davis 1b 4 0 0 1
Metcalf 3b 4 2 3 3
Arias 2b 4 1 2 0
Millwood p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 9 14 8
Detroit 000 100 000161
Texas 023 300 10x9140
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Robertson  L(7-10) 3.2 8 8 6 4 0
  Lopez   2.2 6 1 1 0 2
  Beltran   1.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
0
0
0
0
1
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Millwood  W(7-7) 9.0 6 1 1 1 4
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
1
4

  E–Renteria (13).  DP–Detroit 2. Renteria-Santiago-Cabrera, Santiago-Renteria-Cabrera, Texas 1. Metcalf-Arias-Davis.  2B–Detroit Santiago (6,off Millwood); Cabrera (29,off Millwood); Ordonez (24,off Millwood), Texas Byrd 2 (21,off Robertson,off Lopez).  3B–Detroit Granderson (10,off Millwood), Texas Hamilton (4,off Robertson); Arias (1,off Robertson).  HR–Texas Metcalf 2 (4,2nd inning off Robertson 1 on 2 out,7th inning off Lopez 0 on 1 out); Boggs (6,3rd inning off Robertson 0 on 0 out); Young (11,3rd inning off Robertson 0 on 0 out); Hamilton (29,4th inning off Robertson 0 on 2 out); Bradley (21,4th inning off Robertson 0 on 2 out).  Team LOB–5.  IBB–Laird (2,by Robertson).  Team–8.  U-HP–Scott Barry, 1B–Hunter Wendelstedt, 2B–Marvin Hudson, 3B–Randy Marsh.  T–2:30.  A–19,403.
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