Detroit Tigers vs Texas Rangers
September 16, 2008 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 16, 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)
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Detroit Tigers 4, Texas Rangers 5

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Granderson cf 3 1 0 0
Polanco 2b 4 0 1 0
Ordonez rf 4 0 2 0
Cabrera 1b 4 1 1 1
Joyce lf 3 1 0 0
Sheffield dh 4 0 1 0
Inge 3b 4 1 1 1
Ryan c 3 0 1 1
Santiago ss 3 0 0 0
Miner p 0 0 0 0
  Fossum p 0 0 0 0
  Rodney p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 7 3
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Boggs lf 3 0 0 1
Young ss 3 1 0 0
Hamilton dh 4 2 2 0
Byrd cf 3 1 1 2
Blalock 1b 3 0 1 0
Cruz rf 3 0 1 1
Davis 3b 4 1 2 1
Laird c 3 0 0 0
Vazquez 2b 2 0 1 0
  Metcalf ph 1 0 0 0
  Duran 2b 0 0 0 0
Millwood p 0 0 0 0
  Loe p 0 0 0 0
  Wright p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 5 8 5
Detroit 100 000 300470
Texas 001 100 003581
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Miner   7.1 5 2 2 1 3
  Fossum   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Rodney  L(0-6) 0.0 3 3 3 3 0
Totals
8.0
3
3
3
3
0
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Millwood   7.0 5 4 4 2 6
  Loe   1.0 1 0 0 0 2
  Wright  W(7-6) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
1
0
0
0
0

  E–Byrd (5).  DP–Detroit 1. Polanco-Santiago-Cabrera, Texas 2. Blalock-Young-Millwood, Young-Blalock.  3B–Texas Byrd (4,off Rodney).  Team LOB–3.  SF–Boggs (3,off Miner).  IBB–Blalock (2,by Rodney); Cruz (2,by Rodney).  Team–5.  CS–Byrd (2,2nd base by Miner/Ryan).  U-HP–Angel Hernandez, 1B–Marty Foster, 2B–Derryl Cousins, 3B–Eric Cooper.  T–2:35.  A–14,659.
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