Tampa Bay Rays vs Detroit Tigers
September 25, 2008 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 25, 2008 at Comerica Park. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Tampa Bay Rays and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Tampa Bay Rays 5, Detroit Tigers 7

Tampa Bay Rays ab   r   h rbi
Upton cf 4 0 0 0
Zobrist 2b 4 2 2 4
Pena 1b 3 0 0 0
Longoria 3b 3 1 1 1
Aybar dh 3 0 1 0
Navarro c 4 0 1 0
  Gomes pr 0 0 0 0
Gross rf 4 1 1 0
Hinske lf 4 1 1 0
Bartlett ss 3 0 0 0
Kazmir p 0 0 0 0
  Hammel p 0 0 0 0
  Bradford p 0 0 0 0
  Percival p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 5 7 5
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Santiago ss 4 3 3 2
Thames dh 4 1 2 0
Ordonez rf 3 0 0 0
Cabrera 1b 3 0 0 1
Hessman 3b 1 1 1 1
  Granderson ph,cf 2 1 1 1
Raburn 2b 3 0 1 0
Inge cf,3b 4 0 0 0
Joyce lf 2 0 0 0
Ryan c 4 1 1 1
Galarraga p 0 0 0 0
  Rodney p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 7 9 6
Tampa Bay 100 000 130571
Detroit 101 110 30x790
  Tampa Bay Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Kazmir  L(12-8) 5.0 6 4 4 2 8
  Hammel   1.0 2 2 2 2 0
  Bradford   1.0 1 1 1 0 0
  Percival   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
0
0
0
1
0
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Galarraga  W(13-6) 7.2 6 5 5 2 5
  Rodney  SV(11) 1.1 1 0 0 1 3
Totals
9.0
1
0
0
1
3

  E–Hinske (3).  DP–Tampa Bay 1. Longoria-Zobrist-Pena, Detroit 2. Cabrera-Santiago, Raburn-Santiago-Cabrera.  2B–Detroit Thames (12,off Hammel).  HR–Tampa Bay Zobrist 2 (10,1st inning off Galarraga 0 on 1 out,8th inning off Galarraga 2 on 2 out); Longoria (27,7th inning off Galarraga 0 on 1 out), Detroit Santiago 2 (3,1st inning off Kazmir 0 on 0 out,3rd inning off Kazmir 0 on 0 out); Hessman (5,4th inning off Kazmir 0 on 0 out); Ryan (2,5th inning off Kazmir 0 on 0 out); Granderson (21,7th inning off Bradford 0 on 2 out).  Team LOB–3.  SF–Cabrera (9,off Bradford).  Team–5.  SB–Inge (4,2nd base off Hammel/Navarro).  CS–Joyce (2,2nd base by Percival/Navarro).  U-HP–Doug Eddings, 1B–Lance Barksdale, 2B–Dana DeMuth, 3B–Ted Barrett.  T–2:46.  A–36,259.
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