Tampa Bay Rays vs Detroit Tigers
September 26, 2008 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 26, 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 4, Detroit Tigers 6

Tampa Bay Rays ab   r   h rbi
Iwamura 2b 5 0 2 0
  Ruggiano lf 0 0 0 0
Upton cf 4 2 3 2
Pena 1b 5 0 2 1
Longoria 3b 5 0 2 0
Floyd dh 3 0 0 0
  Baldelli ph,dh 1 1 0 0
Navarro c 5 0 2 0
  Gomes pr 0 0 0 0
Gross rf 2 0 0 0
  Aybar ph,2b 2 0 0 1
  Crawford pr 0 0 0 0
Hinske lf 2 0 0 0
  Perez ph,lf 0 0 0 0
  Zobrist ph,rf 2 0 0 0
Bartlett ss 4 1 1 0
Sonnanstine p 0 0 0 0
  Price p 0 0 0 0
  Balfour p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 4 12 4
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Granderson cf 3 1 0 0
Polanco 2b 0 1 0 0
  Raburn 2b 3 0 0 0
Ordonez rf 4 0 1 2
Cabrera 1b 3 0 0 0
Sheffield dh 4 2 3 2
Thames lf 3 0 0 0
  Joyce lf 1 0 0 0
Larish 3b 2 1 1 0
  Inge ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Sardinha c 2 0 0 0
Santiago ss 3 1 1 2
Verlander p 0 0 0 0
  Seay p 0 0 0 0
  Glover p 0 0 0 0
  Rapada p 0 0 0 0
  Rodney p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 6 6 6
Tampa Bay 001 010 1014120
Detroit 320 000 01x661
  Tampa Bay Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Sonnanstine  L(13-9) 5.2 5 5 5 3 7
  Price   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
  Balfour   1.1 1 1 1 0 2
Totals
8.0
1
1
1
0
2
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Verlander  W(11-17) 5.0 5 2 2 3 8
  Seay   2.0 3 1 1 1 3
  Glover   0.2 3 0 0 0 1
  Rapada   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Rodney  SV(12) 1.0 1 1 1 1 1
Totals
9.0
1
1
1
1
1

  E–Cabrera (14).  DP–Tampa Bay 1. Upton-Iwamura.  2B–Tampa Bay Navarro (27,off Verlander); Upton (37,off Verlander), Detroit Ordonez (32,off Sonnanstine).  HR–Tampa Bay Upton (9,7th inning off Seay 0 on 1 out), Detroit Sheffield 2 (19,1st inning off Sonnanstine 0 on 2 out,8th inning off Balfour 0 on 1 out); Santiago (4,2nd inning off Sonnanstine 1 on 1 out).  Team LOB–14.  HBP–Inge (8,by Price).  Team–4.  SB–Upton (44,2nd base off Verlander/Sardinha).  U-HP–Lance Barksdale, 1B–Dana DeMuth, 2B–Ted Barrett, 3B–Doug Eddings.  T–3:07.  A–39,617.
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