Detroit Tigers vs Toronto Blue Jays
April 7, 2009 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 7, 2009 at Rogers Centre. The Toronto Blue Jays 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 4, Toronto Blue Jays 5

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Granderson cf 4 0 1 1
Polanco 2b 5 0 1 0
Ordonez rf 3 0 0 0
Cabrera 1b 2 1 2 0
Guillen lf 2 1 0 0
Laird c 4 0 1 0
Thames dh 4 0 1 1
Inge 3b 4 2 2 1
Everett ss 3 0 0 0
Jackson p 0 0 0 0
  Seay p 0 0 0 0
  Lyon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 4 8 3
Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Scutaro ss 4 1 1 0
Hill 2b 4 1 1 3
Rios rf 4 0 0 0
Wells cf 4 0 1 0
Lind dh 3 0 0 0
  Bautista pr,dh 0 1 0 0
Rolen 3b 4 1 2 1
Overbay 1b 3 0 0 0
Barajas c 2 0 0 1
Snider lf 3 1 0 0
Purcey p 0 0 0 0
  Camp p 0 0 0 0
  Ryan p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 5 5 5
Detroit 001 000 201481
Toronto 000 000 041551
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Jackson   7.1 2 2 1 1 4
  Seay   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Lyon  L(0-1) 1.0 3 3 3 2 0
Totals
8.2
5
5
4
3
4
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Purcey   7.0 5 3 2 3 5
  Camp   1.0 1 0 0 2 0
  Ryan  W(1-0) 1.0 2 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
4
3
5
6

  E–Inge (1), Purcey (1).  DP–Toronto 2. Scutaro-Hill-Overbay, Barajas-Hill.  2B–Detroit Inge (1,off Purcey); Thames (1,off Purcey); Cabrera (1,off Camp), Toronto Wells (2,off Jackson).  HR–Detroit Inge (2,9th inning off Ryan 0 on 1 out), Toronto Rolen (1,8th inning off Jackson 0 on 0 out); Hill (1,8th inning off Lyon 2 on 2 out).  SH–Everett (1,off Purcey).  SF–Granderson (1,off Purcey); Barajas (1,off Lyon).  IBB–Guillen (1,by Camp); Overbay (1,by Lyon).  Team LOB–7.  Team–4.  CS–Polanco (1,2nd base by Purcey/Barajas).  U-HP–Jerry Layne, 1B–Tony Randazzo, 2B–Chris Guccione, 3B–Ed Montague.  T–2:40.  A–16,790.
Baseball Almanac Box Score | Printer Friendly Box Scores


The player names and pitcher names in the box score above can be clicked and their comprehensive single season & career statistics will be shown. If you would like to see a complete roster for either team, simply click the team name.

Did you know that you can order an "original" print copy of this same box score from Baseball Almanac? The print source might be USA Today Baseball Weekly, The Sporting News, New York Times, Cleveland Plain Dealer, or other similar sources. Regardless, it will look great framed on your wall.

Fred Schwed, Jr., in How to Watch a Baseball Game (1957) wrote our favorite baseball box score quote, "The baseball box score is the pithiest form of written communication in America today. It is abbreviated history. It is two or three hours (the box score even gives that item to the minute) of complex activity, virtually inscribed on the head of a pin, yet no knowing reader suffers from eyestrain."

     

Baseball Almanac on Facebook