Detroit Tigers vs Toronto Blue Jays
April 9, 2009 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 9, 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)
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Detroit Tigers 2, Toronto Blue Jays 6

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Granderson cf 5 1 2 1
Thames lf 4 1 1 0
Ordonez rf 4 0 1 1
Cabrera 1b 3 0 1 0
Guillen dh 3 0 2 0
Inge 3b 3 0 0 0
Treanor c 4 0 0 0
Santiago 2b 4 0 1 0
Everett ss 3 0 1 0
Porcello p 0 0 0 0
  Robertson p 0 0 0 0
  Rincon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 9 2
Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Scutaro ss 5 1 2 2
Hill 2b 4 1 1 1
Rios rf 4 0 0 0
Wells cf 4 0 0 0
Lind dh 4 1 3 1
Bautista 3b 4 1 2 0
Overbay 1b 3 1 2 0
Barrett c 4 0 1 1
Snider lf 4 1 2 1
Romero p 0 0 0 0
  Carlson p 0 0 0 0
  League p 0 0 0 0
  Downs p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 6 13 6
Detroit 002 000 000290
Toronto 000 114 00x6130
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Porcello  L(0-1) 5.0 9 4 4 1 4
  Robertson   0.2 1 1 1 0 1
  Rincon   2.1 3 1 1 0 2
Totals
8.0
13
6
6
1
7
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Romero  W(1-0) 6.0 7 2 2 2 5
  Carlson   0.2 1 0 0 0 1
  League   1.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Downs   1.0 0 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
9
2
2
2
9

  E–None.  DP–Detroit 1. Porcello-Santiago-Cabrera, Toronto 2. Scutaro-Overbay, Scutaro-Hill-Overbay.  2B–Detroit Everett (1,off Romero), Toronto Snider (2,off Robertson); Overbay (2,off Rincon).  3B–Detroit Thames (1,off Romero).  HR–Detroit Granderson (2,3rd inning off Romero 0 on 2 out), Toronto Hill (2,5th inning off Porcello 0 on 1 out); Lind (2,6th inning off Porcello 0 on 0 out); Scutaro (1,6th inning off Rincon 1 on 2 out).  HBP–Guillen (1,by Romero); Everett (1,by Downs).  Team LOB–8.  Team–7.  SB–Granderson (1,2nd base off League/Barrett).  U-HP–Chris Guccione, 1B–Ed Montague, 2B–Jerry Layne, 3B–Tony Randazzo.  T–2:41.  A–15,297.
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