Detroit Tigers vs Seattle Mariners
April 18, 2009 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 18, 2009 at Safeco Field. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Seattle Mariners 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, Seattle Mariners 0

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Granderson cf 3 0 1 0
Polanco 2b 4 0 1 0
Ordonez rf 3 0 2 0
Cabrera 1b 4 1 1 0
Guillen lf 4 0 0 0
  Anderson lf 0 0 0 0
Thames dh 4 0 0 0
Laird c 4 1 2 0
Inge 3b 4 0 2 1
Santiago ss 4 0 0 0
Jackson p 0 0 0 0
  Seay p 0 0 0 0
  Rodney p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 9 1
Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Suzuki rf 4 0 0 0
Chavez lf 3 0 1 0
Griffey, Jr. dh 4 0 1 0
Beltre 3b 4 0 0 0
Sweeney 1b 4 0 0 0
Lopez 2b 3 0 0 0
Johnson c 3 0 2 0
Betancourt ss 3 0 0 0
Gutierrez cf 2 0 1 0
Bedard p 0 0 0 0
  Corcoran p 0 0 0 0
  White p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 0 5 0
Detroit 000 002 000290
Seattle 000 000 000052
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Jackson  W(1-0) 7.2 5 0 0 1 6
  Seay   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Rodney  SV(3) 1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
5
0
0
2
7
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Bedard  L(1-1) 6.0 7 2 1 2 8
  Corcoran   2.0 1 0 0 1 1
  White   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
2
1
3
9

  E–Suzuki (1), Sweeney (1).  DP–Detroit 2. Polanco-Santiago-Cabrera, Granderson-Laird, Seattle 1. Chavez-Johnson.  PB–Laird (1).  2B–Detroit Polanco (5,off Bedard), Seattle Chavez (1,off Jackson).  SH–Polanco (1,off Corcoran).  Team LOB–9.  Team–5.  SB–Chavez (4,3rd base off Jackson/Laird); Chavez (4,3rd base off Jackson/Laird).  CS–Johnson (1,2nd base by Jackson/Laird); Johnson (1,2nd base by Jackson/Laird).  U-HP–Dale Scott, 1B–Jerry Meals, 2B–Ron Kulpa, 3B–Mike DiMuro.  T–2:38.  A–31,966.
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