Cleveland Indians vs Detroit Tigers
May 3, 2009 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 3, 2009 at Comerica Park. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Cleveland Indians 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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Cleveland Indians 1, Detroit Tigers 3

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Sizemore cf 4 0 0 0
Cabrera ss 4 0 1 1
Martinez 1b 4 0 1 0
Choo lf 2 0 0 0
DeRosa 3b 4 0 1 0
Dellucci dh 3 0 0 0
Shoppach c 3 1 0 0
LaPorta rf 4 0 0 0
Valbuena 2b 2 0 0 0
Lee p 0 0 0 0
  Kobayashi p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 3 1
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Granderson cf 5 1 2 1
Polanco 2b 4 0 1 0
Ordonez rf 4 0 2 1
Cabrera 1b 4 0 3 0
Guillen lf 4 0 0 0
  Anderson lf 0 0 0 0
Inge 3b 3 1 1 1
Raburn dh 4 0 0 0
Everett ss 4 0 2 0
Sardinha c 4 1 1 0
Verlander p 0 0 0 0
  Seay p 0 0 0 0
  Zumaya p 0 0 0 0
  Rodney p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 3 12 3
Cleveland 001 000 000130
Detroit 010 000 20x3120
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Lee  L(1-4) 7.0 12 3 3 1 4
  Kobayashi   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
12
3
3
1
6
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Verlander  W(2-2) 7.0 2 1 1 3 11
  Seay   0.2 1 0 0 1 0
  Zumaya   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Rodney  SV(6) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
3
1
1
4
12

  E–None.  2B–Cleveland DeRosa (5,off Verlander), Detroit Sardinha (1,off Lee); Granderson (2,off Lee).  HR–Detroit Inge (8,2nd inning off Lee 0 on 0 out).  HBP–Shoppach (5,by Verlander).  IBB–Dellucci (1,by Verlander).  Team LOB–7.  Team–10.  U-HP–Scott Barry, 1B–Eric Cooper, 2B–Mike Reilly, 3B–Laz Diaz.  T–2:37.  A–27,411.
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