Texas Rangers vs Detroit Tigers
May 19, 2009 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 19, 2009 at Comerica Park. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Texas Rangers 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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Texas Rangers 0, Detroit Tigers 4

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Kinsler 2b 4 0 0 0
Andrus ss 4 0 0 0
Young 3b 4 0 1 0
Jones dh 1 0 0 0
Byrd cf 3 0 0 0
Murphy lf 3 0 0 0
Cruz rf 3 0 0 0
Davis 1b 3 0 0 0
Saltalamacchia c 3 0 0 0
McCarthy p 0 0 0 0
  Benson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 0 1 0
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Granderson cf 5 0 2 0
Polanco 2b 3 1 1 1
Thomas rf 4 1 1 0
Cabrera 1b 3 1 2 1
Larish dh 2 0 0 1
Inge 3b 4 0 1 0
Anderson lf 4 0 1 0
Laird c 3 0 1 1
Santiago ss 4 1 1 0
Willis p 0 0 0 0
  Lyon p 0 0 0 0
  Seay p 0 0 0 0
  Zumaya p 0 0 0 0
  Rodney p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 10 4
Texas 000 000 000011
Detroit 111 000 10x4100
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
McCarthy  L(3-2) 7.0 9 4 3 3 4
  Benson   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
10
4
3
3
4
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Willis  W(1-0) 6.1 1 0 0 2 5
  Lyon   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Seay   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Zumaya   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Rodney   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
1
0
0
2
8

  E–McCarthy (1).  2B–Texas Young (15,off Willis), Detroit Santiago (4,off McCarthy); Cabrera (8,off McCarthy).  Team LOB–3.  SF–Larish (1,off McCarthy); Laird (2,off McCarthy).  Team–9.  CS–Granderson (2,2nd base by McCarthy/Saltalamacchia).  U-HP–Tim Welke, 1B–Scott Barry, 2B–Angel Hernandez, 3B–Bill Welke.  T–2:20.  A–23,756.
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