Texas Rangers vs Detroit Tigers
May 21, 2009 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 21, 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 3, Detroit Tigers 4

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Kinsler 2b 5 0 1 0
Murphy lf 3 2 3 1
Young 3b 5 0 0 0
Blalock dh 4 1 1 0
Byrd cf 4 0 0 0
Cruz rf 4 0 2 2
Davis 1b 2 0 0 0
Saltalamacchia c 3 0 0 0
Andrus ss 3 0 1 0
Millwood p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 8 3
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Granderson cf 3 1 1 2
Polanco 2b 4 1 1 0
Thomas rf 3 1 1 1
Cabrera dh 4 0 1 1
Larish 1b 4 0 1 0
Inge 3b 2 0 0 0
Anderson lf 3 0 0 0
Everett ss 2 1 1 0
Sardinha c 3 0 0 0
Jackson p 0 0 0 0
  Rodney p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 4 6 4
Texas 100 000 020380
Detroit 102 000 01x460
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Millwood  L(4-4) 8.0 6 4 4 4 3
Totals
8.0
6
4
4
4
3
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Jackson  W(4-2) 8.0 7 3 3 5 7
  Rodney  SV(8) 1.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
6
8

  E–None.  DP–Texas 1. Kinsler-Andrus-Davis, Detroit 2. Thomas-Sardinha, Polanco-Everett-Larish.  2B–Texas Andrus (3,off Jackson); Blalock (8,off Jackson); Cruz (8,off Jackson).  HR–Texas Murphy (2,1st inning off Jackson 0 on 1 out), Detroit Thomas (1,1st inning off Millwood 0 on 2 out); Granderson (11,3rd inning off Millwood 1 on 1 out).  Team LOB–9.  Team–4.  SB–Cruz 2 (6,2nd base off Jackson/Sardinha,3rd base off Jackson/Sardinha); Kinsler (10,3rd base off Jackson/Sardinha); Murphy (2,2nd base off Jackson/Sardinha); Andrus (5,3rd base off Jackson/Sardinha); Everett (3,2nd base off Millwood/Saltalamacchia).  CS–Larish (1,2nd base by Millwood/Saltalamacchia).  U-HP–Angel Hernandez, 1B–Bill Welke, 2B–Tim Welke, 3B–Scott Barry.  T–2:40.  A–34,356.
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