Cleveland Indians vs Detroit Tigers
July 12, 2009 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 12, 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 10

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Cabrera ss 3 0 0 0
  Carroll ph,2b 1 0 0 1
Sizemore cf 5 0 2 0
Martinez c 3 0 1 0
  Gimenez c 2 0 0 0
Choo lf 4 0 0 0
Hafner dh 3 0 1 0
Peralta 3b 3 1 1 0
Garko 1b 4 0 1 0
Valbuena 2b,ss 4 0 1 0
Francisco rf 1 0 0 0
Ohka p 0 0 0 0
  Gosling p 0 0 0 0
  Abreu p 0 0 0 0
  Perez p 0 0 0 0
  Betancourt p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 7 1
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Granderson cf 4 0 1 0
Polanco 2b 5 0 0 0
  Everett ss 0 0 0 0
Cabrera 1b 3 1 1 0
  Raburn 1b 1 0 0 0
Thames dh 4 3 4 1
Thomas rf 4 2 3 5
Inge 3b 4 2 2 3
Anderson lf 4 0 0 0
Laird c 4 1 1 0
Santiago ss,2b 3 1 1 0
Verlander p 0 0 0 0
  Seay p 0 0 0 0
  Miner p 0 0 0 0
  Ni p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 10 13 9
Cleveland 000 000 001171
Detroit 010 432 00x10131
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Ohka  L(0-3) 3.2 5 5 5 1 2
  Gosling   1.1 3 3 3 0 0
  Abreu   1.0 4 2 1 0 0
  Perez   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Betancourt   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
13
10
9
1
3
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Verlander  W(10-4) 7.0 5 0 0 3 8
  Seay   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Miner   0.1 1 1 1 3 1
  Ni   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
6
10

  E–Cabrera (5), Verlander (2).  DP–Cleveland 1. Ohka-Cabrera-Garko, Detroit 1. Polanco-Santiago-Cabrera.  2B–Cleveland Garko (8,off Verlander); Valbuena (14,off Miner), Detroit Thames (5,off Gosling).  3B–Detroit Thomas (2,off Ohka).  HR–Detroit Thomas (5,4th inning off Ohka 2 on 0 out); Inge 2 (21,4th inning off Ohka 0 on 0 out,5th inning off Gosling 1 on 2 out).  Team LOB–11.  HBP–Cabrera (2,by Ohka); Santiago (1,by Ohka).  Team–5.  U-HP–Mike Estabrook, 1B–Marty Foster, 2B–John Hirschbeck, 3B–Wally Bell.  T–2:48.  A–39,680.
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