Baltimore Orioles vs Detroit Tigers
August 6, 2009 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 6, 2009 at Comerica Park. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Baltimore Orioles and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Baltimore Orioles 3, Detroit Tigers 7

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Roberts 2b 5 1 1 0
Reimold lf 3 1 1 0
Markakis rf 3 0 0 0
Huff 1b 4 0 1 1
Wigginton 3b 4 1 2 1
Scott dh 3 0 0 0
Wieters c 4 0 1 0
Pie cf 4 0 1 1
Andino ss 3 0 0 0
Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
  Bass p 0 0 0 0
  Baez p 0 0 0 0
  Johnson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 7 3
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Granderson cf 3 2 2 2
Polanco 2b 5 0 2 1
Thomas lf,rf 3 0 1 1
Cabrera 1b 4 0 0 0
Guillen dh 5 0 2 0
Ordonez rf 4 1 1 0
  Raburn lf 1 0 0 0
Inge 3b 4 2 2 2
Avila c 4 1 2 1
Santiago ss 4 1 1 0
Porcello p 0 0 0 0
  Ni p 0 0 0 0
  Seay p 0 0 0 0
  Lyon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 7 13 7
Baltimore 000 011 010370
Detroit 041 110 00x7130
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Hernandez  L(3-4) 3.0 7 5 5 2 1
  Bass   3.0 5 2 2 2 2
  Baez   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Johnson   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
13
7
7
5
4
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Porcello  W(10-7) 5.2 4 2 2 3 1
  Ni   1.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Seay   0.1 2 1 1 1 0
  Lyon  SV(1) 1.2 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
4
3

  E–None.  DP–Baltimore 1. Polanco-Santiago-Cabrera, Detroit 1. Polanco-Santiago-Cabrera.  2B–Baltimore Wigginton (14,off Porcello); Wieters (7,off Lyon), Detroit Granderson (12,off Hernandez); Avila (1,off Hernandez); Thomas (9,off Johnson).  3B–Detroit Santiago (2,off Hernandez).  HR–Detroit Inge (22,2nd inning off Hernandez 1 on 1 out).  Team LOB–7.  Team–11.  U-HP–Scott Barry, 1B–CB Bucknor, 2B–Mike Everitt, 3B–Brian Gorman.  T–2:42.  A–31,165.
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