Seattle Mariners vs Detroit Tigers
August 20, 2009 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 20, 2009 at Comerica Park. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Seattle Mariners 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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Seattle Mariners 6, Detroit Tigers 7

Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Suzuki rf 4 1 1 0
Gutierrez cf 2 1 0 0
Lopez 2b 3 1 1 2
Sweeney dh 3 1 1 2
Branyan 1b 4 1 1 1
Johjima c 4 1 1 1
Hannahan 3b 4 0 0 0
Wilson ss 3 0 0 0
Saunders lf 3 0 0 0
Rowland-Smith p 0 0 0 0
  Jakubauskas p 0 0 0 0
  Kelley p 0 0 0 0
  Aardsma p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 6 5 6
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Polanco 2b 5 0 0 0
Thames dh 3 0 0 0
  Guillen ph,dh 0 1 0 0
Raburn lf 5 1 3 1
Cabrera 1b 5 2 2 0
Ordonez rf 3 1 0 0
Inge 3b 4 1 1 2
Thomas cf 4 1 2 1
Laird c 1 0 0 0
  Huff ph 1 0 0 1
  Santiago ss 1 0 1 0
Everett ss 2 0 0 0
  Avila ph,c 2 0 1 2
Washburn p 0 0 0 0
  Miner p 0 0 0 0
  Seay p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 7 10 7
Seattle 102 102 000652
Detroit 000 203 0027100
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Rowland-Smith   5.1 4 5 5 4 4
  Jakubauskas   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Kelley   2.0 3 0 0 0 2
  Aardsma  L(3-5) 0.2 2 2 2 2 0
Totals
8.2
10
7
7
6
6
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Washburn   6.0 5 6 6 1 4
  Miner   2.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Seay  W(4-2) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
5
6
6
1
6

  E–Gutierrez (7), Lopez (13).  2B–Seattle Suzuki (25,off Washburn), Detroit Cabrera 2 (26,off Rowland-Smith,off Aardsma).  HR–Seattle Lopez (16,3rd inning off Washburn 1 on 2 out); Johjima (6,4th inning off Washburn 0 on 1 out); Sweeney (5,6th inning off Washburn 0 on 1 out); Branyan (28,6th inning off Washburn 0 on 1 out), Detroit Raburn (8,4th inning off Rowland-Smith 0 on 0 out); Inge (24,4th inning off Rowland-Smith 0 on 2 out).  SH–Gutierrez (10,off Washburn).  SF–Sweeney (3,off Washburn); Inge (3,off Aardsma).  HBP–Lopez (3,by Washburn).  Team LOB–1.  IBB–Ordonez (1,by Aardsma).  Team–10.  U-HP–Dan Iassogna, 1B–Sam Holbrook, 2B–Mike Estabrook, 3B–Larry Vanover.  T–2:34.  A–31,167.
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