Tampa Bay Rays vs Detroit Tigers
August 28, 2009 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 28, 2009 at Comerica Park. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Tampa Bay Rays 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Tampa Bay Rays 2, Detroit Tigers 6

Tampa Bay Rays ab   r   h rbi
Bartlett ss 3 0 0 0
Crawford lf 4 0 1 0
Longoria 3b 4 0 0 0
Pena 1b 4 0 0 0
Burrell dh 4 1 1 0
Aybar 2b 4 0 0 0
Zaun c 4 0 1 1
Gross rf 3 0 1 0
  Kapler ph 1 1 1 1
Upton cf 3 0 1 0
Garza p 0 0 0 0
  Cormier p 0 0 0 0
  Bradford p 0 0 0 0
  Choate p 0 0 0 0
  Springer p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 6 2
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Granderson cf 4 0 2 1
Polanco 2b 4 0 0 0
Ordonez rf 3 0 0 0
  Thomas rf 0 0 0 0
Cabrera 1b 4 0 0 0
Huff dh 3 1 0 0
Guillen lf 2 1 0 0
  Raburn lf 1 0 1 0
Inge 3b 4 2 2 1
Laird c 3 1 2 2
Everett ss 4 1 1 2
Porcello p 0 0 0 0
  Ni p 0 0 0 0
  Lyon p 0 0 0 0
  Seay p 0 0 0 0
  Rodney p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 6 8 6
Tampa Bay 000 001 001260
Detroit 010 500 00x682
  Tampa Bay Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Garza  L(7-9) 5.0 5 6 6 3 5
  Cormier   0.2 2 0 0 0 0
  Bradford   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Choate   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Springer   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
8
6
6
3
6
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Porcello  W(11-8) 5.2 4 1 1 2 5
  Ni   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Lyon   2.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Seay   0.2 2 1 1 0 1
  Rodney   0.1 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
3
9

  E–Inge 2 (16), Inge 2 (16).  PB–Laird (8); Laird (8).  2B–Tampa Bay Burrell (14,off Porcello), Detroit Laird (19,off Garza); Everett (16,off Garza); Granderson (16,off Garza).  HR–Tampa Bay Kapler (6,9th inning off Seay 0 on 2 out), Detroit Inge (25,2nd inning off Garza 0 on 2 out).  SH–Crawford (2,off Porcello).  Team LOB–9.  HBP–Laird (8,by Garza).  Team–6.  U-HP–Gerry Davis, 1B–CB Bucknor, 2B–Mike Everitt, 3B–Brian Gorman.  T–2:46.  A–35,030.
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