Tampa Bay Rays vs Detroit Tigers
August 30, 2009 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 30, 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)
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Tampa Bay Rays 3, Detroit Tigers 4

Tampa Bay Rays ab   r   h rbi
Bartlett ss 1 0 0 0
Crawford lf 4 0 1 0
Zobrist rf 4 0 1 0
Pena 1b 4 0 0 0
Burrell dh 3 1 0 0
Longoria 3b 4 1 1 2
Zaun c 4 0 1 0
  Kapler pr 0 0 0 0
Iwamura 2b 4 1 1 1
Upton cf 4 0 2 0
Niemann p 0 0 0 0
  Balfour p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 7 3
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Granderson cf 3 1 1 1
Polanco 2b 4 1 1 3
Guillen lf 4 0 0 0
  Raburn lf 0 0 0 0
Cabrera 1b 3 0 0 0
Huff dh 3 0 1 0
Inge 3b 3 0 0 0
Thomas rf 3 2 3 0
Laird c 2 0 0 0
  Ordonez ph 1 0 0 0
  Avila c 0 0 0 0
Santiago ss 3 0 0 0
Verlander p 0 0 0 0
  Rodney p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 4 6 4
Tampa Bay 000 300 000370
Detroit 001 000 03x460
  Tampa Bay Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Niemann   7.0 5 2 2 0 3
  Balfour  L(5-3) 1.0 1 2 2 1 1
Totals
8.0
6
4
4
1
4
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Verlander  W(15-7) 8.0 6 3 3 3 4
  Rodney  SV(29) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
3
4

  E–None.  2B–Tampa Bay Upton (29,off Verlander), Detroit Huff (25,off Niemann); Thomas (10,off Niemann).  HR–Tampa Bay Longoria (25,4th inning off Verlander 1 on 1 out); Iwamura (1,4th inning off Verlander 0 on 2 out), Detroit Polanco (8,8th inning off Balfour 2 on 2 out).  HBP–Bartlett (3,by Verlander).  Team LOB–6.  Team–2.  U-HP–Mike Everitt, 1B–Brian Gorman, 2B–Gerry Davis, 3B–CB Bucknor.  T–2:30.  A–36,067.
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