Tampa Bay Rays vs Detroit Tigers
August 31, 2009 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 31, 2009 at Comerica Park. The Tampa Bay Rays defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Tampa Bay Rays 11, Detroit Tigers 7

Tampa Bay Rays ab   r   h rbi
Bartlett ss 5 2 3 1
Kapler lf 3 1 0 0
Zobrist rf 5 1 2 1
Burrell dh 4 2 1 2
Longoria 3b 5 3 3 1
Pena 1b 5 2 3 4
Aybar 2b 2 0 0 0
  Iwamura 2b 1 0 0 1
Navarro c 5 0 2 0
Upton cf 4 0 0 1
Shields p 0 0 0 0
  Cormier p 0 0 0 0
  Shouse p 0 0 0 0
  Springer p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 11 14 11
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Granderson cf 5 2 0 0
Polanco 2b 3 1 2 0
  Everett ph,ss 2 0 1 1
Guillen lf 5 3 4 4
Cabrera 1b 3 0 1 0
  Thames ph,1b 2 0 0 0
Huff dh 4 0 0 0
Inge 3b 2 0 0 0
  Raburn 3b 1 0 0 0
Thomas rf 4 0 1 1
Avila c 4 1 2 0
Santiago ss,2b 4 0 2 0
Washburn p 0 0 0 0
  Perry p 0 0 0 0
  Ni p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 7 13 6
Tampa Bay 600 011 30011141
Detroit 200 001 2027130
  Tampa Bay Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Shields  W(9-10) 7.0 10 5 4 1 6
  Cormier   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Shouse   0.2 3 2 2 0 0
  Springer   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
13
7
6
1
7
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Washburn  L(9-8) 5.2 9 8 8 3 2
  Perry   2.1 5 3 3 1 1
  Ni   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
14
11
11
4
4

  E–Upton (2).  DP–Tampa Bay 2. Zobrist-Pena, Longoria-Aybar-Pena, Detroit 1. Santiago-Everett-Thames.  2B–Tampa Bay Zobrist (19,off Washburn); Burrell (15,off Washburn); Longoria (36,off Washburn); Pena (23,off Washburn); Bartlett (26,off Perry), Detroit Everett (17,off Shouse).  HR–Tampa Bay Pena (38,1st inning off Washburn 1 on 0 out); Bartlett (12,6th inning off Washburn 0 on 2 out), Detroit Guillen 2 (8,1st inning off Shields 1 on 1 out,7th inning off Shields 1 on 2 out).  SF–Iwamura (3,off Perry).  Team LOB–6.  Team–6.  U-HP–Brian Gorman, 1B–Gerry Davis, 2B–CB Bucknor, 3B–Mike Everitt.  T–2:50.  A–26,533.
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