Toronto Blue Jays vs Detroit Tigers
September 14, 2009 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 14, 2009 at Comerica Park. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 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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Toronto Blue Jays 5, Detroit Tigers 6

Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Scutaro ss 5 1 2 0
Hill 2b 5 1 2 1
Lind dh 5 1 1 3
Wells cf 3 0 2 0
  McDonald lf 1 0 0 0
Overbay 1b 4 0 1 0
Encarnacion 3b 4 1 2 1
Bautista rf,cf 4 0 0 0
Phillips c 4 0 1 0
Snider lf,rf 4 1 1 0
Purcey p 0 0 0 0
  Camp p 0 0 0 0
  Carlson p 0 0 0 0
  League p 0 0 0 0
  Downs p 0 0 0 0
  Frasor p 0 0 0 0
  Wolfe p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 5 12 5
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Raburn lf 3 1 2 2
  Thomas ph,lf,rf 2 0 0 0
Polanco 2b 4 0 0 0
Ordonez rf 4 0 2 0
  Ramirez pr 0 0 0 0
  Kelly lf 0 0 0 0
Cabrera 1b 5 0 0 0
Thames dh 5 0 0 0
Inge 3b 3 1 1 0
Granderson cf 3 1 0 0
Laird c 3 1 1 0
  Avila ph,c 2 1 1 0
Everett ss 1 0 0 0
  Santiago ph,ss 1 0 1 0
  Huff ph 1 1 1 3
  Dlugach ss 0 0 0 0
Verlander p 0 0 0 0
  Ni p 0 0 0 0
  Bonderman p 0 0 0 0
  Perry p 0 0 0 0
  Seay p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 6 9 5
Toronto 000 005 000 05122
Detroit 100 010 003 1690
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Purcey   5.2 5 2 2 4 4
  Camp   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Carlson   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  League   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Downs   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Frasor   1.0 3 3 2 0 0
  Wolfe  L(1-2) 0.1 0 1 0 2 1
Totals
9.1
9
6
4
6
7
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Verlander   7.0 10 5 5 0 9
  Ni   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Bonderman   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Perry   0.2 1 0 0 0 1
  Seay  W(6-3) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
10.0
12
5
5
0
10

  E–Scutaro 2 (10).  DP–Toronto 1. Purcey-Overbay, Detroit 2. Cabrera-Everett-Verlander, Santiago-Polanco.  2B–Toronto Snider (11,off Verlander), Detroit Inge (12,off Purcey).  HR–Toronto Lind (29,6th inning off Verlander 2 on 0 out); Encarnacion (2,6th inning off Verlander 0 on 2 out), Detroit Raburn (12,1st inning off Purcey 0 on 0 out); Huff (15,9th inning off Frasor 2 on 0 out).  Team LOB–4.  SH–Everett (13,off Purcey).  Team–10.  SB–Polanco (7,2nd base off League/Phillips); Polanco (7,2nd base off League/Phillips).  U-HP–Tim Timmons, 1B–Mark Wegner, 2B–Rick Reed, 3B–Jeff Kellogg.  T–3:04.  A–24,375.
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