Detroit Tigers vs Cleveland Indians
September 22, 2009 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 22, 2009 at Progressive Field. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Cleveland Indians 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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Detroit Tigers 3, Cleveland Indians 1

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Raburn lf 3 1 2 1
Polanco 2b 4 1 1 0
Ordonez rf 3 0 3 0
  Thomas pr,rf 1 1 0 0
Cabrera 1b 4 0 1 1
Thames dh 3 0 0 1
Inge 3b 3 0 0 0
Granderson cf 4 0 1 0
Laird c 2 0 0 0
Everett ss 4 0 0 0
Jackson p 0 0 0 0
  Seay p 0 0 0 0
  Lyon p 0 0 0 0
  Rodney p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 8 3
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Brantley lf 5 0 2 0
Cabrera ss 5 1 1 0
Choo rf 4 0 3 0
Peralta 3b 4 0 0 0
Hafner dh 2 0 0 0
  Romero pr,dh 0 0 0 0
LaPorta 1b 1 0 1 0
  Marte ph,1b 2 0 0 0
  Carroll ph 0 0 0 1
  Gimenez 1b 0 0 0 0
Valbuena 2b 4 0 1 0
Marson c 2 0 0 0
Crowe cf 4 0 2 0
Laffey p 0 0 0 0
  Perez p 0 0 0 0
  Sipp p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 10 1
Detroit 001 000 020380
Cleveland 000 000 0101100
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Jackson  W(13-7) 7.0 7 0 0 3 2
  Seay   0.1 2 1 1 0 0
  Lyon   0.2 0 0 0 2 1
  Rodney  SV(34) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
1
1
5
3
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Laffey  L(7-7) 6.2 7 1 1 3 0
  Perez   1.0 1 2 2 2 2
  Sipp   1.1 0 0 0 2 0
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
7
2

  E–None.  DP–Detroit 3. Polanco-Cabrera, Everett-Cabrera, Inge-Polanco-Cabrera, Cleveland 2. Valbuena-Cabrera-LaPorta, Valbuena-Cabrera-Marte.  2B–Detroit Ordonez (20,off Laffey); Cabrera (33,off C. Perez), Cleveland Choo (36,off Jackson).  HR–Detroit Raburn (14,3rd inning off Laffey 0 on 1 out).  SF–Thames (6,off C. Perez).  Team LOB–9.  Team–10.  CS–Raburn (4,2nd base by Laffey/Marson).  U-HP–Paul Schrieber, 1B–Paul Nauert, 2B–Joe West, 3B–Ed Rapuano.  T–2:56.  A–23,217.
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