Detroit Tigers vs Cleveland Indians
September 24, 2009 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 24, 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 6, Cleveland Indians 5

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Granderson cf 5 0 0 1
Polanco 2b 4 0 1 1
Ordonez rf 3 0 1 0
  Thomas pr,rf 1 1 0 0
Cabrera 1b 5 0 0 0
Huff dh 4 1 1 0
Guillen lf 3 1 3 1
  Kelly lf 0 0 0 0
Inge 3b 5 1 2 1
Laird c 3 1 1 1
Santiago ss 3 1 1 1
Verlander p 0 0 0 0
  Seay p 0 0 0 0
  Lyon p 0 0 0 0
  Rodney p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 6 10 6
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Brantley lf 5 0 2 2
Carroll 2b 4 1 0 0
Choo rf 5 2 2 2
Hafner dh 5 0 3 1
  Romero pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Peralta 3b 5 0 1 0
Valbuena ss 3 0 1 0
Crowe cf 4 1 1 0
Marte 1b 4 1 2 0
Toregas c 2 0 0 0
  Cabrera ph 1 0 0 0
Carrasco p 0 0 0 0
  Lewis p 0 0 0 0
  Sipp p 0 0 0 0
  Perez p 0 0 0 0
  Wood p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 5 12 5
Detroit 000 400 1106100
Cleveland 002 000 0125121
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Verlander  W(17-9) 7.0 7 2 2 2 11
  Seay   0.0 2 1 1 0 0
  Lyon   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Rodney  SV(35) 1.0 2 2 2 1 0
Totals
9.0
12
5
5
3
11
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Carrasco  L(0-3) 5.0 6 4 4 3 0
  Lewis   1.2 2 1 1 0 2
  Sipp   0.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Perez   1.1 1 1 1 1 1
  Wood   1.0 0 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
10
6
6
6
5

  E–Valbuena (11).  DP–Detroit 1. Polanco-Santiago-Cabrera.  2B–Detroit Inge (13,off J. Lewis); Guillen (9,off Sipp), Cleveland Marte (4,off Verlander); Hafner (18,off Seay).  HR–Cleveland Choo (17,9th inning off Rodney 1 on 2 out).  SH–Laird (9,off J. Lewis).  Team LOB–10.  Team–9.  SB–Santiago (1,2nd base off C. Perez/Toregas); Brantley (4,2nd base off Verlander/Laird).  CS–Guillen (3,2nd base by Carrasco/Toregas).  U-HP–Joe West, 1B–Ed Rapuano, 2B–Paul Schrieber, 3B–Paul Nauert.  T–3:17.  A–23,516.
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