Chicago White Sox vs Detroit Tigers
October 4, 2009 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 4, 2009 at Comerica Park. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Chicago White Sox 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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Chicago White Sox 3, Detroit Tigers 5

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Podsednik dh 4 0 0 0
Beckham 3b 2 0 1 0
  Nix 3b 1 0 0 0
Quentin lf 4 0 0 0
Dye rf 2 0 0 0
  Wise rf 2 0 1 0
Kotsay 1b 4 0 0 0
Rios cf 4 1 1 0
Ramirez ss 3 1 2 0
Castro c 3 1 1 1
Lillibridge 2b 2 0 1 2
Danks p 0 0 0 0
  Hudson p 0 0 0 0
  Torres p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 7 3
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Raburn lf 4 3 3 3
Polanco 2b 5 0 0 0
Ordonez rf 4 1 4 1
  Thomas pr,rf 0 0 0 0
Cabrera 1b 3 0 0 0
Guillen dh 3 0 1 1
Inge 3b 4 0 1 0
Granderson cf 4 0 0 0
Laird c 3 1 2 0
Everett ss 2 0 1 0
Verlander p 0 0 0 0
  Rodney p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 5 12 5
Chicago 000 000 030370
Detroit 120 011 00x5120
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Danks  L(13-11) 5.0 7 4 4 4 1
  Hudson   2.0 3 1 1 0 2
  Torres   1.0 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
12
5
5
4
3
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Verlander  W(19-9) 7.2 6 3 3 2 5
  Rodney  SV(37) 1.1 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
2
5

  E–None.  DP–Chicago 2. Beckham-Kotsay, Wise-Castro, Detroit 2. Granderson-Polanco, Polanco-Everett-Cabrera.  2B–Chicago Castro (3,off Verlander), Detroit Ordonez (24,off Danks).  HR–Detroit Raburn 2 (16,2nd inning off Danks 1 on 1 out,6th inning off Hudson 0 on 2 out); Ordonez (8,5th inning off Danks 0 on 0 out).  Team LOB–3.  SH–Everett 2 (15,off Danks,off Torres).  IBB–Cabrera (14,by Danks).  Team–9.  CS–Lillibridge (3,2nd base by Verlander/Laird).  U-HP–Jeff Nelson, 1B–Bob Davidson, 2B–Tim Tschida, 3B–Mark Carlson.  T–2:26.  A–35,806.
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