Detroit Tigers vs Cleveland Indians
May 23, 2012 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 23, 2012 at Progressive Field. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Detroit Tigers 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 2, Cleveland Indians 4

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Berry cf 5 1 1 0
Dirks lf 4 1 1 1
Cabrera 3b 5 0 2 0
Fielder 1b 4 0 0 1
Young dh 4 0 2 0
Boesch rf 4 0 2 0
Peralta ss 4 0 0 0
Santiago 2b 4 0 1 0
Laird c 3 0 1 0
  Avila ph,c 1 0 0 0
Fister p 0 0 0 0
  Coke p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 2 10 2
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Choo rf 4 0 0 0
Kipnis 2b 4 2 3 0
Cabrera ss 3 1 1 0
Hafner dh 3 1 1 2
  Duncan pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Santana c 3 0 0 1
Brantley cf 3 0 1 0
Damon lf 3 0 0 0
  Cunningham lf 0 0 0 0
Kotchman 1b 3 0 0 0
Lopez 3b 3 0 1 0
McAllister p 0 0 0 0
  Hagadone p 0 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
  Sipp p 0 0 0 0
  Pestano p 0 0 0 0
  Perez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 4 7 3
Detroit 000 002 0002101
Cleveland 000 002 02x471
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Fister   6.2 5 2 2 2 3
  Coke  L(1-1) 1.1 2 2 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
2
2
0
0
0
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
McAllister   6.1 8 2 2 0 3
  Hagadone   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Smith   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Sipp   0.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Pestano  W(2-0) 1.0 2 0 0 0 2
  Perez  SV(15) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
0
0
0
0
2

  E–Fielder (6), Kipnis (2).  DP–Cleveland 1. Brantley-Lopez.  2B–Detroit Boesch (6,off McAllister); Cabrera (8,off McAllister); Berry (1,off McAllister); Dirks (7,off McAllister), Cleveland Brantley (14,off Fister); Cabrera (14,off Coke).  HR–Cleveland Hafner (6,6th inning off Fister 1 on 1 out).  Team LOB–10.  SF–Santana (4,off Coke).  Team–4.  CS–Duncan (1,2nd base by Coke/Avila).  U-HP–Jerry Meals, 1B–Gary Darling, 2B–Paul Emmel, 3B–Scott Barry.  T–2:44.  A–22,000.
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