Detroit Tigers vs Cleveland Indians
May 19, 2003 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 19, 2003 at Jacobs Field. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Detroit Tigers 9, Cleveland Indians 10

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Kingsale cf 4 1 1 0
Santiago 2b 4 0 1 0
Higginson rf 4 2 2 0
Young lf 5 1 0 1
Pena 1b 4 3 3 7
Munson 3b 3 0 0 0
Witt dh 4 1 1 1
Inge c 4 0 0 0
Infante ss 4 1 2 0
Knotts p 0 0 0 0
  Sparks p 0 0 0 0
  Walker p 0 0 0 0
  Spurling p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 9 10 9
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Lawton lf 5 1 2 2
Vizquel ss 5 0 1 0
Burks dh 4 0 0 0
Bradley cf 4 3 3 0
Gerut rf 4 1 2 4
Bard c 4 0 1 1
  McDonald pr,3b 0 1 0 0
Blake 3b,1b 3 3 3 2
Broussard 1b 3 1 1 1
  Laker c 0 0 0 0
Phillips 2b 4 0 1 0
Davis p 0 0 0 0
  Traber p 0 0 0 0
  Riske p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 10 14 10
Detroit 015 001 2009100
Cleveland 003 112 30x10143
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Knotts   4.1 7 5 5 3 2
  Sparks   1.2 3 2 2 1 0
  Walker  L (1-1) 1.1 4 3 3 0 1
  Spurling   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals 8.0 14 10 10 4 4
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Davis   6.0 7 7 2 2 3
  Traber  W (2-2) 1.1 3 2 2 1 3
  Riske  SV (1) 1.2 0 0 0 0 3
Totals 9.0 10 9 4 3 9

  E–Blake (4), Broussard (2), B Phillips (2).  DP–Detroit 1, Cleveland 1.  2B–Cleveland Broussard (1,off Knotts); Bradley 2 (12,off Knotts,off Walker); Blake (10,off Sparks); Bard (7,off Walker).  3B–Detroit Kingsale (1,off Davis).  HR–Detroit Pena 3 (6,2nd inning off Davis 0 on, 0 out,3rd inning off Davis 3 on, 1 out,7th inning off Traber 1 on, 2 out); Witt (1,6th inning off Davis 0 on, 0 out), Cleveland Gerut (2,3rd inning off Knotts 2 on, 2 out); Blake (4,7th inning off Walker 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Kingsale (6,off Davis); Santiago (4,off Davis).  IBB–Higginson (1,by Davis).  SB–Higginson (5,2nd base off Traber/Bard); Munson (3,2nd base off Traber/Bard); Blake (1,2nd base off Knotts/Inge); Lawton (3,2nd base off Knotts/Inge).  CS–Inge (3,2nd base by Davis/Bard); B Phillips (1,3rd base by Sparks/Inge).  IBB–Davis (2,Higginson).  U-HP–Tim McClelland, 1B–C.B. Bucknor, 2B–Tony Randazzo, 3B–Lance Barksdale.  T–2:36.  A–16,492.

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