Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Tampa Bay 4,
Detroit 2
When: 1:05 PM ET, Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Where: Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan
Temperature: 46°
Umpires: Home - Cory Blaser, 1B - Mark Carlson, 2B - Ed Hickox, 3B - Ed Rapuano
Attendance: 28180
Where: Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan
Temperature: 46°
Umpires: Home - Cory Blaser, 1B - Mark Carlson, 2B - Ed Hickox, 3B - Ed Rapuano
Attendance: 28180
Final Scoring Summary
Tampa Bay
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Desmond Jennings | CF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .286 |
| Carlos Pena | 1B | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .389 |
| Evan Longoria | 3B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .471 |
| Matt Joyce | LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .250 |
| Elliot Johnson | PH-LF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Ben Zobrist | RF | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .278 |
| Stephen Vogt | DH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 |
| Jose Lobaton | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .143 |
| Sean Rodriguez | 2B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .091 |
| Jeff Keppinger | PH-2B | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .333 |
| Reid Brignac | SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .100 |
| Totals | 31 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 9 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| TB - Desmond Jennings, Evan Longoria, Ben Zobrist 2, Jeff Keppinger | |||||||||
| RBI - Evan Longoria (3), Ben Zobrist 2 (3) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Jose Lobaton (2), Jeff Keppinger 2 (4) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 4 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| CS - Jose Lobaton (1, 2nd by Verlander/Avila) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| James Shields (W 1-0) | 8.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5.54 |
| Fernando Rodney (SV 3) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Pitches-Strikes - James Shields 105-67, Fernando Rodney 14-9 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - James Shields 9-6, Fernando Rodney 0-2 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - James Shields 29, Fernando Rodney 3 | ||||||||
Detroit
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Austin Jackson | CF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .500 |
| Brennan Boesch | RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .174 |
| Clete Thomas | RF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Miguel Cabrera | 3B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .471 |
| Prince Fielder | 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .333 |
| Jhonny Peralta | SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .316 |
| Alex Avila | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .333 |
| Andy Dirks | DH | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .364 |
| Ramon Santiago | 2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 |
| Don Kelly | LF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 |
| Totals | 31 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 12 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Andy Dirks (1) | |||||||||
| TB - Austin Jackson, Miguel Cabrera 2, Jhonny Peralta, Andy Dirks 2, Don Kelly | |||||||||
| RBI - Miguel Cabrera (9) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Prince Fielder (2) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 3 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| CS - Jhonny Peralta (1, 2nd by Shields/Lobaton) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Justin Verlander (L 0-1) | 8.1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 2.20 |
| Daniel Schlereth | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 |
| Jose Valverde | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.75 |
| WP - Justin Verlander | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Justin Verlander 104-70, Daniel Schlereth 6-2, Jose Valverde 23-12 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Justin Verlander 7-6, Daniel Schlereth 0-0, Jose Valverde 1-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Justin Verlander 30, Daniel Schlereth 1, Jose Valverde 4 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Daniel Schlereth 2-0, Jose Valverde 3-2 | ||||||||