Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
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Detroit 17,
Texas 4
When: 8:05 PM ET, Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Where: Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Arlington, Texas
Temperature: 77°
Umpires: Home - Marty Foster, 1B - Derryl Cousins, 2B - Eric Cooper, 3B - Angel Hernandez
Attendance: 17808
Where: Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Arlington, Texas
Temperature: 77°
Umpires: Home - Marty Foster, 1B - Derryl Cousins, 2B - Eric Cooper, 3B - Angel Hernandez
Attendance: 17808
Final Scoring Summary
Detroit
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Curtis Granderson | CF | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | .290 |
| Marcus Thames | LF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .243 |
| Matthew Joyce | LF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .267 |
| Magglio Ordonez | RF | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .326 |
| Ramon Santiago | 2B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .279 |
| Miguel Cabrera | 1B | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .296 |
| Jeff Larish | 1B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .226 |
| Gary Sheffield | DH | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | .221 |
| Edgar Renteria | SS | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .269 |
| Ryan Raburn | 2B-RF | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | .242 |
| Brandon Inge | 3B | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .213 |
| Dusty Ryan | C | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .400 |
| Totals | 43 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 9 | 11 | 24 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Miguel Cabrera (34), Brandon Inge (13), Dusty Ryan (2) | |||||||||
| 3B - Ryan Raburn (1) | |||||||||
| HR - Miguel Cabrera (34) | |||||||||
| TB - Marcus Thames 2, Magglio Ordonez 3, Miguel Cabrera 8, Jeff Larish, Edgar Renteria, Ryan Raburn 3, Brandon Inge 2, Dusty Ryan 5 | |||||||||
| RBI - Marcus Thames (56), Magglio Ordonez 4 (95), Miguel Cabrera 3 (121), Edgar Renteria 3 (53), Ryan Raburn 2 (20), Brandon Inge 2 (49), Dusty Ryan 2 (5) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Magglio Ordonez (40), Miguel Cabrera 3 (46), Brandon Inge 2 (20) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Curtis Granderson (34), Gary Sheffield (42), Edgar Renteria (39), Brandon Inge (35) | |||||||||
| SF - Edgar Renteria (5) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 9 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| CS - Brandon Inge (3, Home by Nippert/Laird) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Marcus Thames (5) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Freddy Garcia (W 1-0) | 5.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Nate Robertson | 2.2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6.15 |
| Aquilino Lopez | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3.62 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Freddy Garcia 59-36, Nate Robertson 69-39, Aquilino Lopez 23-17 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Freddy Garcia 5-7, Nate Robertson 2-4, Aquilino Lopez 1-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Freddy Garcia 18, Nate Robertson 16, Aquilino Lopez 5 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Aquilino Lopez 2-0 | ||||||||
Texas
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Brandon Boggs | LF-CF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .229 |
| Michael Young | SS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .276 |
| Ramon Vazquez | SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .296 |
| Josh Hamilton | DH | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .303 |
| Taylor Teagarden | PH-DH | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .351 |
| Marlon Byrd | CF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .295 |
| German Duran | PH-LF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .216 |
| Hank Blalock | 1B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .259 |
| Travis Metcalf | 3B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .229 |
| Nelson Cruz | RF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .329 |
| Chris Davis | 3B-1B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .278 |
| Gerald Laird | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .282 |
| Max Ramirez | C | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .222 |
| Joaquin Arias | 2B | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .279 |
| Totals | 34 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 14 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Brandon Boggs (17), Chris Davis (21) | |||||||||
| TB - Brandon Boggs 2, Josh Hamilton, Nelson Cruz, Chris Davis 3, Joaquin Arias 2 | |||||||||
| RBI - Brandon Boggs 3 (41), Chris Davis (49) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Brandon Boggs 2 (18), Chris Davis (25) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Ramon Vazquez 2 (29), Gerald Laird (47), Max Ramirez 2 (6) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 8 | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Joaquin Arias (2), Marlon Byrd (6) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Dustin Nippert (L 3-5) | 4.1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 6.47 |
| Luis Mendoza | 0.0 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8.75 |
| Wes Littleton | 0.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8.31 |
| Bill White | 1.0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 30.38 |
| Warner Madrigal | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.06 |
| Brian Gordon | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Scott Feldman | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5.30 |
| WP - Luis Mendoza, Scott Feldman | ||||||||
| IBB - Gary Sheffield (by Nippert), Curtis Granderson (by Mendoza) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Dustin Nippert 101-62, Luis Mendoza 21-9, Wes Littleton 18-12, Bill White 35-20, Warner Madrigal 15-9, Brian Gordon 14-9, Scott Feldman 20-12 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Dustin Nippert 1-5, Luis Mendoza 0-0, Wes Littleton 0-1, Bill White 2-1, Warner Madrigal 0-2, Brian Gordon 0-2, Scott Feldman 0-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Dustin Nippert 23, Luis Mendoza 6, Wes Littleton 4, Bill White 8, Warner Madrigal 3, Brian Gordon 4, Scott Feldman 5 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Luis Mendoza 3-3, Wes Littleton 3-3 | ||||||||