Major League Baseball
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Detroit 6,
Tampa Bay 4
When: 7:05 PM ET, Friday, September 26, 2008
Where: Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan
Temperature: 77°
Umpires: Home - Lance Barksdale, 1B - Dana DeMuth, 2B - Ted Barrett, 3B - Doug Eddings
Attendance: 39617
Where: Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan
Temperature: 77°
Umpires: Home - Lance Barksdale, 1B - Dana DeMuth, 2B - Ted Barrett, 3B - Doug Eddings
Attendance: 39617
Final Scoring Summary
Tampa Bay
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Akinori Iwamura | 2B | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .275 |
| Justin Ruggiano | LF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .214 |
| B.J. Upton | CF | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .274 |
| Carlos Pena | 1B | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .247 |
| Evan Longoria | 3B | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .276 |
| Cliff Floyd | DH | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .268 |
| Rocco Baldelli | PH-DH | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .260 |
| Dioner Navarro | C | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .295 |
| Jonny Gomes | PR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .174 |
| Gabe Gross | RF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .244 |
| Willy Aybar | PH-2B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .253 |
| Carl Crawford | PR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .273 |
| Eric Hinske | LF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .245 |
| Fernando Perez | PH-LF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .273 |
| Ben Zobrist | PH-RF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .238 |
| Jason Bartlett | SS | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .286 |
| Totals | 40 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 20 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - B.J. Upton (37), Dioner Navarro (27) | |||||||||
| HR - B.J. Upton (9) | |||||||||
| TB - Akinori Iwamura 2, B.J. Upton 7, Carlos Pena 2, Evan Longoria 2, Dioner Navarro 3, Jason Bartlett | |||||||||
| RBI - B.J. Upton 2 (67), Carlos Pena (102), Willy Aybar (33) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Carlos Pena (34) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Carlos Pena 2 (63), Evan Longoria (60), Cliff Floyd (23), Dioner Navarro (53), Eric Hinske (42), Jason Bartlett 2 (49) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 14 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - B.J. Upton (44, 2nd off Verlander/Sardinha) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| Outfield Assists - B.J. Upton (Ordonez at 2nd) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Andy Sonnanstine (L 13-9) | 5.2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 4.38 |
| David Price | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.19 |
| Grant Balfour | 1.1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1.54 |
| HBP - Brandon Inge (by Price) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Andy Sonnanstine 92-57, David Price 16-6, Grant Balfour 20-14 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Andy Sonnanstine 4-5, David Price 0-2, Grant Balfour 1-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Andy Sonnanstine 24, David Price 5, Grant Balfour 5 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - David Price 1-0 | ||||||||
Detroit
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Curtis Granderson | CF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .285 |
| Placido Polanco | 2B | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .307 |
| Ryan Raburn | 2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .229 |
| Magglio Ordonez | RF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .316 |
| Miguel Cabrera | 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .292 |
| Gary Sheffield | DH | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .228 |
| Marcus Thames | LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .246 |
| Matthew Joyce | LF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .256 |
| Jeff Larish | 3B | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .273 |
| Brandon Inge | PH-3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .204 |
| Dane Sardinha | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .140 |
| Ramon Santiago | SS | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .302 |
| Totals | 29 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 8 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Magglio Ordonez (32) | |||||||||
| HR - Gary Sheffield 2 (19), Ramon Santiago (4) | |||||||||
| TB - Magglio Ordonez 2, Gary Sheffield 9, Jeff Larish, Ramon Santiago 4 | |||||||||
| RBI - Magglio Ordonez 2 (100), Gary Sheffield 2 (56), Ramon Santiago 2 (18) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Gary Sheffield (27) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Ramon Santiago 2 (15) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 4 | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Miguel Cabrera (14) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Justin Verlander (W 11-17) | 5.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 4.84 |
| Bobby Seay (H 13) | 2.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4.18 |
| Gary Glover (H 5) | 0.2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.30 |
| Clay Rapada (H 2) | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 |
| Fernando Rodney (SV 12) | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5.03 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Justin Verlander 113-70, Bobby Seay 37-23, Gary Glover 19-12, Clay Rapada 5-2, Fernando Rodney 19-11 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Justin Verlander 3-4, Bobby Seay 0-3, Gary Glover 0-1, Clay Rapada 0-1, Fernando Rodney 0-2 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Justin Verlander 23, Bobby Seay 10, Gary Glover 5, Clay Rapada 1, Fernando Rodney 6 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Clay Rapada 3-0 | ||||||||