Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Detroit 6,
Cleveland 5
When: 7:05 PM ET, Thursday, September 24, 2009
Where: Progressive Field, Cleveland, Ohio
Temperature: 66°
Umpires: Home - Joe West, 1B - Ed Rapuano, 2B - Paul Schrieber, 3B - Paul Nauert
Attendance: 23516
Where: Progressive Field, Cleveland, Ohio
Temperature: 66°
Umpires: Home - Joe West, 1B - Ed Rapuano, 2B - Paul Schrieber, 3B - Paul Nauert
Attendance: 23516
Final Scoring Summary
Detroit
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Curtis Granderson | CF | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .000 |
| Placido Polanco | 2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Magglio Ordonez | RF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Clete Thomas | PR-RF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Miguel Cabrera | 1B | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .000 |
| Aubrey Huff | DH | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .000 |
| Carlos Guillen | LF | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Don Kelly | LF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Brandon Inge | 3B | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .000 |
| Gerald Laird | C | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Ramon Santiago | SS | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .000 |
| Totals | 36 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 19 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Carlos Guillen (0), Brandon Inge (0) | |||||||||
| TB - Placido Polanco, Magglio Ordonez, Aubrey Huff, Carlos Guillen 4, Brandon Inge 3, Gerald Laird, Ramon Santiago | |||||||||
| RBI - Curtis Granderson (0), Placido Polanco (0), Carlos Guillen (0), Brandon Inge (0), Gerald Laird (0), Ramon Santiago (0) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Placido Polanco (0), Carlos Guillen (0) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Curtis Granderson (0), Magglio Ordonez (0), Clete Thomas (0), Aubrey Huff (0), Brandon Inge 2 (0), Ramon Santiago (0) | |||||||||
| S - Gerald Laird (0) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 10 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| CS - Carlos Guillen (0, 2nd by Carrasco/Toregas) | |||||||||
| SB - Ramon Santiago (0, 2nd off Perez/Toregas) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Justin Verlander (W 0-0) | 7.0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Bobby Seay | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Brandon Lyon (H 0) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Fernando Rodney (SV 0) | 1.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 |
| WP - Justin Verlander, Fernando Rodney | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Justin Verlander 126-80, Bobby Seay 9-5, Brandon Lyon 7-5, Fernando Rodney 30-15 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Justin Verlander 3-7, Bobby Seay 0-0, Brandon Lyon 1-2, Fernando Rodney 1-2 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Justin Verlander 29, Bobby Seay 2, Brandon Lyon 4, Fernando Rodney 6 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Brandon Lyon 1-0 | ||||||||
Cleveland
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Michael Brantley | LF | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| Jamey Carroll | 2B | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .000 |
| Shin-Soo Choo | RF | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .000 |
| Travis Hafner | DH | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 |
| Niuman Romero | PR-DH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Jhonny Peralta | 3B | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .000 |
| Luis Valbuena | SS | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .000 |
| Trevor Crowe | CF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .000 |
| Andy Marte | 1B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .000 |
| Wyatt Toregas | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .000 |
| Asdrubal Cabrera | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Totals | 38 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 21 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Travis Hafner (0), Andy Marte (0) | |||||||||
| HR - Shin-Soo Choo (0) | |||||||||
| TB - Michael Brantley 2, Shin-Soo Choo 5, Travis Hafner 4, Jhonny Peralta, Luis Valbuena, Trevor Crowe, Andy Marte 3 | |||||||||
| RBI - Michael Brantley 2 (0), Shin-Soo Choo 2 (0), Travis Hafner (0) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Shin-Soo Choo 2 (0) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Travis Hafner 2 (0), Trevor Crowe 2 (0), Andy Marte (0) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Jamey Carroll (0) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 9 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Michael Brantley (0, 2nd off Verlander/Laird) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Luis Valbuena (0) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Carlos Carrasco (L 0-0) | 5.0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Jensen Lewis | 1.2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Tony Sipp | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Chris Perez | 1.1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Kerry Wood | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Carlos Carrasco 93-54, Jensen Lewis 23-14, Tony Sipp 10-6, Chris Perez 29-15, Kerry Wood 23-14 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Carlos Carrasco 10-4, Jensen Lewis 2-1, Tony Sipp 0-0, Chris Perez 1-2, Kerry Wood 0-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Carlos Carrasco 24, Jensen Lewis 7, Tony Sipp 2, Chris Perez 6, Kerry Wood 4 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Tony Sipp 1-1, Chris Perez 2-0 | ||||||||