Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Detroit 8,
Tampa Bay 6
When: 7:08 PM ET, Saturday, September 5, 2009
Where: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Chuck Meriwether, 1B - Lazaro Diaz, 2B - Eric Cooper, 3B - Mike Reilly
Attendance: 36973
Where: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Chuck Meriwether, 1B - Lazaro Diaz, 2B - Eric Cooper, 3B - Mike Reilly
Attendance: 36973
Final Scoring Summary
Detroit
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Curtis Granderson | CF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Ryan Raburn | PH-CF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .000 |
| Placido Polanco | 2B | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 |
| Carlos Guillen | LF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .000 |
| Miguel Cabrera | 1B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .000 |
| Aubrey Huff | DH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 |
| Don Kelly | PR-DH | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Magglio Ordonez | RF | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Clete Thomas | PR-RF | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Brandon Inge | 3B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 |
| Alex Avila | C | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 |
| Marcus Thames | PH | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Gerald Laird | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Ramon Santiago | SS | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| Wilkin Ramirez | PR | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Adam Everett | SS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Totals | 34 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 13 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Magglio Ordonez (0), Ramon Santiago (0) | |||||||||
| 3B - Carlos Guillen (0) | |||||||||
| HR - Placido Polanco (0), Alex Avila (0) | |||||||||
| TB - Placido Polanco 5, Carlos Guillen 3, Miguel Cabrera, Magglio Ordonez 3, Brandon Inge, Alex Avila 4, Marcus Thames, Ramon Santiago 3 | |||||||||
| RBI - Placido Polanco 2 (0), Carlos Guillen 2 (0), Alex Avila 2 (0), Marcus Thames (0), Adam Everett (0) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Carlos Guillen 2 (0) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Ryan Raburn 2 (0), Miguel Cabrera (0), Alex Avila (0) | |||||||||
| S - Adam Everett (0) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Carlos Guillen (0), Miguel Cabrera (0), Aubrey Huff (0) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 5 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Don Kelly (0, 2nd off Springer/Zaun) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Armando Galarraga | 2.1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0.00 |
| Eddie Bonine | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Fu-Te Ni | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Jeremy Bonderman | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Bobby Seay (W 0-0) | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Zach Miner (H 0) | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Brandon Lyon (SV 0) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| HBP - Carl Crawford (by Seay) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Armando Galarraga 54-28, Eddie Bonine 17-12, Fu-Te Ni 12-5, Jeremy Bonderman 21-11, Bobby Seay 10-5, Zach Miner 12-6, Brandon Lyon 12-8 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Armando Galarraga 3-3, Eddie Bonine 4-0, Fu-Te Ni 0-1, Jeremy Bonderman 1-1, Bobby Seay 0-2, Zach Miner 2-1, Brandon Lyon 1-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Armando Galarraga 14, Eddie Bonine 5, Fu-Te Ni 3, Jeremy Bonderman 6, Bobby Seay 3, Zach Miner 4, Brandon Lyon 3 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Eddie Bonine 1-0, Jeremy Bonderman 1-0, Bobby Seay 1-0 | ||||||||
Tampa Bay
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Jason Bartlett | SS | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .000 |
| Carl Crawford | LF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| Ben Zobrist | RF | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | .000 |
| Carlos Pena | 1B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .000 |
| Pat Burrell | DH | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 |
| Evan Longoria | 3B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 |
| Akinori Iwamura | 2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 |
| Gregg Zaun | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 |
| Fernando Perez | CF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 |
| Willy Aybar | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Totals | 30 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 16 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Akinori Iwamura (0) | |||||||||
| HR - Evan Longoria (0) | |||||||||
| TB - Jason Bartlett, Ben Zobrist, Carlos Pena, Pat Burrell, Evan Longoria 5, Akinori Iwamura 2, Fernando Perez | |||||||||
| RBI - Carlos Pena (0), Pat Burrell 2 (0), Evan Longoria 3 (0) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Evan Longoria 3 (0) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Jason Bartlett (0), Carlos Pena (0), Pat Burrell (0) | |||||||||
| SF - Pat Burrell 2 (0) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Evan Longoria (0), Gregg Zaun (0) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 5 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| CS - Fernando Perez (0, 2nd by Bonderman/Avila) | |||||||||
| SB - Ben Zobrist (0, 2nd off Bonderman/Avila) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| James Shields | 6.1 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0.00 |
| Randy Choate | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Grant Balfour (L 0-0; BS 0) | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Russ Springer | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| J.P. Howell | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Dan Wheeler | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| IBB - Magglio Ordonez (by Springer) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - James Shields 96-62, Randy Choate 9-5, Grant Balfour 17-10, Russ Springer 5-1, J.P. Howell 6-3, Dan Wheeler 17-8 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - James Shields 7-7, Randy Choate 0-0, Grant Balfour 3-0, Russ Springer 0-0, J.P. Howell 0-0, Dan Wheeler 3-2 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - James Shields 27, Randy Choate 1, Grant Balfour 4, Russ Springer 2, J.P. Howell 1, Dan Wheeler 5 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Randy Choate 1-0, Grant Balfour 2-1, Russ Springer 1-0, J.P. Howell 3-1, Dan Wheeler 3-1 | ||||||||