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
Team Records
Recap Quick Hits
- With this loss, the Tampa Bay Rays have a 0-0 record at home this season. The Detroit Tigers have a 0-0 record on the road.
- Tampa Bay has a streak of 3 straight up losses. The Rays have won 0 of their last 10 games.
- Detroit has a streak of 5 straight up wins. The Tigers have won 0 of their last 10 games.
- Bobby Seay pitched 0.2 innings for the win and now has an ERA of 0.00. Brandon Lyon closed out the game to get the save and has 0 saves for the season. Grant Balfour took the loss for Tampa Bay.
- Evan Longoria had the only homerun for Tampa Bay. Placido Polanco, Alex Avila hit homeruns for Detroit.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Detroit | Tampa Bay | |
| Armando Galarraga | Player | James Shields |
| No Decision | W/L | No Decision |
| 2.1 | IP | 6.1 |
| 1 | Strikeouts | 5 |
| 4 | Hits | 8 |
| 23.14 | ERA | 8.53 |
Hitting
| Detroit | Tampa Bay | |
| Magglio Ordonez | Player | Evan Longoria |
| 2 | Hits | 2 |
| 0 | RBI | 3 |
| 0 | HR | 1 |
| 3 | TB | 5 |
| .667 | Avg | .500 |
Team Stats Summary