Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
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Tampa Bay 3,
Detroit 2
When: 7:10 PM ET, Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Where: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Fieldin Culbreth, 1B - Marty Foster, 2B - Gary Cederstrom, 3B - Ed Hickox
Attendance: 19843
Where: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Fieldin Culbreth, 1B - Marty Foster, 2B - Gary Cederstrom, 3B - Ed Hickox
Attendance: 19843
Final Scoring Summary
Detroit
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Austin Jackson | CF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .314 |
| Will Rhymes | 2B | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .167 |
| Johnny Damon | DH | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .282 |
| Miguel Cabrera | 1B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | .349 |
| Brennan Boesch | RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .305 |
| Ryan Raburn | LF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .205 |
| Alex Avila | C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .209 |
| Scott Sizemore | 3B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .204 |
| Ramon Santiago | SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .271 |
| Totals | 37 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 24 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Austin Jackson (25), Miguel Cabrera 2 (35), Scott Sizemore (6) | |||||||||
| TB - Austin Jackson 2, Will Rhymes 2, Johnny Damon 2, Miguel Cabrera 4, Ryan Raburn, Alex Avila, Scott Sizemore 3, Ramon Santiago | |||||||||
| RBI - Ryan Raburn (23) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Will Rhymes 2 (2), Brennan Boesch 2 (35), Scott Sizemore (16), Ramon Santiago (28) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Miguel Cabrera (13) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 11 | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| Outfield Assists - Austin Jackson (Zobrist at 2nd) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Justin Verlander (L 12-6) | 8.0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 3.74 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Justin Verlander 113-72 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Justin Verlander 6-8 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Justin Verlander 31 | ||||||||
Tampa Bay
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Ben Zobrist | 2B-CF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .270 |
| Carl Crawford | LF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .311 |
| Evan Longoria | 3B | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .291 |
| Carlos Pena | 1B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .205 |
| Matt Joyce | RF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .232 |
| Willy Aybar | DH | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .259 |
| John Jaso | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .264 |
| B.J. Upton | CF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .227 |
| Reid Brignac | 2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .274 |
| Jason Bartlett | SS | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .244 |
| Totals | 28 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Matt Joyce (8) | |||||||||
| HR - Carlos Pena (22) | |||||||||
| TB - Ben Zobrist, Carl Crawford, Carlos Pena 4, Matt Joyce 2, Jason Bartlett | |||||||||
| RBI - Carlos Pena 2 (63), Matt Joyce (13) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Carlos Pena 2 (21), Matt Joyce (12) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Evan Longoria (41), Carlos Pena (46), Willy Aybar 2 (29) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 4 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Ben Zobrist (20, 2nd off Verlander/Avila), Carl Crawford 3 (37, 2nd off Verlander/Avila, 3rd off Verlander/Avila, 2nd off Verlander/Avila) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Jason Bartlett (8) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| James Shields (W 9-9) | 6.2 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 4.79 |
| Randy Choate | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.20 |
| Grant Balfour (H 12) | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.13 |
| Joaquin Benoit (H 12) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.79 |
| Rafael Soriano (SV 27) | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.86 |
| IBB - Miguel Cabrera (by Choate) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - James Shields 102-71, Randy Choate 10-3, Grant Balfour 3-3, Joaquin Benoit 14-9, Rafael Soriano 33-22 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - James Shields 5-6, Randy Choate 0-0, Grant Balfour 0-0, Joaquin Benoit 0-0, Rafael Soriano 2-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - James Shields 29, Randy Choate 2, Grant Balfour 1, Joaquin Benoit 3, Rafael Soriano 5 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Randy Choate 1-0, Grant Balfour 3-0 | ||||||||