September 4, 2009 · 7:38 PM EDT
Biggest lead DET by 3 · TB by 1 · 1 lead change
| W | L | PCT | GB | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1NY Yankees | 103 | 59 | .636 | — |
2LA Angels | 97 | 65 | .599 | 6.0 |
3BO Red Sox | 95 | 67 | .586 | 8.0 |
4TE Rangers | 87 | 75 | .537 | 16.0 |
5MI Twins | 87 | 76 | .534 | 16.5 |
6DE Tigers | 86 | 77 | .528 | 17.5 |
7SE Mariners | 85 | 77 | .525 | 18.0 |
8TB Rays | 84 | 78 | .519 | 19.0 |
9CW White Sox | 79 | 83 | .488 | 24.0 |
10OA Athletics | 75 | 87 | .463 | 28.0 |
11TO Blue Jays | 75 | 87 | .463 | 28.0 |
12CL Guardians | 65 | 97 | .401 | 38.0 |
13KC Royals | 65 | 97 | .401 | 38.0 |
14BA Orioles | 64 | 98 | .395 | 39.0 |
48 balls in play · 14 hits · filled is a hit, hollow is an out
Catcher's view. Count is after the pitch.
CG Curtis GrandersonCF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
PP Placido Polanco2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
CT Clete ThomasRF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
MC Miguel Cabrera1B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| AHAubrey HuffDH | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
CG Carlos GuillénLF | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
BI Brandon Inge3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
GL Gerald LairdC | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| AEAdam EverettSS | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
MO Magglio OrdonezDH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
RR Ryan RaburnLF | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| MTMarcus ThamesPH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
WR Wilkin RamirezPR | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
AA Alex AvilaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 34 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
2B: Huff 2
HR: Cabrera
RBI: Granderson, Polanco, Cabrera, Everett
LOB: 14
FR Fernando RodneyS | 1.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 35 |
JV Justin VerlanderW | 8.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 126 |
| Totals | 9.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 161 |
JB Jason BartlettSS | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
CC Carl CrawfordLF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
BZ Ben Zobrist2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
CP Carlos Pena1B | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| PBPat BurrellDH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
EL Evan Longoria3B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| GGGabe GrossRF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
DN Dioner NavarroC | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FPFernando PerezCF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| WAWilly AybarPH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 31 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
2B: Pena, Longoria 2
RBI: Pena, Longoria 2
CS: Bartlett, Perez
LOB: 12
| JNJeff Niemann | 7.2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 115 |
JH J.P. HowellL | 0.2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 21 |
RC Randy Choate | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| RSRuss Springer | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| Totals | 9.0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 144 |
The Tigers edged the Rays 4-3 at Tropicana Field.
Justin Verlander got the win, J.P. Howell took the loss and Fernando Rodney earned the save. Miguel Cabrera went 2-for-4 for the Tigers, while Carlos Pena went 3-for-4 for the Rays.
Written by StatPro from the box score and play-by-play.
