September 5, 2009 · 7:08 PM EDT
W: Bobby SeayL: Grant BalfourS: Brandon Lyon
Biggest lead DET by 2 · TB by 3 · 2 lead changes
| 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 |
56 balls in play · 19 hits · filled is a hit, hollow is an out
Catcher's view. Count is after the pitch.
CG Curtis GrandersonCF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
PP Placido Polanco2B | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
CG Carlos GuillénLF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
MC Miguel Cabrera1B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| AHAubrey HuffDH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
MO Magglio OrdonezRF | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
BI Brandon Inge3B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
AA Alex AvilaC | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
RS Ramon SantiagoSS | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
RR Ryan RaburnCF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
DK Don KellyDH | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
CT Clete ThomasRF | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MTMarcus ThamesPH | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
GL Gerald LairdC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
WR Wilkin RamirezPR | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| AEAdam EverettSS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 34 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 5 |
2B: Ordonez, Santiago
3B: Guillén
HR: Polanco, Avila
RBI: Polanco 2, Guillén 2, Avila 2, Thames, Everett
SB: Kelly
LOB: 13
| AGArmando Galarraga | 2.1 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 54 |
| BSBobby SeayW | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
BL Brandon LyonS | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 |
| EBEddie Bonine | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 |
| FNFu-Te Ni | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 |
| JBJeremy Bonderman | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 21 |
ZM Zach MinerH | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Totals | 9.0 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 138 |
JB Jason BartlettSS | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
CC Carl CrawfordLF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
BZ Ben ZobristRF | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
CP Carlos Pena1B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| PBPat BurrellDH | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
EL Evan Longoria3B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| AIAkinori Iwamura2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GZGregg ZaunC | 4 | 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 | 30 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
2B: Iwamura
HR: Longoria
RBI: Pena, Burrell 2, Longoria 3
SB: Zobrist
CS: Perez
LOB: 16
| DWDan Wheeler | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
GB Grant BalfourL | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
JS James Shields | 6.1 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 96 |
JH J.P. Howell | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
RC Randy Choate | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| RSRuss Springer | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Totals | 9.0 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 150 |
The Tigers beat the Rays 8-6 at Tropicana Field.
Bobby Seay got the win, Grant Balfour took the loss and Brandon Lyon earned the save. Placido Polanco went 2-for-5 for the Tigers, while Evan Longoria went 2-for-4 for the Rays.
Written by StatPro from the box score and play-by-play.
