Final in 13
Detroit leads 2-1 (as of 7/30)
| Game 1: Monday, July 28 | ||
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| Detroit | 0 | Final |
| Cleveland | 5 | |
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| Game 2: Tuesday, July 29 | ||
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| Detroit | 8 | Final |
| Cleveland | 5 | |
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| Game 3: Wednesday, July 30 | ||
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| Detroit | 14 | Final in 13 |
| Cleveland | 12 | |
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| Game 4: Thursday, July 31 | ||
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| Detroit | 4 | Final |
| Cleveland | 9 | |
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7:05 PM ET, July 30, 2008
Progressive Field, Cleveland, Ohio
| Detroit Tigers | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG | ||
| C Granderson CF | 7 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .307 | ||
| P Polanco 2B | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .309 | ||
| M Thames LF | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | .256 | ||
| M Joyce LF | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .287 | ||
| M Ordonez RF | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .320 | ||
| M Cabrera 1B | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .296 | ||
| R Santiago PR-3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .352 | ||
| G Sheffield DH | 7 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .229 | ||
| E Renteria SS | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .258 | ||
| B Inge C | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | .227 | ||
| R Raburn 3B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .240 | ||
| a-C Guillen PH-3B-1B | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .285 | ||
| Totals | 59 | 14 | 22 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 25 | |||
| a-walked for R Raburn in the 9th | ||||||||||
| BATTING 2B: E Renteria (10, C Lee); M Thames (10, E Mujica); M Cabrera (25, E Mujica) HR: M Cabrera (19, 4th inning off C Lee 0 on, 2 Out); B Inge (9, 5th inning off C Lee 0 on, 0 Out) RBI: C Granderson 2 (37), M Cabrera 4 (79), B Inge (31), P Polanco 3 (38), G Sheffield (29), M Thames (44), M Ordonez (62) SF: P Polanco, M Cabrera 2-out RBI: C Granderson, M Cabrera 3, G Sheffield, M Thames, M Ordonez GIDP: E Renteria Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: M Ordonez 3, M Thames 2, B Inge 1, G Sheffield 1 Team LOB: 14 | ||||||||||
| BASERUNNING SB: P Polanco (4, 2nd base off R Betancourt/K Shoppach) | ||||||||||
| FIELDING E: M Thames (2, catch); C Granderson (3, catch) DP: 3 (R Raburn-P Polanco-M Cabrera, P Polanco-E Renteria-M Cabrera, E Renteria-P Polanco-C Guillen). PB: B Inge. Outfield Assist: C Granderson (A Cabrera at 2nd base). | ||||||||||
| Detroit Tigers | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | PC-ST | ERA | |
| N Robertson | 3.0 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 67-43 | 6.06 | |
| A Lopez | 2.2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 50-31 | 3.11 | |
| T Jones | 1.1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 25-16 | 5.05 | |
| F Dolsi | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11-7 | 4.32 | |
| F Rodney (B, 3) | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 33-16 | 5.60 | |
| B Seay | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 45-27 | 2.57 | |
| C Fossum (W, 2-0) | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 40-20 | 5.12 | |
| Totals | 13.0 | 19 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 271-160 | ||
| PITCHING IBB: G Sizemore (By F Rodney); K Shoppach (By B Seay) Batters faced: N Robertson 19; A Lopez 13; T Jones 5; F Dolsi 3; F Rodney 7; B Seay 9; C Fossum 9 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: N Robertson 6-1; A Lopez 3-2; T Jones 2-1; F Dolsi 2-1; F Rodney 1-0; B Seay 0-0; C Fossum 3-1 Game Scores: N Robertson 9 | ||||||||||
| Cleveland Indians | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG | ||
| G Sizemore CF | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | .279 | ||
| F Gutierrez RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .214 | ||
| a-D Dellucci PH-LF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .227 | ||
| b-J Carroll PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .276 | ||
| B Francisco DH | 7 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .277 | ||
| J Peralta SS | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .269 | ||
| S Choo LF-RF | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | .252 | ||
| K Shoppach C | 6 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .271 | ||
| A Marte 3B | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .186 | ||
| R Garko 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .241 | ||
| A Gonzalez PR-1B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .333 | ||
| A Cabrera 2B | 7 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .199 | ||
| Totals | 54 | 12 | 19 | 10 | 11 | 15 | 30 | |||
| a-singled to center for F Gutierrez in the 8th b-struck out swinging for D Dellucci in the 13th | ||||||||||
| BATTING 2B: K Shoppach 3 (17, A Lopez, N Robertson 2); A Marte (4, N Robertson); A Cabrera (9, N Robertson) HR: B Francisco 2 (10, 1st inning off N Robertson 0 on, 2 Out; 6th inning off A Lopez 0 on, 1 Out); G Sizemore (26, 2nd inning off N Robertson 2 on, 2 Out); K Shoppach 2 (11, 6th inning off T Jones 1 on, 2 Out; 9th inning off F Rodney 0 on, 1 Out) RBI: B Francisco 2 (39), G Sizemore 3 (59), A Marte (6), A Cabrera (17), K Shoppach 3 (31) 2-out RBI: B Francisco, G Sizemore 3, A Cabrera, K Shoppach 2 GIDP: F Gutierrez, J Peralta, A Marte Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: G Sizemore 2, A Gonzalez 2, J Carroll 1, D Dellucci 2 Team LOB: 14 | ||||||||||
| FIELDING E: J Peralta (10, ground ball); R Perez (1, ground ball); S Choo (2, throw); A Gonzalez (1, throw) DP: 1 (J Rincon-J Peralta-A Gonzalez). PB: K Shoppach. Outfield Assist: S Choo (C Granderson at 2nd base, G Sheffield at 2nd base). | ||||||||||
| Cleveland Indians | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | PC-ST | ERA | |
| C Lee | 5.0 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 88-62 | 2.58 | |
| J Lewis (H, 4) | 0.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18-10 | 4.61 | |
| R Perez (H, 14) | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 25-17 | 3.31 | |
| E Mujica | 0.2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28-17 | 5.40 | |
| M Kobayashi | 1.1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 27-15 | 3.70 | |
| R Betancourt | 2.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 32-23 | 5.79 | |
| J Rincon (L, 2-3) | 2.0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37-25 | 6.38 | |
| Totals | 13.0 | 22 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 255-169 | ||
| PITCHING HBP: P Polanco (By R Perez) Batters faced: C Lee 24; J Lewis 3; R Perez 7; E Mujica 7; M Kobayashi 7; R Betancourt 10; J Rincon 9 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: C Lee 4-5; J Lewis 1-0; R Perez 3-0; E Mujica 1-1; M Kobayashi 2-1; R Betancourt 2-2; J Rincon 6-0 Game Scores: C Lee 28 | ||||||||||
Scoring Summary
| DET | CLE | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | B Francisco homered to center. | 0 | 1 | |
| 2nd | A Marte singled to left, K Shoppach scored on error by left fielder M Thames. | 0 | 2 | |
| 2nd | G Sizemore homered to right, A Marte and A Cabrera scored. | 0 | 5 | |
| 3rd | C Granderson singled to left center, E Renteria scored. | 1 | 5 | |
| 3rd | K Shoppach doubled to center, S Choo to third, S Choo scored on error by center fielder C Granderson. | 1 | 6 | |
| 3rd | A Marte doubled to deep left, K Shoppach scored. | 1 | 7 | |
| 3rd | A Cabrera doubled to left, A Marte scored. | 1 | 8 | |
| 4th | M Cabrera homered to left. | 2 | 8 | |
| 5th | B Inge homered to left center. | 3 | 8 | |
| 5th | P Polanco reached on infield single to shortstop, R Raburn scored, C Granderson to second. | 4 | 8 | |
| 5th | M Cabrera hit sacrifice fly to center, C Granderson scored, P Polanco to third. | 5 | 8 | |
| 5th | G Sheffield singled to left, P Polanco scored, M Ordonez to third, G Sheffield out stretching at second. | 6 | 8 | |
| 6th | C Granderson safe at first on error by pitcher R Perez, B Inge scored, R Raburn to second. | 7 | 8 | |
| 6th | B Francisco homered to left. | 7 | 9 | |
| 6th | K Shoppach homered to left, S Choo scored. | 7 | 11 | |
| 8th | M Thames doubled to deep left, C Granderson scored, P Polanco to third. | 8 | 11 | |
| 8th | M Ordonez singled to left, P Polanco scored, M Thames to third. | 9 | 11 | |
| 8th | M Cabrera doubled to deep left, M Thames and M Ordonez scored, M Cabrera to third on throwing error by left fielder S Choo. | 11 | 11 | |
| 9th | P Polanco hit sacrifice fly to center, B Inge scored, C Guillen to third, C Granderson to second. | 12 | 11 | |
| 9th | K Shoppach homered to center. | 12 | 12 | |
| 13th | P Polanco grounded out to third, C Guillen scored, C Granderson to second. | 13 | 12 | |
| 13th | M Joyce reached on infield single to first, C Granderson scored on throwing error by first baseman A Gonzalez. | 14 | 12 | |
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Game Information
| Stadium | Progressive Field, Cleveland, OH |
| Attendance | 26,596 (63% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 5:33 |
| Weather | 83 degrees, partly cloudy |
| Wind | 11 mph |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Chuck Meriwether, First Base - Wally Bell, Second Base - Laz Diaz, Third Base - Chris Guccione |