Rangers 5, 
Tigers 4
| Detroit Tigers | ||||||||
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG |
| C Granderson CF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .293 |
| P Polanco 2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .308 |
| M Ordonez RF | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .324 |
| M Cabrera 1B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .292 |
| M Joyce LF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .269 |
| G Sheffield DH | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .223 |
| B Inge 3B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .214 |
| D Ryan C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .267 |
| R Santiago SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .282 |
| Totals | 32 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | |
| BATTING RBI: M Cabrera (118), B Inge (47), D Ryan (3) 2-out RBI: M Cabrera, B Inge, D Ryan GIDP: M Ordonez, B Inge Team LOB: 3 | ||||||||
| FIELDING DP: 1 (P Polanco-R Santiago-M Cabrera). | ||||||||
| Detroit Tigers | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | PC-ST | ERA |
| Z Miner | 7.1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 104-63 | 4.16 |
| C Fossum (H, 5) | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12-9 | 4.93 |
| F Rodney (L, 0-6; B, 6) | 0.0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 29-16 | 5.25 |
| Totals | 8.0 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 145-88 | |
| PITCHING IBB: H Blalock (By F Rodney); N Cruz (By F Rodney) Batters faced: Z Miner 26; C Fossum 2; F Rodney 6 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: Z Miner 11-7; C Fossum 0-1; F Rodney 0-0 Game Scores: Z Miner 62 | |||||||||
| Texas Rangers | ||||||||
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG |
| B Boggs LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .229 |
| M Young SS | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .277 |
| J Hamilton DH | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .303 |
| M Byrd CF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .297 |
| H Blalock 1B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .260 |
| N Cruz RF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .329 |
| C Davis 3B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .275 |
| G Laird C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .283 |
| R Vazquez 2B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .299 |
| a-T Metcalf PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .239 |
| G Duran 2B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .219 |
| Totals | 29 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | |
| a-popped out to shortstop for R Vazquez in the 8th | ||||||||
| BATTING 3B: M Byrd (4, F Rodney) RBI: B Boggs (38), N Cruz (18), M Byrd 2 (49), C Davis (48) SF: B Boggs GIDP: C Davis Team LOB: 5 | ||||||||
| BASERUNNING CS: M Byrd (2, 2nd base by Z Miner/D Ryan) | ||||||||
| FIELDING E: M Byrd (5, throw) DP: 2 (H Blalock-M Young-K Millwood, M Young-H Blalock). | ||||||||
| Texas Rangers | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | PC-ST | ERA |
| K Millwood | 7.0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 97-66 | 5.15 |
| K Loe | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13-12 | 3.14 |
| J Wright (W, 7-6) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10-6 | 4.80 |
| Totals | 9.0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 120-84 | |
| PITCHING Batters faced: K Millwood 27; K Loe 4; J Wright 3 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: K Millwood 8-7; K Loe 0-1; J Wright 3-0 Game Scores: K Millwood 55 | |||||||||
| Scoring Summary | ||||
| DET | TEX | |||
 | 1st | M Cabrera singled to left, C Granderson scored. | 1 | 0 |
 | 3rd | B Boggs hit sacrifice fly to right, C Davis scored. | 1 | 1 |
| 4th | N Cruz singled to left, J Hamilton scored, H Blalock to second. | 1 | 2 |
| 7th | B Inge singled to center, M Cabrera scored, M Joyce to third, M Joyce scored, B Inge to second on throwing error by center fielder M Byrd. | 3 | 2 |
| 7th | D Ryan singled to center, B Inge scored. | 4 | 2 |
| 9th | M Byrd tripled to deep right, M Young and J Hamilton scored. | 4 | 4 |
| 9th | C Davis singled to left, M Byrd scored, H Blalock to third, N Cruz to second. | 4 | 5 |
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| Game Information | |
| Stadium | Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Arlington, TX |
| Attendance | 14,659 (29.8% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 2:35 |
| Weather | 79 degrees, clear |
| Wind | 5 mph |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Angel Hernandez, First Base - Marty Foster, Second Base - Derryl Cousins, Third Base - Eric Cooper |
MLB Scores
Tuesday, September 16th 2008
| Minnesota | 9 | Final |
| Cleveland | 12 | in 11 |
| Chi White Sox | 6 | Final |
| NY Yankees | 2 |
| LA Dodgers | 6 | Final |
| Pittsburgh | 2 |
| Baltimore | 2 | Final |
| Toronto | 0 |
| Philadelphia | 8 | Final |
| Atlanta | 7 |
| St. Louis | 2 | Final |
| Cincinnati | 7 |
| NY Mets | 0 | Final |
| Washington | 1 |
| Houston | 1 | Final |
| Florida | 5 |
| Boston | 1 | Final |
| Tampa Bay | 2 |
| Detroit | 4 | Final |
| Texas | 5 |
| Milwaukee | 4 | Final |
| Chi Cubs | 5 |
| Seattle | 3 | Final |
| Kansas City | 6 |
| San Diego | 3 | Final |
| Colorado | 10 |
| San Francisco | 0 | Final |
| Arizona | 2 |
| LA Angels | 1 | Final |
| Oakland | 8 |