Tigers 8, 
Rays 6
| W: | B. Seay (5-2) |
| L: | G. Balfour (5-4) |
| SV: | B. Lyon (2) |
| Detroit Tigers | |||||||||
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP |
| C Granderson CF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | .255 | .337 |
a-R Raburn PH-CF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | .271 | .338 |
| P Polanco 2B | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19 | .275 | .318 |
| C Guillen LF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 22 | .249 | .332 |
| M Cabrera 1B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 19 | .338 | .404 |
| A Huff DH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | .243 | .312 |
D Kelly PR-DH | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .308 |
| M Ordonez RF | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | .282 | .357 |
C Thomas PR-RF | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .246 | .330 |
| B Inge 3B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | .233 | .317 |
| A Avila C | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | .310 | .396 |
b-M Thames PH | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .247 | .314 |
G Laird C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .220 | .299 |
| R Santiago SS | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .264 | .313 |
W Ramirez PR | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .286 | .333 |
A Everett SS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .241 | .295 |
| Totals | 34 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 150 | ||
| a-walked for C Granderson in the 7th b-singled to left for A Avila in the 8th | |||||||||
| BATTING 2B: R Santiago (6, J Shields); M Ordonez (18, J Shields) 3B: C Guillen (2, J Shields) HR: P Polanco (10, 1st inning off J Shields 0 on, 1 Out); A Avila (4, 7th inning off J Shields 1 on, 1 Out) RBI: P Polanco 2 (63), C Guillen 2 (32), A Avila 2 (11), M Thames (31), A Everett (40) S: A Everett 2-out RBI: C Guillen 2 GIDP: A Huff, C Guillen, M Cabrera Tigers RISP: 4-10 (P Polanco 1-2, C Guillen 1-2, A Avila 0-1, M Thames 1-1, B Inge 1-2, R Raburn 0-1, M Cabrera 0-1) Team LOB: 5 | |||||||||
| BASERUNNING SB: D Kelly (1, 2nd base off R Springer/G Zaun) | |||||||||
| FIELDING DP: 2 (B Inge-P Polanco-M Cabrera 2). | |||||||||
| Detroit Tigers | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | PC-ST | ERA |
| A Galarraga | 2.1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 54-28 | 5.36 |
| E Bonine | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17-12 | 6.32 |
| F Ni | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12-5 | 3.24 |
| J Bonderman | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 21-11 | 9.53 |
| B Seay (W, 5-2) | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10-5 | 3.25 |
| Z Miner (H, 5) | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12-6 | 4.46 |
| B Lyon (S, 2) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12-8 | 2.95 |
| Totals | 9.0 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 138-75 | |
| PITCHING HBP: C Crawford (By B Seay) First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: A Galarraga 9/14; E Bonine 5/5; F Ni 2/3; J Bonderman 4/6; B Seay 2/3; Z Miner 0/4; B Lyon 3/3 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: A Galarraga 9-3-6-10; E Bonine 5-1-2-4; F Ni 3-1-0-1; J Bonderman 4-2-2-3; B Seay 1-0-3-1; Z Miner 2-0-0-4; B Lyon 2-2-2-2 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: A Galarraga 3-3; E Bonine 4-0; F Ni 0-1; J Bonderman 1-1; B Seay 0-2; Z Miner 2-1; B Lyon 1-1 Game Scores: A Galarraga 23 | |||||||||
| Tampa Bay Rays | |||||||||
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP |
| J Bartlett SS | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 21 | .334 | .397 |
| C Crawford LF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 22 | .305 | .363 |
| B Zobrist RF | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | .283 | .396 |
| C Pena 1B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 16 | .229 | .358 |
| P Burrell DH | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 17 | .239 | .333 |
| E Longoria 3B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 14 | .279 | .358 |
| A Iwamura 2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .297 | .364 |
| G Zaun C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | .262 | .350 |
| F Perez CF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .333 | .333 |
a-W Aybar PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .251 | .340 |
| Totals | 30 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 138 | ||
| a-grounded to second for F Perez in the 9th | |||||||||
| BATTING 2B: A Iwamura (14, E Bonine) HR: E Longoria (27, 1st inning off A Galarraga 2 on, 2 Out) RBI: P Burrell 2 (57), E Longoria 3 (99), C Pena (100) SF: P Burrell 2 2-out RBI: E Longoria 3 GIDP: E Longoria, G Zaun Rays RISP: 2-11 (B Zobrist 0-2, C Pena 1-2, A Iwamura 0-1, E Longoria 1-1, J Bartlett 0-1, P Burrell 0-1, G Zaun 0-2, F Perez 0-1) Team LOB: 5 | |||||||||
| BASERUNNING SB: B Zobrist (16, 2nd base off J Bonderman/A Avila) CS: F Perez (2, 2nd base by J Bonderman/A Avila) | |||||||||
| FIELDING DP: 3 (E Longoria-C Pena, A Iwamura-J Bartlett-C Pena, J Bartlett-A Iwamura-C Pena). | |||||||||
| Tampa Bay Rays | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | PC-ST | ERA |
| J Shields | 6.1 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 96-62 | 4.02 |
| R Choate | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9-5 | 4.15 |
| G Balfour (L, 5-4; B, 4) | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17-10 | 4.62 |
| R Springer | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5-1 | 3.71 |
| J Howell | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6-3 | 2.83 |
| D Wheeler | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17-8 | 3.40 |
| Totals | 9.0 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 150-89 | |
| PITCHING R Choate pitched to 1 batter in the 7th; R Springer pitched to 2 batters in the 8th; J Howell pitched to 1 batter in the 8th IBB: M Ordonez (By R Springer) First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: J Shields 16/27; R Choate 0/1; G Balfour 2/4; R Springer 1/2; J Howell 0/1; D Wheeler 1/5 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: J Shields 14-11-16-21; R Choate 1-1-3-0; G Balfour 3-1-3-3; R Springer 0-0-0-1; J Howell 1-0-1-1; D Wheeler 1-0-3-4 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: J Shields 7-7; R Choate 0-0; G Balfour 3-0; R Springer 0-0; J Howell 0-0; D Wheeler 3-2 Game Scores: J Shields 37 | |||||||||
| Scoring Summary | ||||
| DET | TAM | |||
 | 1st | P Polanco homered to left. | 1 | 0 |
 | 1st | P Burrell hit sacrifice fly to center, J Bartlett scored, B Zobrist to third. | 1 | 1 |
| 1st | E Longoria homered to left, B Zobrist and C Pena scored. | 1 | 4 |
| 3rd | C Guillen tripled to deep center, R Santiago and C Granderson scored. | 3 | 4 |
| 3rd | C Pena singled to right, C Crawford scored, B Zobrist to third. | 3 | 5 |
| 3rd | P Burrell hit sacrifice fly to left, B Zobrist scored. | 3 | 6 |
| 7th | A Avila homered to right, M Ordonez scored. | 5 | 6 |
| 7th | P Polanco singled to center, W Ramirez scored, R Raburn to third. | 6 | 6 |
| 8th | M Thames singled to left, D Kelly scored, M Ordonez to third, B Inge to second. | 7 | 6 |
| 8th | A Everett sacrificed to pitcher, C Thomas scored, B Inge to third, M Thames to second. | 8 | 6 |
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| Game Information | |
| Stadium | Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, FL |
| Attendance | 36,973 (102.6% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 3:13 |
| Weather | indoors |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Chuck Meriwether, First Base - Laz Diaz, Second Base - Eric Cooper, Third Base - Mike Reilly |
MLB Scores
Saturday, September 5th
| NY Yankees | 6 | Final |
| Toronto | 4 |
| Chi Cubs | 5 | Final |
| NY Mets | 3 |
| Boston | 1 | Final |
| Chi White Sox | 5 |
| San Francisco | 3 | Final |
| Milwaukee | 2 |
| Texas | 4 | Final |
| Baltimore | 5 |
| Minnesota | 4 | Final |
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| Atlanta | 1 |
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| San Diego | 4 | Final |
| LA Dodgers | 7 |