Cleveland 11, Detroit 5
Preview - Box Score - Recap

(30-23)
  Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Detroit 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 10 1
Cleveland 2 0 0 0 4 1 0 4 X 11 13 0
WP: C.C. Sabathia (8-1)
LP: J. Verlander (5-2)
(33-19)
  Box Score Play by Play
Scoring Summary
Bot 1st: Cleveland
- T. Hafner homered to deep center, C. Blake scored
Top 2nd: Detroit
- C. Monroe homered to deep left
Top 3rd: Detroit
- G. Sheffield doubled to deep left, I. Rodriguez scored, P. Polanco to third
- M. Ordonez grounded out to shortstop, P. Polanco scored, G. Sheffield to third
- M. Thames singled to right, G. Sheffield scored
Bot 5th: Cleveland
- T. Hafner singled to center, C. Blake and G. Sizemore scored
- V. Martinez homered to deep right center, T. Hafner scored
Bot 6th: Cleveland
- V. Martinez hit sacrifice fly to center, G. Sizemore scored
Top 8th: Detroit
- M. Thames singled to left center, S. Casey scored
Bot 8th: Cleveland
- R. Garko singled to left, F. Gutierrez scored, J. Peralta to third, D. Dellucci to second
- J. Barfield grounded into fielder's choice, J. Peralta scored, D. Dellucci to third, R. Garko out at second
- G. Sizemore tripled to deep center, D. Dellucci and J. Barfield scored
 Detroit
  AB R H RBI BB K LOB Season Avg 
I. Rodriguez c 5 1 2 0 0 0 2 .280
P. Polanco 2b 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 .328
G. Sheffield dh 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 .268
    S. Casey ph-dh 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .273
M. Ordonez rf 4 0 0 1 0 0 2 .345
M. Thames 1b 4 0 2 2 0 0 0 .254
C. Monroe lf 4 1 1 1 0 1 2 .239
O. Infante 3b 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 .305
N. Perez ss 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 .182
C. Granderson cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 .280
 Totals 36 5 10 5 1 3 13  
 Batting
2B - I Rodriguez (12, C Sabathia); G Sheffield (8, C Sabathia); S Casey (11, C Sabathia).
HR - C Monroe (8, 2nd inning off C Sabathia 0 on, 1 Out).
RBI - C Monroe (30), G Sheffield (30), M Ordonez (49), M Thames 2 (13).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - O Infante 1, M Ordonez 1.
GIDP - I Rodriguez.
Team LOB - 5.
 Base Running
SB - M Thames (1, 2nd base off C Sabathia/V Martinez).
 
 Fielding
E - T Byrdak (1, ground ball).
 Cleveland
  AB R H RBI BB K LOB Season Avg 
G. Sizemore cf 4 2 2 2 1 2 2 .274
C. Blake 3b 5 2 2 0 0 1 2 .274
T. Hafner dh 3 2 2 4 2 0 2 .276
V. Martinez c 4 1 1 3 0 1 3 .306
T. Nixon rf 4 0 1 0 1 2 4 .272
    F. Gutierrez pr-rf 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .200
J. Peralta ss 4 1 2 0 1 1 1 .292
D. Dellucci lf 4 1 1 0 1 2 4 .239
R. Garko 1b 4 0 2 1 0 0 1 .338
J. Barfield 2b 5 1 0 1 0 1 4 .231
 Totals 37 11 13 11 6 10 23  
 Batting
3B - G Sizemore (2, J Mesa).
HR - T Hafner (10, 1st inning off J Verlander 1 on, 1 Out), V Martinez (9, 5th inning off J Verlander 1 on, 0 Out).
SF - V Martinez.
RBI - T Hafner 4 (40), V Martinez 3 (44), R Garko (21), J Barfield (26), G Sizemore 2 (28).
2-out RBI - G Sizemore 2.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - T Hafner 2, T Nixon 1, D Dellucci 2, C Blake 1, J Peralta 1, J Barfield 1.
Team LOB - 12.
 Fielding
DP - 1 (J Peralta-J Barfield-R Garko).
 Detroit
  IP H R ER BB K HR Season ERA 
J. Verlander (L, 5-2) 5.0 8 7 7 3 6 2 3.44
T. Byrdak 2.0 1 0 0 2 3 0 2.53
J. Mesa 1.0 4 4 4 1 1 0 12.34
 Cleveland
  IP H R ER BB K HR Season ERA 
C.C. Sabathia (W, 8-1) 7.1 10 5 5 1 2 1 3.78
R. Betancourt (H, 11) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.61
R. Perez 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00
WP - J Verlander 2.
HBP - G Sizemore (by J Verlander); R Garko (by J Verlander); C Blake (by J Verlander).
Pitches-strikes - J Verlander 107-57; T Byrdak 42-26; J Mesa 22-13; C Sabathia 104-68; R Betancourt 6-6; R Perez 12-8.
Ground balls-fly balls - J Verlander 6-3; T Byrdak 2-1; J Mesa 1-1; C Sabathia 10-10; R Betancourt 0-2; R Perez 1-1.
Batters faced - J Verlander 29; T Byrdak 10; J Mesa 8; C Sabathia 32; R Betancourt 2; R Perez 3.
Game Details
Umpires: HP--Greg Gibson. 1B--Larry Vanover. 2B--Tony Randazzo. 3B--Charlie Reliford.
Ejections: DETROIT's Sheffield by Gibson (5th).
Time: 3:11.
Attendance: 30,038.
Weather: 83 degrees, cloudy.
Wind: 5 mph, in from right.
Game Notes
CLEVELAND THIRD BASEMAN CASEY BLAKE EXTENDED HIS HITTING STREAK TO 11 GAMES WITH A SINGLE IN THE FIRST INNING.
DETROIT DESIGNATED HITTER GARY SHEFFIELD WAS EJECTED BY HOME PLATE UMPIRE GREG GIBSON IN THE TOP OF THE FIFTH INNING FOR ARGUING BALLS AND STRIKES.

Updated on Thursday, May 31, 2007 10:20 pm ET

  
 Top Batters
 Detroit
M. Thames M. Thames
2-4
2 RBI
 Cleveland
T. Hafner T. Hafner
2-3, 1 HR
4 RBI