Detroit 5, Oakland 2
Preview - Box Score - Recap

(56-61)
  Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Oakland 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 7 1
Detroit 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 X 5 12 1
WP: J. Verlander (12-4) S: T. Jones (31)
LP: D. Haren (13-4)
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  Box Score Play by Play
Scoring Summary
Bot 1st: Detroit
- M. Thames homered to deep left
Top 3rd: Oakland
- J. Cust singled to center, T. Buck scored, S. Stewart to second
Top 5th: Oakland
- S. Stewart singled to left, K. Suzuki scored, T. Buck to second
Bot 6th: Detroit
- M. Ordonez homered to deep left, G. Sheffield scored
Bot 8th: Detroit
- O. Infante hit sacrifice fly to center, I. Rodriguez scored
- B. Inge tripled to deep right center, S. Casey scored
 Oakland
  AB R H RBI BB K LOB Season Avg 
T. Buck rf 3 1 1 0 2 0 2 .289
S. Stewart lf 4 0 2 1 1 0 1 .301
N. Swisher 1b 5 0 1 0 0 1 4 .248
J. Cust dh 4 0 1 1 0 2 5 .265
M. Ellis 2b 4 0 0 0 0 2 8 .263
M. Scutaro 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .237
M. Kotsay cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .217
D. Murphy ss 4 0 1 0 0 3 0 .250
K. Suzuki c 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 .239
    M. Piazza ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .285
    R. Bowen c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .308
 Totals 36 2 7 2 3 11 22  
 Batting
2B - K Suzuki (6, J Verlander); D Murphy (7, J Verlander).
RBI - J Cust (60), S Stewart (36).
2-out RBI - J Cust.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - M Scutaro 1, M Ellis 3, T Buck 1.
Team LOB - 10.
 Fielding
E - M Scutaro (10, throw).
DP - 1 (M Ellis-D Murphy-N Swisher).
 Detroit
  AB R H RBI BB K LOB Season Avg 
C. Granderson cf 5 0 1 0 0 1 3 .299
M. Thames lf 4 1 2 1 0 1 0 .265
G. Sheffield dh 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 .289
M. Ordonez rf 4 1 3 2 0 0 2 .355
C. Guillen ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .307
I. Rodriguez c 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 .279
S. Casey 1b 4 1 2 0 0 0 2 .292
R. Raburn 2b 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 .333
    O. Infante 2b 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 .263
B. Inge 3b 4 0 1 1 0 1 1 .242
 Totals 35 5 12 5 1 5 14  
 Batting
2B - I Rodriguez (22, D Haren).
3B - B Inge (2, S Casilla).
HR - M Thames (13, 1st inning off D Haren 0 on, 1 Out), M Ordonez (19, 6th inning off D Haren 1 on, 0 Out).
SF - O Infante.
RBI - M Thames (37), M Ordonez 2 (98), O Infante (16), B Inge (52).
2-out RBI - B Inge.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - M Ordonez 1, R Raburn 1, C Granderson 2.
GIDP - S Casey.
Team LOB - 8.
 Fielding
E - S Casey (2, throw).
 Oakland
  IP H R ER BB K HR Season ERA 
D. Haren (L, 13-4) 6.1 9 3 3 1 4 2 2.53
S. Casilla 1.1 3 2 2 0 1 0 3.34
J. Marshall 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.57
 Detroit
  IP H R ER BB K HR Season ERA 
J. Verlander (W, 12-4) 6.0 7 2 2 3 7 0 3.58
B. Seay (H, 9) 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.03
A. Lopez (H, 1) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 4.05
F. Rodney (H, 8) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 4.73
T. Jones (S, 31) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.47
Pitches-strikes - D Haren 109-77; S Casilla 27-18; J Marshall 3-2; J Verlander 114-68; B Seay 4-3; A Lopez 10-7; F Rodney 18-11; T Jones 11-7.
Ground balls-fly balls - D Haren 9-6; S Casilla 0-3; J Marshall 1-0; J Verlander 4-9; B Seay 0-0; A Lopez 0-1; F Rodney 0-1; T Jones 1-2.
Batters faced - D Haren 29; S Casilla 7; J Marshall 1; J Verlander 30; B Seay 1; A Lopez 2; F Rodney 3; T Jones 3.
Game Details
Umpires: HP--Mark Carlson. 1B--Angel Hernandez. 2B--Derryl Cousins. 3B--Ted Barrett.
Time: 3:00.
Attendance: 42,016.
Weather: 82 degrees, clear.
Wind: 7 mph, in from left.

Updated on Sunday, Aug 12, 2007 5:08 am ET

  
 Top Batters
 Oakland
S. Stewart S. Stewart
2-4
1 RBI
 Detroit
M. Ordonez M. Ordonez
3-4, 1 HR
2 RBI