Detroit 4, Tampa Bay 3

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(73-61)	Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Detroit 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 4 8 0 Tampa Bay 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 6 0 WP: J. Verlander (16-7) S: F. Rodney (32) LP: J.P. Howell (7-5)	(72-62)

Scoring Summary

Bot 2nd: Tampa Bay

- E. Longoria doubled to shallow left, C. Pena scored

Top 6th: Detroit

- M. Cabrera homered to deep left

Top 9th: Detroit

- C. Granderson singled to right, W. Ramirez scored, A. Everett to third

- P. Polanco hit sacrifice fly to right, A. Everett scored

Bot 9th: Tampa Bay

- C. Pena singled to shallow left center, J. Bartlett scored, C. Crawford to third

- E. Longoria doubled to shallow left, C. Crawford scored, C. Pena to third

Detroit
	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K	SB	LOB	Season Avg
C. Granderson cf	5	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	.256
P. Polanco 2b	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.273
C. Thomas rf	4	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	2	.246
M. Cabrera 1b	4	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	2	.339
A. Huff dh	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.245
M. Ordonez phdh-dh	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	.279
C. Guillen lf	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	.249
R. Raburn ph-lf	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.272
B. Inge 3b	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	.232
G. Laird c	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	.220
M. Thames ph	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.243
W. Ramirez pr	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286
A. Avila c	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.308
A. Everett ss	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	.241
Totals	34	4	8	4	1	4	9	0	14

Batting 2B - A Huff 2 (28, J Niemann 2). HR - M Cabrera (28, 6th inning off J Niemann 0 on, 2 Out). SF - P Polanco. RBI - C Granderson (61), P Polanco (61), M Cabrera (84), A Everett (39). 2-out RBI - M Cabrera. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - B Inge 1, A Everett 1. Team LOB - 8.

Tampa Bay
	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K	SB	LOB	Season Avg
J. Bartlett ss	2	1	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	.335
C. Crawford lf	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	.306
B. Zobrist 2b	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	.283
C. Pena 1b	4	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	.228
P. Burrell dh	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	.238
E. Longoria 3b	4	0	2	2	0	0	1	0	1	.277
G. Gross rf	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	.247
W. Aybar ph	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.252
D. Navarro c	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.225
F. Perez cf	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.333
Totals	31	3	6	3	0	3	9	0	12

Batting 2B - C Pena (25, J Verlander); E Longoria 2 (40, J Verlander, F Rodney). RBI - C Pena (99), E Longoria 2 (96). 2-out RBI - E Longoria. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - W Aybar 2, D Navarro 1. Team LOB - 4.

Base Running CS - J Bartlett (6, 2nd base by J Verlander/G Laird), F Perez (1, 2nd base by J Verlander/G Laird).

Detroit
	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	WHIP	Season ERA
J. Verlander (W, 16-7)	8.0	4	1	1	1	7	0	1.15	3.29
F. Rodney (S, 32)	1.0	2	2	2	2	2	0	1.34	3.41
Tampa Bay
	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	WHIP	Season ERA
J. Niemann	7.2	6	1	1	2	6	1	1.28	3.67
J.P. Howell (L, 7-5)	0.2	1	3	3	2	2	0	1.13	2.83
R. Choate	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.19	4.15
R. Springer	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.41	3.54

IBB - C Guillen (by J Niemann).

Pitches-strikes - J Verlander 126-85; F Rodney 35-17; J Niemann 115-76; J Howell 21-10; R Choate 1-1; R Springer 7-5.

Ground balls-fly balls - J Verlander 7-6; F Rodney 1-0; J Niemann 10-12; J Howell 0-0; R Choate 1-0; R Springer 0-1.

Batters faced - J Verlander 27; F Rodney 7; J Niemann 31; J Howell 5; R Choate 1; R Springer 2.

Game Details

Umpires: HP--Mike Reilly. 1B--Chuck Meriwether. 2B--Laz Diaz. 3B--Eric Cooper.

Updated on Saturday, Sep 5, 2009 4:15 am ET