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Detroit Tigers @ Anaheim Angels

2007-04-23 · Night game · Angel Stadium of Anaheim · Att: 40563 · 62°F, sunny · Wind 7 mph to CF · 3:22

Detroit Tigers defeated Anaheim Angels 9–5. Detroit Tigers put up 5 in the 2nd. Jason Grilli earned the win. Gary Matthews went 2-for-5 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
DET	2	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	9	12
ANA	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	5	9

W: Jason Grilli L: Jered Weaver SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Tim Tschida · 1B: Jim Joyce · 2B: Jeff Nelson · 3B: Jim Wolf · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Curtis Granderson	5	2	3	1	0	1
Placido Polanco	4	1	0	0	1	0
Gary Sheffield	4	2	2	1	1	0
Magglio Ordonez	4	3	3	1	1	0
Carlos Guillen	4	1	2	2	0	0
Ivan Rodriguez	5	0	2	2	0	0
Sean Casey	3	0	0	0	1	0
Craig Monroe	4	0	0	0	0	2
Brandon Inge	4	0	0	0	0	2

Anaheim Angels — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Gary Matthews	5	1	2	2	0	1
Orlando Cabrera	4	0	0	1	0	0
Vladimir Guerrero	2	0	0	0	3	1
Garret Anderson	5	0	2	0	0	0
Robb Quinlan	3	1	1	0	0	0
Shea Hillenbrand	5	1	2	1	0	0
Casey Kotchman	3	0	0	0	1	0
Mike Napoli	3	0	0	0	1	0
Maicer Izturis	3	2	1	1	1	0
Erick Aybar	2	0	1	0	0	1

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mike Maroth	4.2	7	5	1
Jason Grilli	2.1	0	1	1
Bobby Seay	1.0	0	0	0
Joel Zumaya	1.0	2	0	1

Anaheim Angels — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jered Weaver	1.2	7	2	2
Hector Carrasco	3.0	2	1	3
Darren Oliver	1.1	1	1	0
Chris Bootcheck	3.0	2	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Curtis Granderson: HR/F89D+
Placido Polanco: 7/F7LDF
Gary Sheffield: 63/G6
Magglio Ordonez: W
Carlos Guillen: S8/G4M+.1-2
Ivan Rodriguez: S8/L89D-.2-H;1-3
Sean Casey: 8/L8LD+

Bot 1

Gary Matthews: 53/G5
Orlando Cabrera: 63/G6+
Vladimir Guerrero: W
Garret Anderson: S9/G34.1-3
Robb Quinlan: 9/F89M-

Top 2

Craig Monroe: K
Brandon Inge: K
Curtis Granderson: S8/G6M
Placido Polanco: SB2
Placido Polanco: W
Gary Sheffield: S8/L8LS+.2-H;1-3;B-2(TH)
Magglio Ordonez: S5/G5.3-H;2-3
Carlos Guillen: D8/F89D.3-H;1-3
Ivan Rodriguez: E5/TH/G56.3-H(NR)(UR);2-H(NR)(UR);B-1
Sean Casey: W.1-2
Craig Monroe: K

Bot 2

Shea Hillenbrand: S8/F8LS
Casey Kotchman: 43/G4-.1-2
Mike Napoli: 8/F89D+.2-3
Maicer Izturis: S5/G5+.3-H;B-2(E5/TH)
Gary Matthews: S8/L8RS+.2-H(UR);B-2(TH)
Orlando Cabrera: 43/G4-

Top 3

Brandon Inge: 63/G6
Curtis Granderson: K
Placido Polanco: 7/F7D

Bot 3

Vladimir Guerrero: W
Garret Anderson: 8/F8RXD+
Robb Quinlan: 54(1)/FO/G56.B-1
Shea Hillenbrand: WP.1-2
Shea Hillenbrand: S7/L7M+.2-H
Casey Kotchman: 43/G4

Top 4

Gary Sheffield: 63/G6+
Magglio Ordonez: D7/L5D+
Carlos Guillen: 13/G15-
Ivan Rodriguez: S8/G6M.2-H
Sean Casey: 3/G3

Bot 4

Mike Napoli: W
Maicer Izturis: 46(1)/FO/G4.B-1
Gary Matthews: K
Orlando Cabrera: 4/P34-

Top 5

Craig Monroe: 9/F89M
Brandon Inge: K
Curtis Granderson: D8/F8LXD+
Placido Polanco: 53/G5+

Bot 5

Vladimir Guerrero: W
Garret Anderson: S8/L8LS.1X3(85)
Robb Quinlan: S7/G56+.1-2
Shea Hillenbrand: 43/G6M.2-3;1-2
Casey Kotchman: W
Mike Napoli: 54(1)/FO/G56

Top 6

Gary Sheffield: W
Magglio Ordonez: 46(1)3/GDP/G4M
Carlos Guillen: 9/F9M

Bot 6

Maicer Izturis: W
Gary Matthews: PB.1-2
Gary Matthews: 63/G6.2-3
Orlando Cabrera: 9/SF/F89D+.3-H(UR)
Vladimir Guerrero: 43/G4-

Top 7

Ivan Rodriguez: 63/G6M
Sean Casey: 5/P5F
Craig Monroe: 53/G5

Bot 7

Garret Anderson: 8/F8RD+
Erick Aybar: K
Shea Hillenbrand: 5!3/G56+

Top 8

Brandon Inge: 5!3/G56+
Curtis Granderson: 3/L34+
Placido Polanco: 4/P4D

Bot 8

Casey Kotchman: 3/G3
Mike Napoli: 9/F9M
Maicer Izturis: 3/P3

Top 9

Gary Sheffield: S8/G6M+
Magglio Ordonez: D9/L9M+.1-3
Carlos Guillen: 9/SF/F9D+.3-H
Ivan Rodriguez: FC5/DP/G56.2X3(5);BX1(53)

Bot 9

Gary Matthews: HR/F9LD+
Orlando Cabrera: E6/G6.B-1
Vladimir Guerrero: K
Garret Anderson: 7/F7M
Erick Aybar: S9/L89S+.1-2
Shea Hillenbrand: 4/P89S

Notes & reviews

fan reached onto field and knocked ball away from Anderson
Kotchman reached into stands but ball bounced off his glove and into fan. Ball came back to Kotchman as 1B umpire Joyce tumbled into camera well. Kotchman tried to claim he had caught ball

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