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Detroit Tigers @ Cleveland Guardians

2008-09-19 · Night game · Progressive Field · Att: 33733 · 70°F, cloudy · Wind 10 mph from LF · 2:52

Cleveland Indians defeated Detroit Tigers 6–5. Cleveland Indians put up 3 in the 8th. Rafael Perez earned the win. Shin-Soo Choo went 3-for-4 with 2 HR and 4 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Rafael Perez L: Freddy Dolsi SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Phil Cuzzi · 1B: Jim Wolf · 2B: Jerry Layne · 3B: Brian Knight · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Curtis Granderson	4	1	1	0	2
Placido Polanco	3	0	0	0	1
Magglio Ordonez	4	1	1	0	1
Miguel Cabrera	4	2	2	4	0
Matt Joyce	4	0	1	0	1
Gary Sheffield	2	0	0	0	0
Brandon Inge	3	0	0	0	2
Ramon Santiago	3	1	1	0	0
Dusty Ryan	2	0	0	1	2
Edgar Renteria	1	0	0	0	1

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Grady Sizemore	4	2	2	1	0	0
David Dellucci	3	0	0	0	0	1
Shin-Soo Choo	4	2	3	4	0	0
Jhonny Peralta	4	0	0	0	0	2
Victor Martinez	2	0	0	0	0	0
Travis Hafner	3	0	0	0	0	1
Michael Aubrey	3	0	0	0	0	0
Andy Marte	2	0	0	0	0	0
Asdrubal Cabrera	3	0	0	0	0	1
Kelly Shoppach	1	0	0	0	0	1
Jamey Carroll	2	0	1	1	0	0
Ben Francisco	0	1	0	0	1	0
Ryan Garko	1	0	1	0	0	0

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Armando Galarraga	7.2	4	0	5
Casey Fossum	0.0	1	1	0
Freddy Dolsi	0.1	0	0	0
Bobby Seay	0.1	0	0	1
Gary Glover	0.0	2	0	0

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	SO
Roberto Hernandez	6.1	5	5
Edward Mujica	1.2	1	3
Rafael Betancourt	0.2	0	1
Rafael Perez	0.1	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Curtis Granderson: K
Placido Polanco: 53/G5
Magglio Ordonez: 9/L9M+

Bot 1

Grady Sizemore: 63/G6
David Dellucci: 3/G3
Shin-Soo Choo: HR/F7D+
Jhonny Peralta: K

Top 2

Miguel Cabrera: 4/P4
Matt Joyce: S9/L89S
Gary Sheffield: 54(1)3/GDP/G56

Bot 2

Victor Martinez: 8/L8LM
Travis Hafner: HP
Michael Aubrey: 64(1)/FO/G6
Andy Marte: 8/F8LXD+

Top 3

Brandon Inge: 53/G56
Ramon Santiago: 3/G3
Dusty Ryan: K

Bot 3

Asdrubal Cabrera: K
Grady Sizemore: 43/G34
David Dellucci: K

Top 4

Curtis Granderson: D9/L3D+
Placido Polanco: K
Magglio Ordonez: 43/G4M.2-3
Miguel Cabrera: HR/F78D+.3-H
Matt Joyce: 8/F8LD

Bot 4

Shin-Soo Choo: 3/G34
Jhonny Peralta: 53/G56
Victor Martinez: 7/F78D

Top 5

Gary Sheffield: 4/P4
Brandon Inge: K
Ramon Santiago: 43/G4

Bot 5

Travis Hafner: 6/L4D
Michael Aubrey: 4/P8LS
Andy Marte: 4/P34D

Top 6

Dusty Ryan: K
Curtis Granderson: 43/G4S
Placido Polanco: 53/G5+

Bot 6

Asdrubal Cabrera: 9/L89D+
Grady Sizemore: HR/F8RXD+
David Dellucci: 43/G4
Shin-Soo Choo: S7/G6
Jhonny Peralta: K

Top 7

Magglio Ordonez: S9/L89S
Miguel Cabrera: HR/F8RXD+.1-H
Matt Joyce: 63/G6
Gary Sheffield: HP
Brandon Inge: K+CS2(24)/DP

Bot 7

Kelly Shoppach: K
Travis Hafner: 63/G4
Michael Aubrey: 43/G34

Top 8

Ramon Santiago: T7/L8LM
Dusty Ryan: 7/SF/F7LM+.3-H
Curtis Granderson: K
Edgar Renteria: K

Bot 8

Jamey Carroll: 43/G4S
Asdrubal Cabrera: 6/P6D
Grady Sizemore: D7/L7S
Ben Francisco: W
Shin-Soo Choo: HR/F8RXD+.2-H;1-H
Jhonny Peralta: 7/L7LM

Top 9

Magglio Ordonez: K
Miguel Cabrera: 63/G6
Matt Joyce: K

Bot 9

Kelly Shoppach: HP
Travis Hafner: K
Ryan Garko: S9/L9S.1-3
Jamey Carroll: S9/F9LM+.3-H;1-2

Notes & reviews

Tigers hitting coach Lloyd McClendon manged the team while manager Jim Leyland served the first of a three-game suspension
Tigers DH Gary Sheffield was upset that he was hit by a Fausto Carmona pitch; when Carmona then threw to first before pitching to Brandon Inge, Sheffield charged the mound; both Sheffield and Carmona landed punches and wrestled while the benches emptied; Sheffield, Carmona, Indians catcher Victor Martinez and Tigers second baseman Placido Polanco all ejected by 2B umpire Jerry Layne

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