GDT: 8/3/09 - DET (54-49) VS BAL (44-60) - 7:05 p.m. ET

B:1 S:3 O:2 -
Brandon Inge called out on .

B:0 S:0 O:2 -
Gerald Laird singles on a fly ball to left fielder Nolan Reimold.

B:3 S:3 O:3 -
Ramon Santiago called out on .

BAL 5, DET 5 after 8 innings

Inning 9

Top Half

replaces :thames: in lf

:rodney: replaces

B:3 S:3 O:1 -
Luke Scott swinging.

B:1 S:1 O:2 -
Matt Wieters lines out to center fielder Curtis Granderson.

B:0 S:0 O:3 -
Cesar Izturis grounds out, second baseman Placido Polanco to first baseman Miguel Cabrera.

BAL 5, DET 5 after 8.5 innings

Bottom Half

B:3 S:3 O:1 -
Curtis Granderson called out on .

B:2 S:2 O:2 -
Placido Polanco grounds out, second baseman Brian Roberts to first baseman Aubrey Huff.

B:1 S:2 O:2 -
Clete Thomas homers (7) on a fly ball to center field.
DET WINS 6, BAL 5

August 3, 2009

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Baltimore	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		5	9	0
Detroit	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1		6	10	0

Baltimore AB- R- H- RBI- BB- SO- LOB -AVG- Roberts, B, 2B 4 1 2 1 0 1 0 .287 Reimold, N, LF 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 .281 Jones, A, CF 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 .302 Markakis, RF 4 0 1 0 0 2 0 .297 Huff, A, 1B 4 1 2 1 0 0 2 .255 Wigginton, 3B 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 .264 Scott, DH 3 0 1 2 1 1 0 .276 Wieters, C 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 .268 Izturis, C, SS 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .255 Totals 35 5 9 5 1 9 10 BATTING 2B: Wigginton (13, Verlander), Scott (13, Verlander). HR: Roberts, B (9, 1st inning off Verlander, 0 on, 0 out). TB: Roberts, B 5; Reimold, N; Jones, A; Markakis; Huff, A 2; Wigginton 2; Scott 2. RBI: Roberts, B (46), Huff, A (65), Wigginton (30), Scott 2 (55). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Izturis, C; Wieters. Team RISP: 3-for-7. Team LOB: 4. BASERUNNING CS: Roberts, B (6, 2nd base by Verlander/Laird).		Detroit AB- R-- H--- RBI- BB- SO- LOB- AVG Granderson, CF 5 1 1 0 0 2 2 .256 Polanco, 2B 4 1 1 1 1 0 0 .263 Thomas, C, RF 4 2 2 1 1 1 1 .269 Cabrera, M, 1B 4 1 2 3 0 0 2 .334 Guillen, C, DH 4 0 1 0 0 1 3 .219 Thames, LF 4 1 1 0 0 1 2 .257 --Raburn, LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .263 Inge, 3B 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 .252 Laird, C 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 .229 Santiago, SS 3 0 1 1 1 2 1 .253 Totals 36 6 10 6 3 10 14 BATTING 2B: Polanco (25, Tillman), Cabrera, M (23, Tillman). 3B: Granderson (5, Tillman). HR: Cabrera, M (21, 5th inning off Tillman, 0 on, 2 out), Thomas, C (7, 9th inning off Baez, 0 on, 2 out). TB: Granderson 3; Polanco 2; Thomas, C 5; Cabrera, M 6; Guillen, C; Thames; Laird; Santiago. RBI: Polanco (47), Cabrera, M 3 (61), Santiago (28), Thomas, C (29). 2-out RBI: Santiago; Cabrera, M; Thomas, C. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Inge; Guillen, C. Team RISP: 3-for-9. Team LOB: 7.
Baltimore IP-- H- R- ER- BB- SO- HR- ERA Tillman 6.0 7 5 5 3 5 1 6.75 Meredith 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3.74 Baez (L, 4-5) 1.2 2 1 1 0 4 1 4.35		Detroit IP-- H- R- ER- BB- SO- HR- ERA Verlander 8.0 9 5 5 1 8 1 3.29 Rodney (W, 2-2) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.52
WP: Tillman 3. Pitches-strikes: Tillman 100-59, Meredith 17-13, Baez 29-19, Verlander 119-84, Rodney 11-7. Groundouts-flyouts: Tillman 4-9, Meredith 1-1, Baez 1-0, Verlander 7-8, Rodney 1-1. Batters faced: Tillman 28, Meredith 4, Baez 7, Verlander 33, Rodney 3. Umpires: HP: CB Bucknor. 1B: Mike Everitt. 2B: Brian Gorman. 3B: Scott Barry. Weather: 80 degrees, overcast. Wind: 15 mph, R to L. T: 2:28. Att: 27,857. August 3, 2009

Whoo Clete!

I can't believe it

I thought that ball was staying in the park when Clete first hit it

But it cleared the fence


YEAH!

He's Southern Country Strong!
oh MY did we need this win!!!