GDT: 8/23/09 - DET (65-57) AT OAK (54-68) - 4:05 p.m. ET

B:1 S:1 O:1 -
Aubrey Huff flies out to left fielder Scott Hairston.

B:2 S:2 O:1 -
Brandon Inge singles on a ground ball to left fielder Scott Hairston. Miguel Cabrera to 2nd.

B:3 S:2 O:2 -
Alex Avila flies out to left fielder Scott Hairston.

B:0 S:0 O:2 -
Offensive Substitution: Pinch hitter Marcus Thames replaces Adam Everett.

B:1 S:0 O:2 -
Marcus Thames singles on a line drive to center fielder Rajai Davis. Miguel Cabrera scores. Brandon Inge to 2nd.
OAK 5, DET 2

B:0 S:0 O:2 -
Pitcher Change: Craig Breslow replaces Brad Ziegler.

B:0 S:0 O:2 -
Coaching visit to mound.

B:1 S:1 O:2 -
Ramon Santiago singles on a ground ball to left fielder Scott Hairston. Brandon Inge to 3rd. Marcus Thames to 2nd.

B:0 S:0 O:2 -
Offensive Substitution: Pinch hitter Ryan Raburn replaces Curtis Granderson.

B:0 S:0 O:2 -
Coaching visit to mound.

B:0 S:0 O:2 -
Pitcher Change: Michael Wuertz replaces Craig Breslow.

B:0 S:2 O:3 -
Ryan Raburn flies out to center fielder Rajai Davis.

OAK 5, DET 2 after 6.5 innings

Bottom Half

B:0 S:0 O:0 -
Ryan Raburn remains in the game as the right fielder.

B:0 S:0 O:0 -
Defensive switch from right field to center field for Clete Thomas.

B:0 S:0 O:0 -
Defensive Substitution: Placido Polanco replaces Marcus Thames, batting 8th, playing second base.

B:0 S:0 O:0 -
Defensive switch from second base to shortstop for Ramon Santiago.


B:1 S:0 O:1 -
Adam Kennedy flies out to right fielder Ryan Raburn.

B:2 S:2 O:1 -
Rajai Davis reaches on fielding error by left fielder Carlos Guillen. Rajai Davis to 2nd.


B:1 S:0 O:1 -
With Ryan Sweeney batting, Rajai Davis steals (27) 3rd base.

B:2 S:1 O:2 -
Ryan Sweeney pops out to third baseman Brandon Inge.

Damnit. At least we cut the lead down.

B:2 S:1 O:3 -
Scott Hairston flies out to center fielder Clete Thomas.

OAK 5, DET 2 after 7 innings

Inning 8
Top Half

B:3 S:2 O:0 -
Clete Thomas singles on a ground ball to center fielder Rajai Davis.

B:1 S:2 O:1 -
Carlos Guillen flies out to left fielder Scott Hairston.

B:0 S:0 O:1 -
Miguel Cabrera homers (25) on a fly ball to right center field. Clete Thomas scores.
OAK 5, DET 4

Yeah Miggy!

B:0 S:0 O:1 -
Coaching visit to mound.

B:0 S:3 O:2 -
Aubrey Huff strikes out swinging.

B:1 S:3 O:3 -
Brandon Inge strikes out swinging.

OAK 5, DET 4 after 7.5 innings

Bottom Half

B:4 S:2 O:0 -
Jack Cust walks.

B:4 S:2 O:0 -
Coaching visit to mound.

B:1 S:2 O:0 -
Mark Ellis doubles (17) on a line drive to center fielder Clete Thomas. Jack Cust to 3rd.

B:0 S:0 O:0 -
Pitcher Change: Ryan Perry replaces Fu-Te Ni.

B:0 S:0 O:0 -
Coaching visit to mound.

B:2 S:0 O:0 -
Landon Powell homers (4) on a fly ball to right field. Jack Cust scores. Mark Ellis scores.
OAK 8, DET 4

B:2 S:2 O:1 -
Daric Barton flies out to right fielder Ryan Raburn.

B:3 S:2 O:1 -
Cliff Pennington homers (2) on a fly ball to right field.
OAK 9, DET 4

B:0 S:2 O:1 -
Adam Kennedy singles on a line drive to right fielder Ryan Raburn.


B:0 S:1 O:1 -
With Rajai Davis batting, Adam Kennedy steals (16) 2nd base.

B:1 S:3 O:2 -
Rajai Davis swinging.

I love it when teams just go to fucking town on the Tigers.

B:4 S:0 O:2 -
Ryan Perry intentionally walks Ryan Sweeney.

B:2 S:3 O:3 -
Scott Hairston swinging.

OAK 9, DET 4 after 8 innings

Inning 9
Top Half

B:0 S:0 O:0 -
Pitcher Change: Jeff Gray replaces Michael Wuertz.

B:0 S:1 O:1 -
Alex Avila grounds out, first baseman Daric Barton to pitcher Jeff Gray.

B:3 S:2 O:2 -
Placido Polanco flies out to center fielder Rajai Davis.

B:1 S:0 O:3 -
Ramon Santiago grounds out, shortstop Cliff Pennington to first baseman Daric Barton.

Tigers lose 4-9

August 23, 2009

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Detroit	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0		4	9	1
Oakland	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	4	X		9	12	0

Detroit AB- R- H- RBI- BB- SO- LOB -AVG- Granderson, CF 3 1 1 1 0 1 1 .256 --b-Raburn, PH-RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 .275 Thomas, C, RF-CF 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 .242 Guillen, C, LF 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 .237 Cabrera, M, 1B 4 2 3 2 0 1 1 .338 Huff, A, DH 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 .249 Inge, 3B 4 0 1 0 0 2 0 .239 Avila, C 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 .333 Everett, SS 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 .235 --a-Thames, PH 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .246 --Polanco, 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .271 Santiago, 2B-SS 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 .257 Totals 34 4 9 4 2 10 13 a-Singled for Everett in the 7th. b-Flied out for Granderson in the 7th. BATTING HR: Granderson (24, 1st inning off Tomko, 0 on, 0 out), Cabrera, M (25, 8th inning off Wuertz, 1 on, 1 out). TB: Granderson 4; Thomas, C; Cabrera, M 6; Inge; Thames; Santiago 2. RBI: Granderson (55), Thames (30), Cabrera, M 2 (75). 2-out RBI: Thames. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Raburn 2. Team RISP: 2-for-4. Team LOB: 5. BASERUNNING CS: Guillen, C (2, 2nd base by Tomko/Powell). PO: Avila (1st base by Powell). FIELDING E: Guillen, C (1, fielding).		Oakland AB- R-- H- RBI- BB- SO- LOB- AVG Kennedy, A, 3B 5 0 1 0 0 0 2 .281 Davis, R, CF 5 1 1 1 0 1 1 .293 Sweeney, R, RF 3 1 0 0 2 0 1 .274 Hairston, S, LF 5 0 0 0 0 2 5 .281 Cust, DH 3 3 3 4 1 0 0 .240 Ellis, M, 2B 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 .279 Powell, C 4 1 2 3 0 0 2 .255 Barton, D, 1B 4 0 1 0 0 0 3 .163 Pennington, SS 4 2 2 1 0 0 2 .274 Totals 37 9 12 9 3 3 16 BATTING 2B: Ellis, M (17, Ni). HR: Cust 2 (19, 3rd inning off Porcello, 2 on, 2 out; 6th inning off Porcello, 0 on, 0 out), Powell (4, 8th inning off Perry, 2 on, 0 out), Pennington (2, 8th inning off Perry, 0 on, 1 out). TB: Kennedy, A; Davis, R; Cust 9; Ellis, M 3; Powell 5; Barton, D; Pennington 5. RBI: Davis, R (27), Cust 4 (56), Powell 3 (23), Pennington (8). 2-out RBI: Cust 3. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Barton, D 2; Hairston, S 2. Team RISP: 3-for-10. Team LOB: 7. BASERUNNING SB: Kennedy, A (16, 2nd base off Perry/Avila), Davis, R (27, 3rd base off Ni/Avila). FIELDING DP: 2 (Powell-Barton, D, Powell-Ellis, M). Pickoffs: Powell (Avila at 1st base).
Detroit IP-- H- R- ER- BB- SO- HR- ERA Porcello (L, 10-8) 5.1 8 5 5 1 1 2 4.39 Ni 1.2 1 2 2 1 0 0 2.78 Perry 1.0 3 2 2 1 2 2 3.89		Oakland IP-- H- R- ER- BB- SO- HR- ERA Tomko (W, 3-2) 6.0 3 1 1 2 8 1 3.69 Ziegler 0.2 3 1 1 0 0 0 2.72 Breslow 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.91 Wuertz (H, 16) 1.1 2 2 2 0 2 1 3.28 Gray 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.04
Ni pitched to 2 batters in the 8th. Breslow pitched to 1 batter in the 7th. IBB: Sweeney, R (by Perry). Pitches-strikes: Porcello 92-60, Ni 33-18, Perry 33-19, Tomko 87-55, Ziegler 23-14, Breslow 3-2, Wuertz 21-16, Gray 10-6. Groundouts-flyouts: Porcello 10-5, Ni 1-4, Perry 0-1, Tomko 2-6, Ziegler 0-2, Breslow 0-0, Wuertz 0-2, Gray 2-1. Batters faced: Porcello 25, Ni 8, Perry 7, Tomko 21, Ziegler 5, Breslow 1, Wuertz 6, Gray 3. Inherited runners-scored: Ni 1-0, Perry 2-2, Breslow 2-0, Wuertz 3-0. Umpires: HP: Jim Wolf. 1B: Fieldin Culbreth. 2B: Adrian Johnson. 3B: Gary Cederstrom. Weather: 65 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 11 mph, Out to LF. T: 2:51. Att: 17,690. August 23, 2009