GDT: 9/3/09 - DET (71-61) VS CLE (58-74) - 1:05 p.m. ET

B:4 S:1 O:0 -
Coaching visit to mound.

B:0 S:1 O:1 -
Placido Polanco out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Grady Sizemore. Ryan Raburn scores.

DET Wins 4, CLE 3

September 3, 2009

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

Cleveland AB- R-- H- RBI- BB- SO- LOB -AVG- Sizemore, CF 4 0 1 0 1 0 3 .248 Carroll, J, 2B 5 1 1 0 0 1 3 .289 Cabrera, A, SS 5 1 1 1 0 0 2 .314 Choo, DH 4 0 1 2 0 2 0 .302 Peralta, J, 3B 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .274 LaPorta, RF 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 .277 Marte, A, 1B 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .253 Brantley, LF 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 .400 Shoppach, C 3 1 2 0 1 0 0 .212 Totals 35 3 8 3 3 6 11 BATTING 2B: Shoppach (12, Perry), Choo (33, Ni). TB: Sizemore; Carroll, J; Cabrera, A; Choo 2; LaPorta; Brantley; Shoppach 3. RBI: Cabrera, A (56), Choo 2 (74). 2-out RBI: Cabrera, A; Choo 2. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Cabrera, A; LaPorta. GIDP: Carroll, J; Sizemore. Team RISP: 3-for-8. Team LOB: 6. BASERUNNING SB: Brantley (1, 2nd base off Robertson, N/Avila). CS: Brantley (1, 2nd base by Miner/Laird).		Detroit AB- R-- H- RBI- BB- SO- LOB- AVG Granderson, CF 4 2 1 1 1 1 3 .256 Thomas, C, RF 4 0 1 2 0 2 0 .250 Guillen, C, LF 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 .246 --a-Raburn, PH-LF 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 .272 Cabrera, M, 1B 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 .337 Huff, A, DH 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .243 --b-Ordonez, PH-DH 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 .280 Avila, C 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .308 --c-Polanco, PH-2B 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 .273 Inge, 3B 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .235 Santiago, 2B 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 .259 --Laird, C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222 Everett, SS 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 .240 Totals 32 4 5 4 8 9 10 a-Struck out for Guillen, C in the 7th. b-Struck out for Huff, A in the 7th. c-Flied out for Avila in the 8th. BATTING 2B: Raburn (10, Perez, R). 3B: Thomas, C (3, Carmona, F). HR: Granderson (26, 1st inning off Carmona, F, 0 on, 0 out). TB: Granderson 4; Thomas, C 3; Raburn 2; Cabrera, M; Santiago. RBI: Granderson (60), Thomas, C 2 (38), Polanco (60). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Granderson; Guillen, C; Ordonez. SF: Polanco. Team RISP: 1-for-5. Team LOB: 10. FIELDING PB: Avila (3). DP: 2 (Everett-Santiago-Cabrera, M, Santiago-Everett-Cabrera, M).
Cleveland IP-- H- R- ER- BB- SO- HR- ERA Carmona, F 6.1 4 3 3 5 4 1 6.08 Sipp 0.2 0 0 0 1 2 0 3.41 Perez, C 2.0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3.33 Perez, R (L, 4-3) 0.1 1 1 1 2 0 0 7.15		Detroit IP-- H- R- ER- BB- SO- HR- ERA Robertson, N 6.0 4 0 0 2 4 0 5.52 Perry (H, 6) 1.1 1 1 1 0 1 0 4.03 Ni (BS, 2) 0.1 3 2 2 0 0 0 3.33 Miner (W, 6-4) 2.1 0 0 0 1 1 0 4.52
IBB: Cabrera, M (by Sipp), Cabrera, M (by Perez, R). HBP: Thomas, C (by Carmona, F), Peralta, J (by Miner). Pitches-strikes: Carmona, F 100-55, Sipp 15-6, Perez, C 33-20, Perez, R 13-5, Robertson, N 80-54, Perry 20-14, Ni 17-13, Miner 34-18. Groundouts-flyouts: Carmona, F 9-6, Sipp 0-0, Perez, C 1-2, Perez, R 0-1, Robertson, N 7-7, Perry 1-2, Ni 0-1, Miner 1-4. Batters faced: Carmona, F 29, Sipp 3, Perez, C 6, Perez, R 4, Robertson, N 22, Perry 5, Ni 4, Miner 8. Inherited runners-scored: Sipp 1-0, Ni 1-1, Miner 1-0. Umpires: HP: Brian O'Nora. 1B: Tom Hallion. 2B: Kevin Causey. 3B: Phil Cuzzi. Weather: 75 degrees, sunny. Wind: 6 mph, In from LF. T: 3:06. Att: 28,267. September 3, 2009

GoGetEmTigers wrote:

Bottom Half

B:1 S:1 O:1 -
Ramon Santiago grounds out, third baseman Jhonny Peralta to first baseman Andy Marte.

B:4 S:1 O:1 -
Adam Everett walks.

B:4 S:1 O:1 -
Curtis Granderson walks. Adam Everett to 2nd.

B:4 S:1 O:1 -
Coaching visit to mound.

B:1 S:1 O:1 - Clete Thomas triples (3) on a line drive
to center fielder Grady Sizemore. Adam Everett scores. Curtis
Granderson scores.
DET 3, CLE 0



B:0 S:0 O:1 -
Pitcher Change: Tony Sipp replaces Fausto Carmona.

B:0 S:0 O:1 -
Carlos Guillen turns around to bat left-handed.

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

B:0 S:0 O:1 -
Offensive Substitution: Pinch hitter Ryan Raburn replaces Carlos Guillen.

Carlos was going to bat right-handed?????

Pudgerocks wrote:

GoGetEmTigers wrote:

Bottom Half

B:1 S:1 O:1 -
Ramon Santiago grounds out, third baseman Jhonny Peralta to first baseman Andy Marte.

B:4 S:1 O:1 -
Adam Everett walks.

B:4 S:1 O:1 -
Curtis Granderson walks. Adam Everett to 2nd.

B:4 S:1 O:1 -
Coaching visit to mound.

B:1 S:1 O:1 - Clete Thomas triples (3) on a line drive
to center fielder Grady Sizemore. Adam Everett scores. Curtis
Granderson scores.
DET 3, CLE 0



B:0 S:0 O:1 -
Pitcher Change: Tony Sipp replaces Fausto Carmona.

B:0 S:0 O:1 -
Carlos Guillen turns around to bat left-handed.

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

B:0 S:0 O:1 -
Offensive Substitution: Pinch hitter Ryan Raburn replaces Carlos Guillen.

Carlos was going to bat right-handed?????

I was confused by that too. That comes directly from the Detroit Tigers feed!

GoGetEmTigers wrote:

Pudgerocks wrote:

GoGetEmTigers wrote:

Bottom Half

B:1 S:1 O:1 -
Ramon Santiago grounds out, third baseman Jhonny Peralta to first baseman Andy Marte.

B:4 S:1 O:1 -
Adam Everett walks.

B:4 S:1 O:1 -
Curtis Granderson walks. Adam Everett to 2nd.

B:4 S:1 O:1 -
Coaching visit to mound.

B:1 S:1 O:1 - Clete Thomas triples (3) on a line drive
to center fielder Grady Sizemore. Adam Everett scores. Curtis
Granderson scores.
DET 3, CLE 0



B:0 S:0 O:1 -
Pitcher Change: Tony Sipp replaces Fausto Carmona.

B:0 S:0 O:1 -
Carlos Guillen turns around to bat left-handed.

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

B:0 S:0 O:1 -
Offensive Substitution: Pinch hitter Ryan Raburn replaces Carlos Guillen.

Carlos was going to bat right-handed?????

I was confused by that too. That comes directly from the Detroit Tigers feed!

Why the heck would Leyland switch him to left-handed and then replace him with Rayburn? I could see it a little more if he was switching to bat right handed?? Of course, I don't understand most of what he does!!!!!

bobrob2004 wrote:

Sweep!

Gotta love it! Another nail biter!