Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Detroit 8, Tampa Bay 6
When: 7:08 PM ET, Saturday, September 5, 2009
Where: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Chuck Meriwether, 1B - Lazaro Diaz, 2B - Eric Cooper, 3B - Mike Reilly
Attendance: 36973
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Detroit 10200032008110
Tampa Bay 4020000000680
Team Records
 
Team W/L Home Away Streak
Detroit 0-0 0-0 0-0 W5
Tampa Bay 0-0 0-0 0-0 L3
Recap Quick Hits
  • With this loss, the Tampa Bay Rays have a 0-0 record at home this season. The Detroit Tigers have a 0-0 record on the road.
  • Tampa Bay has a streak of 3 straight up losses. The Rays have won 0 of their last 10 games.
  • Detroit has a streak of 5 straight up wins. The Tigers have won 0 of their last 10 games.
  • Bobby Seay pitched 0.2 innings for the win and now has an ERA of 0.00. Brandon Lyon closed out the game to get the save and has 0 saves for the season. Grant Balfour took the loss for Tampa Bay.
  • Evan Longoria had the only homerun for Tampa Bay. Placido Polanco, Alex Avila hit homeruns for Detroit.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Detroit   Tampa Bay
Armando Galarraga Player James Shields
No Decision W/L No Decision
2.1 IP 6.1
1 Strikeouts 5
4 Hits 8
23.14 ERA 8.53
Hitting
Detroit   Tampa Bay
Magglio Ordonez Player Evan Longoria
2 Hits 2
0 RBI 3
0 HR 1
3 TB 5
.667 Avg .500
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Detroit 11 2 21 .324 13 5 8 5 1 0
Tampa Bay 8 1 12 .267 16 6 6 5 1 0