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CLE 10
DET  5

CHW  3
@KCR  0

NYY  7
BAL  3

OAK  5
SEA  3

MIN  4
@TBR  1

LAA  7
@TEX  3

BOS  3
@TOR  0

ATL  7
NYM  6

CHC  5
STL  1

MIL  8
@CIN  1

ARI 13
@COL  4

PHI  5
@FLA  2

SFG  1
@LAD  0

(11)
HOU  6
@PIT  2

SDP  6
@WSN  2

Standings at end of play this day

Jacobs Field, Attendance: 36,957

Sunday, September 21, 2008, 1:05pm
Time of Game: 3:17
Tigers
5
71-83
Lost 3
4th, 14½ GB
                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Tigers          0  1  1   0  1  0   0  0  2    5 11  2
Indians         3  0  3   2  1  0   1  0  X   10 13  0
W: S Lewis (3-0), L: D Willis (0-2)
Indians
10
78-77
Won 6
3rd, 8 GB

BATTING

Detroit Tigers               AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
C Granderson CF               5   1   2   1    0   2  .290  .874   20    1   0   2B
P Polanco 2B                  4   1   2   0    1   0  .309  .768   19    3   1   
M Ordonez RF                  3   0   1   1    2   0  .323  .884   17    2   1   
M Cabrera 1B                  5   0   0   0    0   1  .295  .897   16    1   2   GDP
G Sheffield DH                4   0   1   1    0   1  .223  .710   18    0   0   
E Renteria SS                 4   2   3   1    0   1  .273  .704   17    2   0   HR,2B
R Raburn LF                   3   0   1   0    0   1  .239  .690    8    2   0   
  M Joyce PH-LF               1   0   0   0    0   0  .265  .872    1    1   0   
B Inge 3B                     4   0   0   0    0   2  .210  .687   17    1   1   GDP
D Ryan C                      2   0   0   0    1   0  .333  .925   14   10   0   
  J Larish PH                 1   1   1   0    0   0  .244  .673    8    0   0   2B

D Willis P                                                               0   0
  C Rapada P                                                             0   1
  A Lopez P                                                              0   0
  F Dolsi P                                                              0   0
  G Glover P                                                             1   0
  F Rodney P                                                             0   0
Totals                       36   5  11   4    4   8              155   24   6
BATTING
2B: C Granderson (26, off J Rincon); E Renteria (20, off S Lewis); J Larish (5, off J Rincon).
HR: E Renteria (10, off S Lewis; 5th inn, 0 on, 2 outs to Deep LF-CF).
TB: E Renteria 7; C Granderson 3; P Polanco 2; J Larish 2; G Sheffield; M Ordonez; R Raburn.
GIDP: B Inge (4); M Cabrera (16).
RBI: G Sheffield (54); E Renteria (54); M Ordonez (97); C Granderson (61).
2-out RBI: E Renteria; M Ordonez.
Team LOB: 8.
With RISP: 5 for 12.
FIELDING
E: C Rapada (); E Renteria (16).
Cleveland Indians            AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
G Sizemore CF                 4   0   0   0    0   4  .273  .897   16    3   0   HBP
B Francisco LF                4   0   2   1    1   1  .269  .771   18    2   0   2B
S Choo RF                     4   2   1   0    1   1  .310  .954   20    3   0   
J Peralta DH                  2   2   0   0    3   1  .271  .792   40    0   0   
V Martinez C                  3   3   2   1    2   1  .278  .704   22    8   0   2B
R Garko 1B                    4   1   4   5    0   0  .269  .736   12    5   1   3B,2B,SF
A Marte 3B                    4   1   2   1    1   0  .222  .585   19    0   2   
J Barfield 2B                 5   0   0   0    0   1  .056  .112   12    4   3   
A Cabrera SS                  4   1   2   1    1   1  .251  .701   21    1   1   2B,CS

S Lewis P                                                                0   1
  E Mujica P                                                             1   0
  J Meloan P                                                             0   0
  J Rincon P                                                             0   1
Totals                       34  10  13   9    9  10              180   27   9
BATTING
2B: R Garko (20, off G Glover); B Francisco (30, off A Lopez); A Cabrera (19, off A Lopez); V Martinez (16, off C Rapada).
3B: R Garko (1, off D Willis).
SF: R Garko (8, off A Lopez).
HBP: G Sizemore (10, by F Dolsi).
TB: R Garko 7; A Cabrera 3; B Francisco 3; V Martinez 3; A Marte 2; S Choo.
RBI: R Garko 5 (84); A Cabrera (43); B Francisco (53); A Marte (17); V Martinez (33).
2-out RBI: R Garko 4; B Francisco.
Team LOB: 11.
With RISP: 5 for 15.
FIELDING
DP: 2. A Marte-J Barfield-R Garko; A Cabrera-J Barfield-R Garko.
BASERUNNING
CS: A Cabrera (4, Pickoff (CS) 2nd base by C Rapada).
PO: S Choo (1st base by C Rapada).

PITCHING

Detroit Tigers                IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
D Willis, L (0-2)              2.1   5   6   6    6   4   0  10.61   18   74-33   13· 8·12    3· 1· 4· 0     21    -     1.10  -0.41
C Rapada                       1     2   2   2    1   1   0   4.58    5   16-9     4· 2· 3    2· 1· 0· 0          1-0    0.39  -0.03
A Lopez                        1.2   2   1   1    2   2   0   3.67    9   36-24   12· 5· 7    0· 4· 1· 0          2-1    0.19  -0.01
F Dolsi                        1     2   0   0    0   3   0   4.00    6   20-15    7· 3· 5    0· 0· 2· 0          0-0    0.11   0.00
G Glover                       1     2   1   1    0   0   0   5.62    4    9-8     5· 0· 3    0· 2· 2· 0          0-0    0.03  -0.00
F Rodney                       1     0   0   0    0   0   0   5.11    3   10-7     4· 0· 3    0· 3· 0· 0          0-0    0.00   0.00
Totals                         8    13  10  10    9  10   0          45  165-96   45·18·33    5·11· 9· 0          3-1 
Cleveland Indians             IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
S Lewis, W (3-0)               5     8   3   3    3   6   1   1.42   25  100-65   33·15·17    6· 6· 4· 0     42    -     1.21   0.01
E Mujica                       1     0   0   0    0   0   0   6.75    3    8-4     3· 0· 1    1· 2· 0· 0          0-0    0.19   0.01
J Meloan                       1     0   0   0    1   0   0   0.00    3   12-5     3· 1· 1    1· 1· 0· 0          0-0    0.32   0.01
J Rincon                       2     3   2   2    0   2   0   5.63    9   35-21   13· 8· 0    2· 4· 1· 0          0-0    0.04   0.00
Totals                         9    11   5   5    4   8   1          40  155-95   52·24·19   10·13· 5· 0           -  
Balks: None.
WP: D Willis 3 (5); A Lopez (4).
IBB: None.
PO: C Rapada 2 (2; A Cabrera, 2nd base (CS); S Choo, 1st base).
HBP: F Dolsi (3; G Sizemore).

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Jerry Layne, 1B - Brian Knight, 2B - Phil Cuzzi, 3B - Jim Wolf.
Time of Game: 3:17.
Attendance: 36,957.
Weather: 75° F, Wind 10mph in from Centerfield, Sunny, No Precipitation.

LINEUPS

   Detroit Tigers                Cleveland Indians                    
1. C Granderson         CF    1. G Sizemore           CF 
2. P Polanco            2B    2. B Francisco          LF 
3. M Ordonez            RF    3. S Choo               RF 
4. M Cabrera            1B    4. J Peralta            DH 
5. G Sheffield          DH    5. V Martinez           C  
6. E Renteria           SS    6. R Garko              1B 
7. R Raburn             LF    7. A Marte              3B 
8. B Inge               3B    8. J Barfield           2B 
9. D Ryan               C     9. A Cabrera            SS 

   D Willis             P        S Lewis              P  

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   b 1   2  0-0  123  3   23%  80% R Garko         D Willis        Triple to RF (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF); Choo Scores; Peralta Scores; Martinez Scores
   t 3   1  3-1  12-  2  -10%  57% G Sheffield     S Lewis         Single to CF (Line Drive); Polanco Scores; Ordonez to 2B
   t 3   1  3-2  123  3    9%  58% R Raburn        S Lewis         Strikeout Swinging
   t 3   2  3-2  123  4    9%  67% B Inge          S Lewis         Strikeout Swinging
   b 3   0  2-3  -23  2    8%  87% A Marte         D Willis        Single to SS (Ground Ball to Weak 3B); Martinez Scores; Garko Scores/Adv on E6 (throw)/No RBI; Marte to 2B

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Tigers Batting, Tied 0-0, Scott Lewis facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
          ---  4   47%  C Granderson    Single to RF (Line Drive to Deep RF)
   O      1--  4   50%  P Polanco       Flyball: RF (Short RF)
          1--  5   46%  M Ordonez       Walk; Granderson to 2B
   O      12-  3   49%  M Cabrera       Groundout: P-1B (Weak 2B-1B); Granderson to 3B; Ordonez to 2B
   O      -23  8   55%  G Sheffield     Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Tigers 0, Indians 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Indians Batting, Tied 0-0, Dontrelle Willis facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  5   53%  G Sizemore      Strikeout Swinging
          ---  4   55%  B Francisco     Walk
   O      1--  3   52%  S Choo          Groundout: 2B-SS/Forceout at 2B
          1--  6   54%  J Peralta       Walk; Choo to 2B
          12-      55%  V Martinez      Wild Pitch; Choo to 3B
          1-3  4   57%  " "             Walk; Peralta to 2B
   RRR    123  3   80%  R Garko         Triple to RF (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF); Choo Scores; Peralta Scores; Martinez Scores
          --3  6   80%  A Marte         Walk
   O      1-3  2   78%  J Barfield      Popfly: 2B (Short CF)
                  3 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Tigers 0, Indians 3.

Top of the 2nd, Tigers Batting, Behind 0-3, Scott Lewis facing 6-7-8
          ---  5   72%  E Renteria      Double to LF (Line Drive to Deep LF Line)
          -2-  2   66%  R Raburn        Single to LF (Ground Ball thru Weak 3B); Renteria to 3B
   ROO    1-3  5   74%  B Inge          Ground Ball Double Play: 3B-2B-1B (Weak 3B); Renteria Scores/No RBI
          ---  6   72%  D Ryan          Walk
   O      1--  6   75%  C Granderson    Strikeout Swinging
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Tigers 1, Indians 3.

Bottom of the 2nd, Indians Batting, Ahead 3-1, Dontrelle Willis facing 9-1-2
          ---  6   77%  A Cabrera       Walk
   O      1--  3   75%  G Sizemore      Strikeout Swinging
          1--  4   77%  B Francisco     Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B); Cabrera to 2B
   O      12-  6   74%  S Choo          Strikeout Swinging
   O      12-  7   71%  J Peralta       Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Tigers 1, Indians 3.

Top of the 3rd, Tigers Batting, Behind 1-3, Scott Lewis facing 2-3-4
          ---  4   67%  P Polanco       Single to LF (Ground Ball thru Weak 3B)
          1--  5   60%  M Ordonez       Walk; Polanco to 2B
   O      12-  3   67%  M Cabrera       Popfly: 2B
   R      12-  2   57%  G Sheffield     Single to CF (Line Drive); Polanco Scores; Ordonez to 2B
          12-  5   50%  E Renteria      Single to CF (Line Drive); Ordonez to 3B; Sheffield to 2B
   O      123  3   58%  R Raburn        Strikeout Swinging
   O      123  4   67%  B Inge          Strikeout Swinging
                  1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB. Tigers 2, Indians 3.

Bottom of the 3rd, Indians Batting, Ahead 3-2, Dontrelle Willis facing 5-6-7
          ---  4   70%  V Martinez      Walk
          1--  3   75%  R Garko         Single to CF (Line Drive to Deep CF); Martinez to 2B
          12-      79%  A Marte         Wild Pitch; Martinez to 3B; Garko to 2B
   RR     -23  2   87%  " "             Single to SS (Ground Ball to Weak 3B); Martinez Scores; Garko Scores/Adv on E6 (throw)/No RBI; Marte to 2B
   O      -2-  3   85%  J Barfield      Lineout: SS (Weak SS)
          -2-      86%  A Cabrera       Wild Pitch; Marte to 3B
   R      --3  3   89%  " "             Single to LF (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); Marte Scores
                  Clay Rapada replaces Dontrelle Willis pitching
   O      1--  3   88%  G Sizemore      Strikeout Looking
   O      1--      87%  B Francisco     Cabrera Caught Stealing (PO) 2B (P-1B-2B)
                  3 runs, 3 hits, 1 error, 0 LOB. Tigers 2, Indians 6.

Top of the 4th, Tigers Batting, Behind 2-6, Scott Lewis facing 9-1-2
   O      ---  3   89%  D Ryan          Flyball: RF (CF-RF)
   O      ---  4   90%  C Granderson    Strikeout Swinging
          ---  4   89%  P Polanco       Single to 3B (Bunt to Weak 3B)
   O      1--  1   91%  M Ordonez       Flyball: CF
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Tigers 2, Indians 6.

Bottom of the 4th, Indians Batting, Ahead 6-2, Clay Rapada facing 2-3-4
   O      ---  1   90%  B Francisco     Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak 3B)
          ---  3   91%  S Choo          Single to LF (Ground Ball thru SS-3B Hole)
          1--      92%  J Peralta       Choo Picked off 1B, safe on E1 (throw); Choo to 2B
          -2-  6   92%  " "             Walk
   R      12-  3   96%  V Martinez      Double to RF (Fly Ball to Deep RF); Choo Scores; Peralta to 3B
                  Aquilino Lopez replaces Clay Rapada pitching
   RO     -23  3   97%  R Garko         Flyball: LF/Sacrifice Fly (Deep LF-CF); Peralta Scores
   O      -2-  1   96%  A Marte         Flyball: LF (Deep LF)
                  2 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB. Tigers 2, Indians 8.

Top of the 5th, Tigers Batting, Behind 2-8, Scott Lewis facing 4-5-6
   O      ---  4   97%  M Cabrera       Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  5   97%  G Sheffield     Popfly: 2B (Short RF)
   R      ---  2   95%  E Renteria      Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
   O      ---  3   96%  R Raburn        Groundout: 3B-1B
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Tigers 3, Indians 8.

Bottom of the 5th, Indians Batting, Ahead 8-3, Aquilino Lopez facing 8-9-1
   O      ---  2   96%  J Barfield      Flyball: RF (Short RF)
          ---  3   96%  A Cabrera       Double to RF (Line Drive to Deep RF Line)
   O      -2-  3   96%  G Sizemore      Strikeout Swinging
   R      -2-  4   98%  B Francisco     Double to LF (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); Cabrera Scores
          -2-  6   98%  S Choo          Walk
          12-      98%  J Peralta       Wild Pitch; Francisco to 3B; Choo to 2B
          -23  7   98%  " "             Walk
   O      123  7   97%  V Martinez      Strikeout Swinging
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB. Tigers 3, Indians 9.

Top of the 6th, Tigers Batting, Behind 3-9, Edward Mujica facing 8-9-1
                  Edward Mujica replaces Scott Lewis pitching
   O      ---  2   98%  B Inge          Flyball: RF (Deep CF-RF)
   O      ---  5   98%  D Ryan          Flyball: LF (Deep LF-CF)
   O      ---  1   99%  C Granderson    Groundout: 1B-P (2B-1B)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Tigers 3, Indians 9.

Bottom of the 6th, Indians Batting, Ahead 9-3, Freddy Dolsi facing 6-7-8
                  Freddy Dolsi replaces Aquilino Lopez pitching
          ---  2   99%  R Garko         Single to CF (Line Drive to Deep CF)
          1--  5   99%  A Marte         Single to LF (Line Drive); Garko to 2B
   O      12-  3   99%  J Barfield      Strikeout Swinging
   O      12-  3   99%  A Cabrera       Strikeout Swinging
          12-  2   99%  G Sizemore      Hit By Pitch; Garko to 3B; Marte to 2B
   O      123  5   98%  B Francisco     Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB. Tigers 3, Indians 9.

Top of the 7th, Tigers Batting, Behind 3-9, Jonathan Meloan facing 2-3-4
                  Jonathan Meloan replaces Edward Mujica pitching
          ---  5   97%  P Polanco       Walk
   O      1--  4   98%  M Ordonez       Flyball: CF (Deep CF-RF)
   OO     1--  3   99%  M Cabrera       Ground Ball Double Play: SS-2B-1B (Weak SS)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Tigers 3, Indians 9.

Bottom of the 7th, Indians Batting, Ahead 9-3, Gary Glover facing 3-4-5
                  Gary Glover replaces Freddy Dolsi pitching
   O      ---  2   99%  S Choo          Flyball: CF (Deep LF-CF)
   O      ---  3   99%  J Peralta       Lineout: P (Weak 2B)
          ---  3   99%  V Martinez      Single to RF (Line Drive to CF-RF)
   RO     1--  1  100%  R Garko         Double to RF (Fly Ball to Deep RF); Martinez Scores; Garko out at 3B
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Tigers 3, Indians 10.

Top of the 8th, Tigers Batting, Behind 3-10, Juan Rincon facing 5-6-7
                  Juan Rincon replaces Jonathan Meloan pitching
   O      ---  3  100%  G Sheffield     Popfly: SS (Deep SS-3B Hole)
   O      ---  5  100%  E Renteria      Strikeout Swinging
                  Matthew Joyce pinch hits for Ryan Raburn batting 7th
   O      ---  1  100%  M Joyce         Flyball: LF (Deep LF)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Tigers 3, Indians 10.

Bottom of the 8th, Indians Batting, Ahead 10-3, Fernando Rodney facing 7-8-9
                  Fernando Rodney replaces Gary Glover pitching; Matthew Joyce moves to LF
   O      ---  4  100%  A Marte         Popfly: 2B (Short CF-RF)
   O      ---  2  100%  J Barfield      Flyball: RF
   O      ---  4  100%  A Cabrera       Flyball: LF
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Tigers 3, Indians 10.

Top of the 9th, Tigers Batting, Behind 3-10, Juan Rincon facing 8-9-1
   O      ---  6  100%  B Inge          Strikeout Swinging
                  Jeff Larish pinch hits for Dusty Ryan batting 9th
          ---  8  100%  J Larish        Double to RF (Ground Ball)
   R      -2-  5  100%  C Granderson    Double to LF (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); Larish Scores
   O      -2-  2  100%  P Polanco       Flyball: CF (Short CF)
   R      -2-  2  100%  M Ordonez       Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B); Granderson Scores
   O      1--  3  100%  M Cabrera       Lineout: P-2B-1B (Weak 2B)
        2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Tigers 5, Indians 10.

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