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Unlucky 13
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Indians 6, Tigers 5
Edwin Jackson threw 115 pitches over four gritty innings. (Mark Duncan/AP)
Carlos Guillen's two-run home run in the ninth inning forced extra innings, but despite splendid relief work from Fernando Rodney and Brandon Lyon, the Tigers were unable to celebrate the acquisition of Jarrod Washburn with a victory, pinched by the Indians in the 13th inning.
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Series at a glance:
DET
Detroit (53-48)
Lost 1
Cleveland 6, Detroit 5   CLE
Cleveland (43-60)
Won 1
July 31, 2009
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Detroit
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0   5 13 2
Cleveland
2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1   6 17 1
Standings thru 7/31/09  |  Recap: DET | CLE  |  Gameday  |  Tigers stats  |  Indians stats
Detroit AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Granderson, CF 6 1 1 0 1 3 6 .258
Polanco, 2B 7 1 3 0 0 0 2 .264
Guillen, DH 6 2 1 2 1 2 4 .227
Cabrera, Mi, 1B 6 0 2 0 1 1 4 .333
Thomas, C, RF 3 0 2 2 0 0 1 .266
  a-Ordonez, PH-RF 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 .258
Thames, M, LF 6 0 0 0 0 1 4 .262
Inge, 3B 6 0 2 1 0 2 4 .254
Laird, C 5 0 0 0 0 2 1 .228
Santiago, SS 3 0 1 0 3 0 1 .255
  1-Everett, PR-SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .251
Totals 51 5 13 5 6 11 28  

a-Doubled for Thomas, C in the 8th.
1-Ran for Santiago in the 13th.

BATTING
2B: Ordonez (14, Sipp), Inge (10, Ohka).
HR: Guillen (2, 9th inning off Wood, K, 1 on, 0 out).
TB: Granderson; Polanco 3; Guillen 4; Cabrera, Mi 2; Thomas, C 2; Ordonez 2; Inge 3; Santiago.
RBI: Thomas, C 2 (28), Inge (59), Guillen 2 (14).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Inge 2; Polanco; Cabrera, Mi 2; Granderson 2.
SAC: Laird.
Team RISP: 3-for-15.
Team LOB: 14.

BASERUNNING
CS: Granderson (6, 2nd base by Carmona/Gimenez, C).

FIELDING
E: Santiago (6, fielding), Granderson (2, throw).
DP: (Polanco-Santiago-Cabrera, Mi).

 
Cleveland AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Sizemore, G, CF 5 1 2 1 2 1 2 .230
Cabrera, A, SS 7 1 2 3 0 4 6 .297
Choo, RF 6 0 3 1 0 0 4 .296
Peralta, Jh, 3B 7 1 3 0 0 2 5 .271
Hafner, DH 4 0 1 0 1 2 3 .284
  1-Carroll, PR-DH 2 0 1 1 0 1 2 .286
Gimenez, C, C 4 0 1 0 1 1 1 .226
Marte, A, 1B 6 0 0 0 0 0 4 .222
Valbuena, 2B 5 0 1 0 1 1 3 .231
Crowe, LF 6 3 3 0 0 1 2 .197
Totals 52 6 17 6 5 13 32  


1-Ran for Hafner in the 9th.

BATTING
2B: Gimenez, C (2, Jackson, E), Choo (23, Jackson, E), Cabrera, A (24, Ni, F), Peralta, Jh (20, Fien).
3B: Crowe (1, Seay).
HR: Cabrera, A (4, 1st inning off Jackson, E, 1 on, 0 out).
TB: Sizemore, G 2; Cabrera, A 6; Choo 4; Peralta, Jh 4; Hafner; Carroll; Gimenez, C 2; Valbuena; Crowe 5.
RBI: Cabrera, A 3 (41), Choo (58), Sizemore, G (52), Carroll (16).
2-out RBI: Choo.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Choo 2; Valbuena 3; Peralta, Jh; Hafner; Crowe; Carroll 2.
SAC: Gimenez, C.
GIDP: Peralta, Jh.
Team RISP: 3-for-15.
Team LOB: 17.

BASERUNNING
SB: Crowe (2, 2nd base off Jackson, E/Laird).

FIELDING
E: Peralta, Jh (11, fielding).

 
Detroit IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Jackson, E 4.0 8 3 2 1 5 1 2.64
Miner 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 4.50
Ni, F 0.1 2 1 1 0 0 0 3.09
Perry 1.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.74
Seay 0.1 2 1 1 0 0 0 3.31
Rodney 2.0 1 0 0 2 2 0 3.48
Lyon 3.0 2 0 0 1 4 0 3.22
Fien (L, 0-1) 0.0 2 1 1 0 0 0 5.40
 
Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Carmona 5.0 4 2 2 4 1 0 7.13
Veras (H, 4) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 6.21
Perez, C (H, 4) 1.0 1 0 0 1 2 0 4.50
Sipp 0.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 5.51
Smith, J (H, 7) 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.80
Wood, K (BS, 5) 1.1 2 2 2 1 2 1 5.25
Ohka (W, 1-4) 4.0 4 0 0 0 4 0 5.28

Seay pitched to 2 batters in the 8th.
Fien pitched to 2 batters in the 13th.
Sipp pitched to 1 batter in the 8th.

Balk: Carmona.
HBP: Choo (by Ni, F).
Pitches-strikes: Jackson, E 115-75, Miner 23-13, Ni, F 20-10, Perry 15-12, Seay 15-8, Rodney 29-17, Lyon 41-26, Fien 7-5, Carmona 101-57, Veras 10-7, Perez, C 22-13, Sipp 2-1, Smith, J 14-8, Wood, K 27-14, Ohka 49-36.
Groundouts-flyouts: Jackson, E 4-3, Miner 1-1, Ni, F 0-1, Perry 2-0, Seay 0-1, Rodney 2-1, Lyon 2-1, Fien 0-0, Carmona 7-7, Veras 0-1, Perez, C 0-0, Sipp 0-0, Smith, J 2-0, Wood, K 1-0, Ohka 4-1.
Batters faced: Jackson, E 22, Miner 4, Ni, F 4, Perry 4, Seay 3, Rodney 8, Lyon 12, Fien 2, Carmona 23, Veras 3, Perez, C 5, Sipp 1, Smith, J 3, Wood, K 7, Ohka 16.
Inherited runners-scored: Perry 2-0, Rodney 1-0, Smith, J 1-1, Wood, K 1-0.
Umpires: HP: Tony Randazzo. 1B: Chris Guccione. 2B: Mike Winters. 3B: Jerry Layne.
Weather: 76 degrees, clear.
Wind: 12 mph, L to R.
T: 5:02.
Att: 35,273.
July 31, 2009

Box score official statistics approved by Major League Baseball Office of the Commissioner
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