Tigers 5-1 Devil Rays (3 Oct, 2004) Box Score

Detroit Tigers

72-89, 38-42 home


TB
DET

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	4	1
0	1	0	3	0	0	1	0	-	5	6	0

G. Knotts7-6

7.2 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 4 K, 2 BB

S. Kazmir2-3

6.0 IP, 5 H, 4 ER, 6 K, 1 BB

Devil Rays Hitting

hitters
C. CrawfordLF
B.J. Upton3B
J. LugoSS
A. HuffLF-3B
T. Martinez1B
R. BaldelliCF
M. CummingsDH
J. Cruz Jr.RF
B. FordyceC
J. Cantú2B
team

AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
1	0	0	0	0	0	.295	.330	.449
2	0	0	0	1	0	.260	.327	.416
4	0	1	0	0	1	.274	.337	.394
4	0	0	0	0	1	.296	.359	.494
4	0	0	0	0	1	.262	.362	.461
4	0	0	0	0	1	.278	.325	.434
3	0	0	0	1	1	.278	.361	.463
3	0	1	0	0	1	.240	.332	.433
3	1	1	0	0	0	.205	.259	.285
3	0	1	1	0	0	.308	.348	.473
31	1	4	1	2	6

Batting
2BJ Cantu (20, G Knotts)
RBIJ Cantu (17)
2Out RBIJ Cantu
Team LOB5

Fielding
EB Upton (9, ground ball)

Tigers Hitting

hitters
O. InfanteSS
B. Inge3B
I. RodríguezC
D. YoungDH
C. MonroeRF
C. Pena1B
M. ThamesLF
R. Raburn2B
N. LoganCF
team

AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.263	.316	.446
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	.285	.339	.446
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	.335	.383	.514
4	1	1	0	0	0	0	.272	.336	.481
3	2	1	2	1	1	1	.293	.338	.490
3	0	0	0	0	0	3	.243	.340	.475
3	2	3	3	2	0	0	.256	.328	.512
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.080	.148	.120
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	.264	.329	.318
30	5	6	5	3	2	7

Batting
2BO Infante (27, S Kazmir); D Young (23, S Kazmir)
HRC Monroe (18, 4th inning off S Kazmir 1 on, 1 Out); M Thames 2 (10, 4th inning off S Kazmir 0 on, 2 Out; 7th inning off C Gaudin 0 on, 0 Out)
RBIM Thames 3 (33), C Monroe 2 (72)
2Out RBIM Thames 2
Team LOB3

Baserunning
CSO Infante (7, 2nd base by S Kazmir)
SBC Monroe (3, 2nd base off S Kazmir/B Fordyce); N Logan 2 (8, 2nd base off C Gaudin/B Fordyce, 3rd base off S Kazmir/B Fordyce)

Devil Rays Pitching

pitchers
S. Kazmir(L,2-3)
C. Gaudin
team

IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PC-ST	ERA
6.0	5	4	4	1	6	2	97-62	5.67
2.0	1	1	1	1	1	1	37-23	4.85
8.0	6	5	5	2	7	3	134-85

Pitching
WPS Kazmir
Ground Balls-Fly BallsS Kazmir 3-8; C Gaudin 2-3
Game ScoresS Kazmir 51

Tigers Pitching

pitchers
G. Knotts(W,7-6)
S. Colyer
F. German
team

IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	PC-ST	ERA
7.2	4	1	1	2	4	107-64	5.25
0.2	0	0	0	0	2	11-6	6.47
0.2	0	0	0	0	0	11-6	7.36
9.0	4	1	1	2	6	129-76

Pitching
Ground Balls-Fly BallsG Knotts 10-9; S Colyer 0-0; F German 0-2
Game ScoresG Knotts 69

Scoring Summary

		TB	DET
2nd	M Thames singled to right center, C Monroe scored.	0	1
4th	C Monroe homered to left, D Young scored.	0	3
4th	M Thames homered to left center.	0	4
5th	J Cantu doubled to deep left, B Fordyce scored.	1	4
7th	M Thames homered to left.	1	5

Devil Rays
4
Tigers
1

Game 1

2/10

Devil Rays
1
Tigers
5

Game 2

3/10

Devil Rays
7
Tigers
4

Game 3

3/10

Comerica Park

12:05 AM, 3 October 2004

Detroit, Michigan

Attendance: 20,029

Game Time:2:19

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Ron Kulpa
First Base Umpire - Adam Dowdy
Second Base Umpire - Bill Miller
Third Base Umpire - Brian Gorman

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
New York	94	68	.580	-	W1
Baltimore	91	71	.562	3	W3
Boston	81	81	.500	13	W1
Tampa Bay	80	82	.494	14	L1
Toronto	74	88	.457	20	L3

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Cleveland	92	69	.571	-	L2
Kansas City	86	76	.531	6.5	W1
Detroit	86	76	.531	6.5	L2
Minnesota	82	80	.506	10.5	L4
Chicago	41	121	.253	51.5	W2

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