* - Team earned runs does not equal the composite totals for all pitchers due to instances in which provisions of Section 10.16 (i) of the Scoring rules (where runs may be earned for a reliever but not for the team) were applied.
Starting Lineups:
Detroit Tigers Oakland Athletics
1. Jackson cf Weeks 2b
2. Dirks lf Pennington ss
3. Cabrera 3b Reddick cf
4. Fielder 1b Gomes dh
5. D. Young dh Smith lf
6. Avila c Inge 3b
7. Raburn 2b Ka'aihue 1b
8. Boesch rf Suzuki c
9. Santiago ss Taylor rf
Scherzer p Colon p
TIGERS 1ST: Jackson grounded out (third to first); Dirks homered
to right; Cabrera singled to right; Fielder forced Cabrera
(second to shortstop); D. Young forced Fielder (shortstop to
second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 1, Athletics 0.
ATHLETICS 1ST: Weeks grounded out (second to first); Pennington
was called out on strikes; Reddick struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Tigers 1, Athletics 0.
TIGERS 2ND: Avila singled to right; Raburn forced Avila (pitcher
to second to shortstop); Boesch flied to left; Santiago grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 1,
Athletics 0.
ATHLETICS 2ND: Gomes was called out on strikes; Smith walked;
Inge popped to third; Ka'aihue homered to center [Smith scored];
Suzuki flied to center; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 1,
Athletics 2.
TIGERS 3RD: Jackson singled to right; Dirks singled to right
[Jackson to second]; Cabrera doubled to right [Jackson scored,
Dirks to third]; Fielder reached on an error by Ka'aihue [Dirks
scored, Cabrera to third]; D. Young singled to center [Cabrera
scored, Fielder to third (error by Reddick), D. Young to
second]; Avila doubled to center [Fielder scored (unearned), D.
Young scored]; Raburn flied to right; Boesch doubled to left
[Avila scored]; NORBERTO REPLACED COLON (PITCHING); Santiago
doubled to left [Boesch scored]; Jackson flied to center; Dirks
walked; Cabrera singled to shortstop [Santiago scored (unearned,
but earned for the pitcher), Dirks to third]; Fielder flied to
center; 8 R (7 ER), 8 H, 2 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 9, Athletics 2.
ATHLETICS 3RD: Taylor grounded out (shortstop to first); Weeks
singled to left; Weeks stole second; Pennington grounded out
(first to pitcher) [Weeks to third]; Reddick struck out; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 9, Athletics 2.
TIGERS 4TH: D. Young struck out; Avila struck out; Raburn flied
to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 9, Athletics 2.
ATHLETICS 4TH: Gomes flied to center; Smith singled to center;
Inge grounded into a double play (third to second to first)
[Smith out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 9,
Athletics 2.
TIGERS 5TH: MILLER REPLACED NORBERTO (PITCHING); Boesch grounded
out (shortstop to first); Santiago popped to shortstop; Jackson
singled to center; Dirks singled to center [Jackson to second];
Cabrera singled to center [Jackson scored, Dirks to second];
Fielder lined to first; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 10,
Athletics 2.
ATHLETICS 5TH: Ka'aihue struck out; Suzuki struck out; Taylor
flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 10, Athletics 2.
TIGERS 6TH: D. Young singled to right; Avila was called out on
strikes; Raburn popped to catcher; Boesch grounded out (second
to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 10, Athletics 2.
ATHLETICS 6TH: Weeks was called out on strikes; Pennington flied
to left; Reddick tripled to right; Gomes was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 10, Athletics 2.
TIGERS 7TH: RECKER REPLACED SUZUKI (PLAYING C ); Santiago flied
to right; Jackson grounded out (third to first); Dirks singled
to center; WORTH RAN FOR DIRKS; Cabrera grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 10, Athletics 2.
ATHLETICS 7TH: WORTH STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); RABURN CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Smith singled to right; Inge struck out;
Ka'aihue walked [Smith to second]; DOTEL REPLACED SCHERZER
(PITCHING); Recker flied to center [Smith to third]; Taylor
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 10, Athletics 2.
TIGERS 8TH: BLEVINS REPLACED MILLER (PITCHING); Fielder struck
out; D. Young grounded out (third to first); Avila grounded out
(pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 10, Athletics
2.
ATHLETICS 8TH: KELLY REPLACED BOESCH (PLAYING RF); COKE REPLACED
DOTEL (PITCHING); Weeks flied to center; SOGARD BATTED FOR
PENNINGTON; Sogard grounded out (first unassisted); Reddick
singled to third [Reddick to second (error by Cabrera)]; Gomes
singled to shortstop [Reddick to third]; Gomes advanced to
second because of defensive indifference [Gomes to second];
Smith walked; BALESTER REPLACED COKE (PITCHING); Inge homered to
right [Reddick scored, Gomes scored, Smith scored]; BENOIT
REPLACED BALESTER (PITCHING); Ka'aihue doubled to right; Recker
walked; Taylor struck out; 4 R, 4 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 10,
Athletics 6.
TIGERS 9TH: SOGARD STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); BALFOUR REPLACED
BLEVINS (PITCHING); Raburn doubled to center; Balfour threw a
wild pitch [Raburn to third]; Kelly grounded out (second to
first); Raburn was caught stealing home (catcher to third to
first); Santiago grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
0 LOB. Tigers 10, Athletics 6.
ATHLETICS 9TH: VALVERDE REPLACED BENOIT (PITCHING); Weeks
grounded out (third to first); Sogard lined to left; Reddick
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 10, Athletics 6.
Final Totals R H E LOB
Tigers 10 17 1 8
Athletics 6 9 2 6
