Detroit Tigers vs. Cleveland Indians - Box Score - September 16, 2012

Scores for Sep 16, 2012

Final

Series: Game 3 of 3

Detroit won 2-1

(77-68, 34-40 away)

(61-86, 33-39 home)

3:05 PM ET, September 16, 2012

Progressive Field, Cleveland, Ohio

Detroit Tigers
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
Q Berry CF	5	0	1	0	0	2	22	.270	.344	.369
A Dirks LF	4	2	2	0	1	0	22	.312	.371	.473
M Cabrera 3B	5	3	3	3	0	1	17	.330	.394	.596
P Fielder 1B	4	0	1	0	1	0	19	.303	.404	.511
D Young DH	3	0	1	1	1	0	13	.271	.302	.422
B Boesch RF	4	0	1	1	0	0	16	.246	.292	.380
D Kelly RF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.179	.269	.245
J Peralta SS	4	0	0	0	0	1	14	.249	.313	.397
A Avila C	1	0	0	0	1	1	11	.247	.355	.388
G Laird C	2	0	0	0	0	0	5	.264	.327	.368
O Infante 2B	4	1	1	0	0	0	13	.260	.282	.379
Totals	36	6	10	5	4	5	152
BATTING 2B: M Cabrera (36, U Jimenez); Q Berry (9, E Rogers) HR: M Cabrera (38, 7th inning off J Smith 2 on, 2 Out) RBI: B Boesch (54), D Young (64), M Cabrera 3 (123) 2-out RBI: B Boesch, M Cabrera 3 GIDP: O Infante Tigers RISP: 3-9 (P Fielder 0-2, B Boesch 1-2, M Cabrera 1-2, D Young 1-1, J Peralta 0-2) Team LOB: 7
FIELDING E: O Infante (8, ground ball) PB: A Avila.

Detroit Tigers
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
R Porcello	4.2	8	4	2	3	2	0	90-53	4.57
D Smyly	2.1	2	1	1	0	3	0	37-24	4.25
B Villarreal (H, 9)	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5-3	2.36
P Coke (H, 19)	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	12-7	3.58
J Valverde (L, 3-3; B, 5)	0.1	3	2	2	2	0	0	22-11	3.77
Totals	8.1	13	7	5	5	6	0	166-98
PITCHING IBB: M Brantley (By J Valverde); E Carrera (By J Valverde) First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: R Porcello 15/26; D Smyly 6/8; B Villarreal 0/1; P Coke 1/2; J Valverde 3/6 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: R Porcello 18-4-10-21; D Smyly 7-4-8-5; B Villarreal 1-1-0-1; P Coke 2-2-2-1; J Valverde 2-0-5-4 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: R Porcello 9-3; D Smyly 2-1; B Villarreal 1-0; P Coke 0-1; J Valverde 0-1 Game Scores: R Porcello 35

Cleveland Indians
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
S Choo RF	5	0	1	2	0	2	29	.278	.371	.440
J Kipnis 2B	4	1	1	0	1	0	16	.252	.326	.379
A Cabrera SS	4	2	2	0	1	0	20	.269	.338	.417
C Santana C	5	1	3	2	0	0	18	.254	.358	.420
M Brantley CF	3	1	0	0	2	0	24	.282	.339	.401
R Canzler LF	3	1	2	1	0	0	6	.286	.314	.388
E Carrera LF	1	0	0	0	1	0	5	.245	.288	.391
L Chisenhall DH	5	0	1	2	0	2	17	.283	.320	.467
C Kotchman 1B	3	0	1	0	0	0	9	.226	.282	.337
a-V Rottino PH	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.091	.083	.091
b-C Phelps PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	.071	.133	.071
M LaPorta 1B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.227	.261	.318
J Hannahan 3B	3	1	2	0	0	1	11	.232	.301	.332
c-B Lillibridge PH-3B	1	0	0	0	0	1	6	.186	.228	.275
Totals	38	7	13	7	5	6	166
a-hit for C Kotchman in the 8th b-grounded to second for V Rottino in the 8th c-struck out swinging for J Hannahan in the 8th
BATTING 2B: J Hannahan 2 (15, R Porcello 2); J Kipnis (19, J Valverde) 3B: C Santana (2, J Valverde) RBI: S Choo 2 (56), R Canzler (7), L Chisenhall 2 (13), C Santana 2 (67) 2-out RBI: S Choo 2, C Santana Indians RISP: 5-12 (M Brantley 0-1, L Chisenhall 1-2, C Santana 2-3, R Canzler 1-2, S Choo 1-2, J Hannahan 0-1, A Cabrera 0-1) Team LOB: 11
BASERUNNING SB: A Cabrera (8, 2nd base off D Smyly/G Laird) CS: C Santana (4, 2nd base by D Smyly/G Laird)
FIELDING E: U Jimenez (1, throw) DP: 1 (A Cabrera-C Kotchman).

Cleveland Indians
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
U Jimenez	6.0	5	3	2	3	2	0	96-53	5.43
J Smith (B, 3)	1.0	4	3	3	0	1	1	17-11	3.32
V Pestano	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	8-6	2.17
E Rogers (W, 2-1)	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	31-17	2.54
Totals	9.0	10	6	5	4	5	1	152-87
PITCHING WP: E Rogers IBB: P Fielder (By U Jimenez) First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: U Jimenez 8/25; J Smith 3/7; V Pestano 3/3; E Rogers 2/5 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: U Jimenez 12-7-15-19; J Smith 3-1-1-6; V Pestano 1-2-1-2; E Rogers 8-1-5-3 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: U Jimenez 6-10; J Smith 2-0; V Pestano 1-1; E Rogers 1-1 Game Scores: U Jimenez 51

			DET	CLE
	1st	B Boesch reached on infield single to pitcher, A Dirks scored, M Cabrera to third, D Young to second, M Cabrera scored, D Young to third on throwing error by pitcher U Jimenez.	2	0
	3rd	D Young singled to right, M Cabrera scored, P Fielder to second.	3	0
	4th	S Choo singled to left, R Canzler and J Hannahan scored.	3	2
	5th	R Canzler reached on infield single to second, A Cabrera scored, M Brantley to third.	3	3
	5th	L Chisenhall grounded into fielder's choice to pitcher, M Brantley scored, R Canzler out at second.	3	4
	6th	C Santana reached on infield single to third, A Cabrera scored.	3	5
	7th	M Cabrera homered to left center (416 feet), O Infante and A Dirks scored.	6	5
	9th	C Santana tripled to deep right, J Kipnis scored.	6	6
	9th	L Chisenhall singled to deep right center, C Santana scored, M Brantley to third, E Carrera to second.	6	7
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TIGERS MANAGER JIM LEYLAND WAS EJECTED IN THE BOTTOM OF THE FIFTH INNING BY FIRST BASE UMPIRE BRIAN KNIGHT FOR ARGUING A SAFE CALL AT FIRST BASE.
TIGERS CATCHER ALEX AVILA LEFT THE GAME IN THE BOTTOM OF THE SIXTH INNING AFTER SUSTAINING A JAW INJURY IN A COLLISION WITH PRINCE FIELDER.

Stadium	Progressive Field, Cleveland, OH
Attendance	17,233 (40.8% full) - % is based on regular season capacity
Game Time	3:24
Weather	72 degrees, sunny
Wind	6 mph
Umpires	Home Plate - Mark Wegner, First Base - Brian Knight, Second Base - Wally Bell, Third Base - Mike Winters

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