Rally Becomes Folly: White Sox 11, Tigers 7
When does a grand slam for your team not mean a whole lot? When your bullpen turns around and allows a grand slam to the opponent in the next inning. After Kenny Rogers put the Tigers behind...
| Final - 9.14.2008 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Tigers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 0 |
| Chicago White Sox | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | X | 11 | 12 | 0 |
Stories
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GameThreads
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Tigers Fans GameThread on Bless You Boys
Boxscore
| FINAL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 0 |
| Chi. White Sox | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | X | 11 | 12 | 0 |
| Detroit Tigers | |||||||
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curtis Granderson, CF | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .298 |
| Placido Polanco, 2B | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .307 |
| Magglio Ordonez, RF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .323 |
| Miguel Cabrera, 1B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .289 |
| Gary Sheffield, DH | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .222 |
| Marcus Thames, LF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | .240 |
| Edgar Renteria, SS | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .269 |
| Ramon Santiago, ph,6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .296 |
| Mike Hessman, 3B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .273 |
| Dusty Ryan, C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .250 |
| Totals | 36 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 8 | |
Batting
Home runs - Granderson, Thames, Hessman
Grounded into DP - Thames
Team LOB - 4
Home runs - Granderson, Thames, Hessman
Grounded into DP - Thames
Team LOB - 4
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA | WP | PC-ST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenny Rogers | 4.2 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5.70 | 0 | 94-56 |
| Chris Lambert | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.27 | 0 | 16-9 |
| Freddy Dolsi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.98 | 0 | 11-6 |
| Bobby Seay (L, 1-2) | .2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.09 | 0 | 10-4 |
| Kyle Farnsworth | .1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3.92 | 0 | 8-7 |
Pitching
IBB - Swisher by Seay
IBB - Swisher by Seay
| Chicago White Sox | |||||||
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orlando Cabrera, SS | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .278 |
| Brian Anderson, 7,8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .234 |
| Dewayne Wise, ph,7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .301 |
| Jermaine Dye, RF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .295 |
| Jim Thome, DH | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .249 |
| Alexei Ramirez, 2B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .300 |
| Ken Griffey Jr., CF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .245 |
| Jerry Owens, 7,8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .300 |
| Juan Uribe, 3B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .249 |
| Nick Swisher, 1B | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .221 |
| Toby Hall, C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .258 |
| Totals | 35 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 4 | |
Batting
Home runs - Anderson, Wise, Thome
Doubles - Griffey Jr.
Sacrifices - Uribe
Team LOB - 4
Home runs - Anderson, Wise, Thome
Doubles - Griffey Jr.
Sacrifices - Uribe
Team LOB - 4
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA | WP | PC-ST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Danks | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 3.32 | 0 | 95-62 |
| Scott Linebrink | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2.57 | 0 | 23-16 |
| Boone Logan | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5.57 | 0 | 6-4 |
| D.J. Carrasco | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.75 | 0 | 12-8 |
| Octavio Dotel | .1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4.06 | 0 | 11-6 |
| Matt Thornton (W, 5-3) | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.64 | 0 | 21-13 |
GAME NOTES
Pitching notes: B.Logan pitched to 1 batter in the 8th. DJ.Carrasco pitched to 2 batters in the 8th.
Officials: Home Plate Umpire - Hunter Wendelstedt, First Base Umpire - Chris Tiller, Second Base Umpire - Mike Winters, Third Base Umpire - Randy Marsh
Duration: 3:16
Pitching notes: B.Logan pitched to 1 batter in the 8th. DJ.Carrasco pitched to 2 batters in the 8th.
Officials: Home Plate Umpire - Hunter Wendelstedt, First Base Umpire - Chris Tiller, Second Base Umpire - Mike Winters, Third Base Umpire - Randy Marsh
Duration: 3:16
