MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
CLEVELAND GUARDIANS AT DETROIT TIGERS
07/29/2109
 
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
CLEVELAND GUARDIANS AT DETROIT TIGERS
GAME ID: 1985 - MONDAY, JULY 29TH , 2109 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Cleveland Guardians (42-53) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 6 1
Detroit Tigers (46-48) 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 X 4 9 0
Guardians Lose Contest, 4-3
The Detroit Tigers weathered a fine game by Cleveland right fielder J.J. Kirby to upend the Guardians, 4-3, at Comerica Park. Kirby was 2-3 with 2 home runs and a walk. He drove in 3 runs and scored twice. Chad Crum picked up his 8th save of the season. Detroit is now 46-48.

With no one out in the bottom of the seventh, Danny Shipman had a game-changing hit. The Tigers center fielder slammed a run-scoring single off Mike Clark, making the score 4-2, Detroit.

"If we play like this, we can win a lot of games," Shipman told the Detroit Herald.
CLEVELAND BATTING LINESCORE DETROIT BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
B. Ellis 1B 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 .225 8 28
B. Thrash LF 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 .250 6 28
J. Kirby RF 3 2 2 3 1 0 0 .292 25 60
D. Steinhart 3B 4 0 1 0 0 3 1 .195 16 40
G. Franco 2B 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 .257 20 51
R. Carrion DH 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 .243 12 49
J. Sandoval C 4 0 2 0 0 1 1 .192 4 18
C. Roberts SS 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 .252 3 29
   a-B. Barnie PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .254 1 9
E. Roman CF 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 .281 13 54
Totals 33 3 6 3 2 11 14      
a - B. Barnie pinch hit for C. Roberts in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: J. Sandoval (8, 4th Inning off B. Bieber, 0 on, 1 out)
Home Runs: J. Kirby 2 (25, 1st Inning off B. Bieber, 1 on, 1 out; 8th Inning off K. Bowers, 0 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: J. Kirby 8 , D. Steinhart , R. Carrion , J. Sandoval 3
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: B. Ellis , E. Roman
Hit by Pitch: R. Carrion
Team LOB: 6

BASERUNNING
SB: B. Ellis (15)

FIELDING
Errors: B. Ellis (7)
Double Plays: 2 (Roberts-Franco-Ellis, Roberts-Ellis)
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
J. Pettinato LF 4 0 1 0 0 3 2 .307 15 50
L. Ortega 2B 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 .283 1 16
C. Ward RF 4 1 2 1 0 0 2 .293 19 68
C. Peterson DH 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 .338 15 46
R. Knee 1B 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 .300 12 42
J. Hennessey SS 4 2 3 0 0 0 0 .315 2 17
A. Pagan C 4 1 2 2 0 0 1 .236 4 20
M. Collings 3B 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 .250 6 37
D. Shipman CF 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 .263 2 13
Totals 32 4 9 4 2 5 13      
BATTING
Doubles: A. Pagan 2 (5, 4th Inning off B. Alvarez, 1 on, 2 outs; 7th Inning off M. Clark, 1 on, 0 outs) , J. Hennessey (7, 7th Inning off B. Alvarez, 0 on, 0 outs)
Home Runs: C. Ward (19, 4th Inning off B. Alvarez, 0 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: J. Pettinato , C. Ward 5 , J. Hennessey 4 , A. Pagan 4 , D. Shipman
2-out RBI: A. Pagan
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: C. Ward , R. Knee , M. Collings
GIDP: L. Ortega , R. Knee
Team LOB: 6
CLEVELAND PITCHING LINESCORE DETROIT PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
B. Alvarez L (0-1) 6.0 6 3 3 2 4 1 91 4.50   
M. Clark 2.0 3 1 1 0 1 0 28 5.23   
PITCHING
Game Score: B. Alvarez 50
Batters Faced: B. Alvarez 24, M. Clark 10
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: B. Alvarez 5-7, M. Clark 2-3
Pitches - Strikes: B. Alvarez 91-53, M. Clark 28-19
Inherited Runners - Scored: M. Clark 1-1
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
B. Bieber 4.0 3 2 2 2 6 1 78 4.11   
K. Jones 2.0 1 0 0 0 3 0 25 4.23   
K. Bowers W (3-8) 1.2 2 1 1 0 1 1 28 7.09   
B. Whittaker H (9) 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 2.57   
C. Crum SV (8) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5.77   
PITCHING
Game Score: B. Bieber 52
Batters Faced: B. Bieber 18, K. Jones 7, K. Bowers 7, B. Whittaker 1, C. Crum 3
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: B. Bieber 3-3, K. Jones 1-2, K. Bowers 1-3, B. Whittaker 0-0, C. Crum 0-3
Pitches - Strikes: B. Bieber 78-44, K. Jones 25-17, K. Bowers 28-16, B. Whittaker 6-3, C. Crum 5-4
Inherited Runners - Scored: B. Whittaker 1-0
Hit Batsmen: B. Bieber
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: J.J. Kirby
Ballpark: Comerica Park
Weather: Clear skies (71 degrees), wind blowing in from right at 11 mph
Start Time: 10:05 PM CT
Time: 3:01
Attendance: 33476
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