Final in 13
Cleveland leads 1-0 (as of 7/31)
| Game 1: Friday, July 31 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Detroit | 5 | Final in 13 |
| Cleveland | 6 | |
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| Game 2: Saturday, August 1 | ||
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| Detroit | 4 | Final in 12 |
| Cleveland | 3 | |
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| Game 3: Sunday, August 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Detroit | 1 | Final |
| Cleveland | 11 | |
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7:05 PM ET, July 31, 2009
Progressive Field, Cleveland, Ohio
| View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-Pitch | Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| Detroit - Top of 1st | SCORE | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Roberto Hernandez pitching for Cleveland | DET | CLE | |
| Curtis Granderson | Strike (looking), Ball, Ball, C Granderson singled to center | 0 | 0 |
| Placido Polanco | Ball, Strike (looking), Strike (bunted foul), Ball, Ball, Foul, P Polanco grounded out to shortstop, C Granderson to second | 0 | 0 |
| Carlos Guillen | Ball, Ball, Strike (looking), Strike (swinging), Ball, Ball, C Guillen walked | 0 | 0 |
| Miguel Cabrera | Strike (swinging), M Cabrera singled to left, C Granderson to third, C Guillen to second | 0 | 0 |
| Clete Thomas | Strike (foul), Ball, C Thomas singled to left center, C Granderson and C Guillen scored, M Cabrera to second | 2 | 0 |
| Marcus Thames | Ball, Strike (looking), Ball, Ball, Strike (foul), M Thames flied out to right | 2 | 0 |
| Brandon Inge | B Inge flied out to right | 2 | 0 |
| 2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Cleveland - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | ||
| Edwin Jackson pitching for Detroit | DET | CLE | |
| Grady Sizemore | Strike (looking), Ball, Strike (foul), G Sizemore reached on infield single to shortstop | 2 | 0 |
| Asdrubal Cabrera | Ball, Strike (looking), Ball, Ball, Strike (looking), Foul, Foul, Foul, A Cabrera homered to right center, G Sizemore scored | 2 | 2 |
| Shin-Soo Choo | Ball, Strike (looking), S Choo grounded out to shortstop | 2 | 2 |
| Jhonny Peralta | J Peralta singled to right | 2 | 2 |
| Travis Hafner | Strike (looking), Strike (swinging), Ball, Foul, Ball, Foul, Foul, Foul, Foul, Foul, Strike (swinging), T Hafner struck out swinging | 2 | 2 |
| Chris Gimenez | Strike (looking), Strike (swinging), Ball, Ball, Foul, C Gimenez flied out to center | 2 | 2 |
| 2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Detroit - Top of 2nd | SCORE | ||
| Roberto Hernandez pitching for Cleveland | DET | CLE | |
| Gerald Laird | Strike (looking), Strike (looking), Ball, G Laird flied out to right | 2 | 2 |
| Ramon Santiago | Ball, Ball, Ball, Strike (looking), Strike (looking), Foul, Ball, R Santiago walked | 2 | 2 |
| Curtis Granderson | Ball, Strike (looking), Ball, Strike (looking), C Granderson grounded into fielder's choice to second, R Santiago out at second | 2 | 2 |
| Placido Polanco | Strike (looking), Strike (foul), C Granderson to second on balk by F Carmona, P Polanco grounded out to third | 2 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Cleveland - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | ||
| Edwin Jackson pitching for Detroit | DET | CLE | |
| Andy Marte | Ball, Strike (swinging), A Marte lined out to center | 2 | 2 |
| Luis Valbuena | Strike (looking), Strike (foul), Ball, Ball, L Valbuena singled to left | 2 | 2 |
| Trevor Crowe | Strike (looking), Ball, Ball, Ball, Strike (swinging), Foul, Foul, Foul, Foul, T Crowe singled to left, L Valbuena to third | 2 | 2 |
| Grady Sizemore | Ball, Ball, Ball, Strike (looking), Ball, G Sizemore walked, T Crowe to second | 2 | 2 |
| Asdrubal Cabrera | Ball, Ball, Strike (swinging), Strike (looking), Strike (swinging), A Cabrera struck out swinging | 2 | 2 |
| Shin-Soo Choo | Strike (swinging), Strike (swinging), S Choo grounded out to second | 2 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Detroit - Top of 3rd | SCORE | ||
| Roberto Hernandez pitching for Cleveland | DET | CLE | |
| Carlos Guillen | Strike (looking), Strike (foul), C Guillen grounded out to second | 2 | 2 |
| Miguel Cabrera | Ball, Ball, M Cabrera flied out to center | 2 | 2 |
| Clete Thomas | Strike (swinging), Ball, C Thomas singled to right | 2 | 2 |
| Marcus Thames | Ball, Strike (looking), Ball, M Thames safe at first on error by third baseman J Peralta, C Thomas to second | 2 | 2 |
| Brandon Inge | Ball, B Inge flied out to center | 2 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 1 Errors | |||
| Cleveland - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | ||
| Edwin Jackson pitching for Detroit | DET | CLE | |
| Jhonny Peralta | Ball, Ball, Strike (foul), Strike (foul), Foul, Ball, J Peralta flied out to center | 2 | 2 |
| Travis Hafner | T Hafner singled to deep center | 2 | 2 |
| Chris Gimenez | Ball, Strike (swinging), Ball, Strike (foul), Ball, Foul, C Gimenez doubled to left, T Hafner to third | 2 | 2 |
| Andy Marte | Ball, Ball, Ball, Strike (looking), A Marte grounded out to pitcher | 2 | 2 |
| Luis Valbuena | Ball, Strike (swinging), Strike (foul), L Valbuena flied out to right | 2 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Detroit - Top of 4th | SCORE | ||
| Roberto Hernandez pitching for Cleveland | DET | CLE | |
| Gerald Laird | Strike (looking), Ball, Strike (looking), Foul, Foul, Ball, Strike (looking), G Laird struck out looking | 2 | 2 |
| Ramon Santiago | Strike (looking), Strike (swinging), Ball, R Santiago grounded out to second | 2 | 2 |
| Curtis Granderson | Ball, Ball, Strike (looking), Ball, Ball, C Granderson walked | 2 | 2 |
| Placido Polanco | Ball, Strike (looking), C Granderson caught stealing second, catcher to second | 2 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Cleveland - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | ||
| Edwin Jackson pitching for Detroit | DET | CLE | |
| Trevor Crowe | Ball, Strike (foul), Strike (looking), Ball, T Crowe safe at first on error by shortstop R Santiago | 2 | 2 |
| Grady Sizemore | Strike (looking), Strike (swinging), Foul, Ball, Strike (looking), G Sizemore struck out looking | 2 | 2 |
| Asdrubal Cabrera | Ball, Ball, Strike (foul), Ball, Strike (foul), Strike (swinging), A Cabrera struck out swinging, T Crowe stole second | 2 | 2 |
| Shin-Soo Choo | Strike (swinging), Ball, Strike (foul), S Choo doubled to deep center, T Crowe scored | 2 | 3 |
| Jhonny Peralta | Strike (looking), Strike (swinging), Ball, Ball, Foul, Strike (swinging), J Peralta struck out swinging | 2 | 3 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 1 Errors | |||
| Detroit - Top of 5th | SCORE | ||
| Roberto Hernandez pitching for Cleveland | DET | CLE | |
| Placido Polanco | Ball, P Polanco flied out to left | 2 | 3 |
| Carlos Guillen | Strike (foul), Strike (foul), Ball, Ball, C Guillen grounded out to first | 2 | 3 |
| Miguel Cabrera | Strike (looking), Ball, Ball, Ball, Strike (swinging), Ball, M Cabrera walked | 2 | 3 |
| Clete Thomas | Strike (looking), Ball, Strike (looking), Ball, Ball, Foul, C Thomas flied out to left | 2 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Cleveland - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | ||
| Zach Miner pitching for Detroit | DET | CLE | |
| Z Miner relieved E Jackson. | 2 | 3 | |
| Travis Hafner | Ball, Strike (swinging), Ball, Strike (foul), Strike (swinging), T Hafner struck out swinging | 2 | 3 |
| Chris Gimenez | Ball, Strike (looking), Ball, Strike (foul), Ball, Foul, Foul, Ball, C Gimenez walked | 2 | 3 |
| Andy Marte | Ball, Ball, Ball, Strike (looking), Strike (looking), A Marte grounded out to third, C Gimenez to second | 2 | 3 |
| Luis Valbuena | Strike (swinging), Ball, Strike (foul), L Valbuena flied out to center | 2 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Detroit - Top of 6th | SCORE | ||
| Jose Veras pitching for Cleveland | DET | CLE | |
| J Veras relieved F Carmona. | 2 | 3 | |
| Marcus Thames | Ball, Strike (looking), Ball, Strike (looking), Strike (swinging), M Thames struck out swinging | 2 | 3 |
| Brandon Inge | Strike (looking), Ball, Strike (looking), Strike (swinging), B Inge struck out swinging | 2 | 3 |
| Gerald Laird | G Laird flied out to center | 2 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Cleveland - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | ||
| Fu-Te Ni pitching for Detroit | DET | CLE | |
| F Ni relieved Z Miner. | 2 | 3 | |
| Trevor Crowe | Ball, Strike (looking), T Crowe singled to right | 2 | 3 |
| Grady Sizemore | Ball, Strike (looking), Ball, Strike (foul), G Sizemore flied out to right | 2 | 3 |
| Asdrubal Cabrera | Strike (looking), Strike (bunted foul), Ball, Ball, Ball, Foul, A Cabrera doubled to deep center, T Crowe scored, A Cabrera to third on error by centerfielder C Granderson | 2 | 4 |
| Shin-Soo Choo | Strike (looking), Ball, Ball, Ball, S Choo hit by pitch, R Perry relieved F Ni | 2 | 4 |
| Jhonny Peralta | Strike (looking), Strike (foul), Strike (swinging), J Peralta struck out swinging | 2 | 4 |
| Travis Hafner | Strike (foul), Strike (swinging), Foul, Ball, T Hafner grounded out to shortstop | 2 | 4 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 1 Errors | |||
| Detroit - Top of 7th | SCORE | ||
| Chris Perez pitching for Cleveland | DET | CLE | |
| C Perez relieved J Veras. | 2 | 4 | |
| Ramon Santiago | Ball, Strike (looking), Strike (foul), Ball, Foul, Ball, Ball, R Santiago walked | 2 | 4 |
| Curtis Granderson | Ball, Strike (looking), Ball, Ball, Strike (looking), Strike (looking), C Granderson struck out looking | 2 | 4 |
| Placido Polanco | Ball, Strike (foul), Strike (foul), P Polanco singled to center, R Santiago to third | 2 | 4 |
| Carlos Guillen | Strike (swinging), Ball, Strike (swinging), Strike (looking), C Guillen struck out looking | 2 | 4 |
| Miguel Cabrera | M Cabrera lined out to center | 2 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Cleveland - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | ||
| Ryan Perry pitching for Detroit | DET | CLE | |
| Chris Gimenez | Ball, Strike (looking), Strike (foul), Ball, C Gimenez lined out to left | 2 | 4 |
| Andy Marte | Strike (looking), A Marte grounded out to second, B Seay relieved R Perry | 2 | 4 |
| Luis Valbuena | Ball, Ball, Strike (looking), Ball, Strike (looking), L Valbuena flied out to center | 2 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Detroit - Top of 8th | SCORE | ||
| Tony Sipp pitching for Cleveland | DET | CLE | |
| T Sipp relieved C Perez. | 2 | 4 | |
| M Ordonez hit for C Thomas. | 2 | 4 | |
| Magglio Ordonez | Ball, M Ordonez doubled to deep right center, J Smith relieved T Sipp | 2 | 4 |
| Marcus Thames | Strike (looking), Strike (foul), Ball, M Thames grounded out to first, M Ordonez to third | 2 | 4 |
| Brandon Inge | Ball, Ball, Strike (foul), B Inge singled to center, M Ordonez scored | 3 | 4 |
| Gerald Laird | Ball, Ball, Strike (looking), Strike (foul), Ball, G Laird grounded out to third, B Inge to second, K Wood relieved J Smith | 3 | 4 |
| Ramon Santiago | Ball, Strike (foul), Ball, Ball, Ball, R Santiago walked | 3 | 4 |
| Curtis Granderson | Strike (looking), Strike (foul), Ball, Ball, Ball, Strike (swinging), C Granderson struck out swinging | 3 | 4 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Cleveland - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | ||
| Bobby Seay pitching for Detroit | DET | CLE | |
| M Ordonez in right field. | 3 | 4 | |
| Trevor Crowe | Strike (looking), Strike (foul), Ball, T Crowe tripled to deep center | 3 | 4 |
| Grady Sizemore | Ball, Ball, Ball, Strike (looking), G Sizemore singled to right, T Crowe scored, F Rodney relieved B Seay | 3 | 5 |
| Asdrubal Cabrera | Strike (looking), Strike (bunted foul), Foul, Foul, Strike (swinging), A Cabrera struck out swinging | 3 | 5 |
| Shin-Soo Choo | S Choo singled to center, G Sizemore to third | 3 | 5 |
| Jhonny Peralta | Strike (foul), Strike (swinging), J Peralta grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, S Choo out at second | 3 | 5 |
| 1 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Detroit - Top of 9th | SCORE | ||
| Kerry Wood pitching for Cleveland | DET | CLE | |
| Placido Polanco | Strike (looking), Ball, P Polanco singled to left | 3 | 5 |
| Carlos Guillen | Strike (foul), Ball, Ball, Ball, C Guillen homered to center, P Polanco scored | 5 | 5 |
| Miguel Cabrera | Ball, Strike (swinging), Strike (foul), Strike (swinging), M Cabrera struck out swinging | 5 | 5 |
| Magglio Ordonez | M Ordonez popped out to second | 5 | 5 |
| Marcus Thames | Ball, Strike (swinging), M Thames grounded out to shortstop | 5 | 5 |
| 2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Cleveland - Bottom of 9th | SCORE | ||
| Fernando Rodney pitching for Detroit | DET | CLE | |
| Travis Hafner | Ball, Ball, Strike (looking), Ball, Ball, T Hafner walked, J Carroll ran for T Hafner | 5 | 5 |
| Chris Gimenez | Ball, Strike (bunted foul), C Gimenez sacrificed to first, J Carroll to second | 5 | 5 |
| Andy Marte | Strike (swinging), Ball, Ball, A Marte flied out to center | 5 | 5 |
| Luis Valbuena | Ball, Ball, Ball, Ball, L Valbuena walked | 5 | 5 |
| Trevor Crowe | Strike (looking), Ball, Strike (swinging), Strike (swinging), T Crowe struck out swinging | 5 | 5 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Detroit - Top of 10th | SCORE | ||
| Tomo Ohka pitching for Cleveland | DET | CLE | |
| T Ohka relieved K Wood. | 5 | 5 | |
| Brandon Inge | Strike (looking), B Inge doubled to right | 5 | 5 |
| Gerald Laird | G Laird sacrificed to third, B Inge to third | 5 | 5 |
| Ramon Santiago | Strike (looking), Strike (swinging), R Santiago lined out to first | 5 | 5 |
| Curtis Granderson | Ball, Ball, Strike (foul), Strike (foul), Strike (swinging), C Granderson struck out swinging | 5 | 5 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Cleveland - Bottom of 10th | SCORE | ||
| Brandon Lyon pitching for Detroit | DET | CLE | |
| B Lyon relieved F Rodney. | 5 | 5 | |
| Grady Sizemore | Ball, Ball, Strike (looking), Ball, G Sizemore lined out to center | 5 | 5 |
| Asdrubal Cabrera | A Cabrera bunt grounded out to first | 5 | 5 |
| Shin-Soo Choo | Strike (looking), Strike (foul), S Choo singled to center | 5 | 5 |
| Jhonny Peralta | Ball, J Peralta singled to center, S Choo to third | 5 | 5 |
| Jamey Carroll | Ball, J Peralta to second on fielder's indifference, Ball, Strike (looking), Strike (foul), Strike (looking), J Carroll struck out looking | 5 | 5 |
| 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Detroit - Top of 11th | SCORE | ||
| Tomo Ohka pitching for Cleveland | DET | CLE | |
| Placido Polanco | Ball, Ball, Strike (looking), Ball, P Polanco flied out to center | 5 | 5 |
| Carlos Guillen | Strike (looking), Ball, Strike (swinging), Ball, Strike (swinging), C Guillen struck out swinging | 5 | 5 |
| Miguel Cabrera | Ball, Strike (foul), Strike (foul), Foul, M Cabrera singled to right | 5 | 5 |
| Magglio Ordonez | Strike (looking), M Ordonez grounded out to second | 5 | 5 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Cleveland - Bottom of 11th | SCORE | ||
| Brandon Lyon pitching for Detroit | DET | CLE | |
| Chris Gimenez | Strike (looking), Strike (swinging), Ball, Strike (swinging), C Gimenez struck out swinging | 5 | 5 |
| Andy Marte | Strike (swinging), Ball, Strike (looking), A Marte lined out to center | 5 | 5 |
| Luis Valbuena | Strike (looking), Strike (foul), Ball, Strike (swinging), L Valbuena struck out swinging | 5 | 5 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Detroit - Top of 12th | SCORE | ||
| Tomo Ohka pitching for Cleveland | DET | CLE | |
| Marcus Thames | Ball, M Thames fouled out to catcher | 5 | 5 |
| Brandon Inge | Strike (looking), Strike (swinging), Strike (swinging), B Inge struck out swinging | 5 | 5 |
| Gerald Laird | Strike (looking), Strike (swinging), Ball, Ball, Strike (swinging), G Laird struck out swinging | 5 | 5 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Cleveland - Bottom of 12th | SCORE | ||
| Brandon Lyon pitching for Detroit | DET | CLE | |
| Trevor Crowe | Ball, T Crowe grounded out to first | 5 | 5 |
| Grady Sizemore | Ball, Strike (looking), Strike (foul), Ball, Ball, Ball, G Sizemore walked | 5 | 5 |
| Asdrubal Cabrera | Strike (looking), Strike (foul), Ball, Strike (swinging), A Cabrera struck out swinging | 5 | 5 |
| Shin-Soo Choo | S Choo flied out to left | 5 | 5 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Detroit - Top of 13th | SCORE | ||
| Tomo Ohka pitching for Cleveland | DET | CLE | |
| Ramon Santiago | Strike (swinging), R Santiago singled to left, A Everett ran for R Santiago | 5 | 5 |
| Curtis Granderson | Strike (looking), C Granderson lined out to second | 5 | 5 |
| Placido Polanco | Ball, Strike (foul), Ball, P Polanco singled to left center, A Everett to second | 5 | 5 |
| Carlos Guillen | Strike (swinging), C Guillen grounded into fielder's choice to second, P Polanco out at second, A Everett to third | 5 | 5 |
| Miguel Cabrera | M Cabrera grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, C Guillen out at second | 5 | 5 |
| 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Cleveland - Bottom of 13th | SCORE | ||
| Casey Fien pitching for Detroit | DET | CLE | |
| A Everett at shortstop. | 5 | 5 | |
| C Fien relieved B Lyon. | 5 | 5 | |
| Jhonny Peralta | Strike (looking), Ball, Strike (looking), J Peralta doubled to deep left | 5 | 5 |
| Jamey Carroll | Ball, Strike (foul), J Carroll singled to right, J Peralta scored | 5 | 6 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | |||