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Blue Jays
@ Tigers
Comerica Park
August 21, 2012
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Detroit Tigers and the Toronto Blue Jays, played on August 21, 2012 at Comerica Park.
Game Summary
| Date | August 21, 2012 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Toronto Blue Jays
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| Home Team |
Detroit Tigers
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 21, 2012 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Tue |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Toronto Blue Jays |
| Home Team | Detroit Tigers |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Ricky Romero |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Max Scherzer |
| Ballpark | Comerica Park |
| City | Detroit |
| State | MI |
| Attendance | 39,499 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 56 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Chad Fairchild 1B: Tom Hallion 2B: Alfonso Marquez 3B: Brian O'Nora |
Toronto Blue Jays Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Rajai Davis | Left Fielder |
| Colby Rasmus | Center Fielder |
| Edwin Encarnacion | DH |
| David Cooper | First Baseman |
| Yunel Escobar | Shortstop |
| Kelly Johnson | Second Baseman |
| Omar Vizquel | Third Baseman |
| Jeff Mathis | Catcher |
| Anthony Gose | Right Fielder |
| John Farrell | Manager |
Detroit Tigers Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Austin Jackson | Center Fielder |
| Omar Infante | Second Baseman |
| Miguel Cabrera | Third Baseman |
| Prince Fielder | First Baseman |
| Jhonny Peralta | Shortstop |
| Delmon Young | DH |
| Jeff Baker | Right Fielder |
| Andy Dirks | Left Fielder |
| Gerald Laird | Catcher |
| Jim Leyland | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Blue Jays
@ Tigers
Comerica Park
August 21, 2012
Top 1
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Blue Jays, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Davis vs. Scherzer
Davis hits a popup towards short. Peralta settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Rasmus vs. Scherzer
Rasmus hits a fly ball into center field. Jackson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Encarnacion vs. Scherzer
Encarnacion hits a fly ball into center field. Jackson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Blue Jays, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Jackson vs. Romero
Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Vizquel picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Vizquel. Jackson moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: -2-
Infante vs. Romero
Infante hits a ball on the ground towards short. Escobar scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: -2-
Cabrera vs. Romero
Cabrera hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cooper scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Cabrera for the out. Jackson moves to third. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: --3
Fielder vs. Romero
Fielder takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1-3
Peralta vs. Romero
Peralta takes first base on ball four. Fielder moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: 123
Young vs. Romero
Young takes first base on ball four. Jackson scores. Fielder moves to third. Peralta moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 123
Baker vs. Romero
Baker hits a fly ball into left field. Davis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Blue Jays, 0 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Cooper vs. Scherzer
Cooper hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Dirks. Cooper reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: -2-
Escobar vs. Scherzer
Escobar hits a ball on the ground towards short. Peralta scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Johnson vs. Scherzer
Johnson strikes out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Vizquel vs. Scherzer
Vizquel takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Mathis vs. Scherzer
Mathis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Peralta scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Blue Jays, 0 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Dirks vs. Romero
Dirks takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Laird vs. Romero
Laird takes first base on ball four. Dirks moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Jackson vs. Romero
Jackson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Dirks moves to third. Laird moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-0, RoB: 123
Infante vs. Romero
Infante takes first base on ball four. Dirks scores. Laird moves to third. Jackson moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: 123
Cabrera vs. Romero
Cabrera hits a ball on the ground towards short. Escobar fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Laird scores. Jackson moves to third. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: --3
Fielder vs. Romero
Fielder hits a line drive into center field. Rasmus settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Blue Jays, 0 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Gose vs. Scherzer
Gose strikes out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Davis vs. Scherzer
Davis hits a fly ball into left field. Dirks settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Rasmus vs. Scherzer
Rasmus takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Encarnacion vs. Scherzer
Encarnacion strikes out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Blue Jays, 0 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Peralta vs. Romero
Peralta hits a ball on the ground towards third. Vizquel fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Young vs. Romero
Young hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Baker vs. Romero
Baker hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Johnson fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 4
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Blue Jays, 0 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Cooper vs. Scherzer
Cooper strikes out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Escobar vs. Scherzer
Escobar hits a fly ball into center field. Jackson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Scherzer
Johnson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Vizquel vs. Scherzer
Vizquel strikes out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Blue Jays, 0 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Dirks vs. Romero
Dirks hits a fly ball into center field. Rasmus settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Laird vs. Romero
Laird hits a ball on the ground towards third. Vizquel fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Jackson vs. Romero
Jackson hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Gose. Jackson reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: -2-
Infante vs. Romero
Infante hits a ball on the ground towards third. Vizquel fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Blue Jays, 0 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Mathis vs. Scherzer
Mathis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Peralta scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Gose vs. Scherzer
Gose strikes out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Davis vs. Scherzer
Davis hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Rasmus vs. Scherzer
Rasmus hits a fly ball into center field. Jackson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Blue Jays, 0 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Cabrera vs. Romero
Cabrera hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Romero, and towards Escobar, who fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Fielder vs. Romero
Fielder hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Davis. Fielder reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: -2-
Peralta vs. Romero
Peralta hits a fly ball into right field. Gose settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Young vs. Romero
Young hits a ball on the ground towards third. Vizquel fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Blue Jays, 0 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Encarnacion vs. Scherzer
Encarnacion hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Cooper vs. Scherzer
Cooper hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Escobar vs. Scherzer
Escobar hits a ball on the ground towards short. Peralta fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Scherzer
Johnson strikes out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Blue Jays, 1 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Baker vs. Romero
Baker takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dirks vs. Romero
Dirks hits a line drive into left field. Davis picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Davis. Baker moves to third. Dirks moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: -23
Laird vs. Romero
Laird takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 123
Jackson vs. Romero
Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Vizquel fields it and throws to home to get Baker. Dirks moves to third. Laird moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 123
Infante vs. Romero
Infante hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cooper fields the ball and throws to Romero covering. Safe. Dirks scores. Laird moves to third. Jackson moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Cabrera vs. Lincoln
Brad Lincoln now pitching.
Cabrera hits a fly ball into center field. Rasmus settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Laird tags and scores. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 12-
Fielder vs. Lincoln
Fielder takes first base on ball four. Jackson moves to third. Infante moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 123
Peralta vs. Lincoln
Peralta hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Gose settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Blue Jays, 1 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Vizquel vs. Scherzer
Quintin Berry now playing left field. Andy Dirks now playing right field.
Vizquel hits a line drive into center field. Jackson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Mathis vs. Scherzer
Mathis hits a line drive towards third. Cabrera reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Gose vs. Scherzer
Gose strikes out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Blue Jays, 1 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Young vs. Lincoln
Young hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lincoln fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Berry vs. Loup
Aaron Loup now pitching.
Berry bunts towards the mound. Loup fields it and throws to first for the out. Young moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: -2-
Dirks vs. Loup
Dirks hits a ball on the ground towards third. Vizquel fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: -2-
Laird vs. Loup
Laird hits a fly ball into right field. Gose settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Blue Jays, 1 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Davis vs. Dotel
Octavio Dotel now pitching.
Davis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Peralta scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Rasmus vs. Dotel
Rasmus strikes out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Encarnacion vs. Dotel
Encarnacion hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Cooper vs. Dotel
Cooper hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Jackson. Cooper reaches second base with a double. Encarnacion goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: -2-
Escobar vs. Dotel
Escobar hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Cooper scores. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Sierra vs. Coke
Phil Coke now pitching. Moises Sierra pinch hits for Kelly Johnson.
Sierra hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Escobar moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Vizquel vs. Benoit
Mike McCoy pinch runs for Moises Sierra. Joaquin Benoit now pitching.
Vizquel hits a popup towards third. Cabrera settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Blue Jays, 3 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jackson vs. Lyon
Mike McCoy now playing second base. Brandon Lyon now pitching.
Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Escobar scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Infante vs. Lyon
Infante hits a fly ball into right field. Gose settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Cabrera vs. Lyon
Cabrera hits a ball on the ground towards short. Escobar scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Blue Jays, 3 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Mathis vs. Valverde
Jose Valverde now pitching.
Mathis hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Berry. Mathis reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: -2-
Gose vs. Valverde
Gose hits a popup towards short. Peralta settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Davis vs. Valverde
Davis is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: 12-
Rasmus vs. Valverde
Rasmus hits a fly ball into center field. Jackson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 12-
Encarnacion vs. Valverde
Encarnacion strikes out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 8/21/2012 -- Toronto at Detroit (N)
Toronto AB R H RBI Detroit AB R H RBI
Davis R, lf 4 0 1 0 Jackson A, cf 5 1 3 0
Rasmus C, cf 4 0 0 0 Infante O, 2b 4 0 1 2
Encarnacion E, dh 5 2 2 1 Cabrera M, 3b 4 0 0 1
Cooper D, 1b 4 1 3 1 Fielder P, 1b 2 0 1 0
Escobar Y, ss 4 0 1 1 Peralta J, ss 3 0 0 0
Johnson K, 2b 3 0 1 0 Young D, dh 3 0 2 1
Sierra M, ph 1 0 1 0 Baker J, rf 2 0 0 0
McCoy M, pr-2b 0 0 0 0 Berry Q, lf 0 0 0 0
Vizquel O, 3b 3 0 0 0 Dirks A, lf-rf 3 2 1 0
Mathis J, c 4 0 1 0 Laird G, c 2 2 0 0
Gose A, rf 4 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
36 3 10 3 28 5 8 4
Toronto 000 001 020 -- 3
Detroit 120 002 00x -- 5
Toronto IP H R ER BB SO
Romero R (L) 5.1 7 5 5 8 0
Lincoln B* 0.2 1 0 0 1 0
Loup A 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Lyon B 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Detroit IP H R ER BB SO
Scherzer M (W) 7.0 5 1 1 2 8
Dotel O 0.2 3 2 2 0 1
Coke P+ 0.0 1 0 0 0 0
Benoit J 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Valverde J (S) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
* Pitched to 1 batter in 7th
+ Pitched to 1 batter in 8th
E -- Vizquel O, Davis R
DP -- Toronto 2, Detroit 1
LOB -- Toronto 9, Detroit 10
2B -- Cooper D 2, Jackson A, Fielder P, Mathis J
HR -- Encarnacion E
SH -- Berry Q
SF -- Cabrera M
HBP -- by Valverde J (Davis R)
T -- 2:56
A -- 39499
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