Tigers claw back as Twins struggle
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June 2, 2011, Thursday
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DETROIT pitcher Max Scherzer, who started the season a perfect 6-0, struggled for the second game in a row on Tuesday but the Tigers still clawed their way to an 8-7 victory over division rivals Minnesota.
Brennan Boesch broke a 7-7 tie with a sacrifice-fly RBI in the eighth inning to nose the Tigers (28-26) across the line and give them their third straight win.
"In that situation, I'm looking to be patient to get a pitch to hit, but I'm not trying to guide a sacrifice-fly," Boesch told reporters of his game-winning swing.
"You just have to identify a pitch that you can get the job done with, any way you can."
In a game of momentum swings and lead changes, Detroit had six runs in the fifth to erase a 0-3 deficit, only to fall behind 6-7 in the top of the seventh when Minnesota's Justin Morneau hit a two-run homer with his second blast of the game.
Scherzer left the game in the seventh after allowing all seven runs. The right-hander has surrendered seven runs in each of his last two starts and is 6-2 after the no-decision.
Jhonny Peralta's sacrifice-fly RBI in the bottom of the seventh tied it 7-7 for the Tigers, who let winning pitcher Al Alburquerque work the eighth while reliever Joaquin Benoit closed out the ninth.
Peralta also had a two-run double in the fifth that gave the home team a short-lived 6-3 lead.
Minnesota scored a run in the sixth, and three in the seventh to move ahead. Phil Dumatrait pitched the final one-and-a-third innings for the Twins, taking the loss. Minnesota, which holds the worst record in the Major Leagues at 17-36, has lost three straight and nine of its past 11 games.
Elsewhere in the American League, it was: Indians 6, Blue Jays 3; Rays 5, Rangers 4; Yankees 10, Athletics 3; White Sox 10, Red Sox 7; Royals 7, Angels 3; and Mariners 3, Orioles 2.
In the National League, it was: Cardinals 4, Giants 3; Marlins 5, Diamondbacks 2; Brewers 7, Reds 2; Nationals 10, Phillies 2; Padres 5, Braves 4; Dodgers 8, Rockies 2; Pirates 5, Mets 1; and Astros 7, Cubs 3.
Brennan Boesch broke a 7-7 tie with a sacrifice-fly RBI in the eighth inning to nose the Tigers (28-26) across the line and give them their third straight win.
"In that situation, I'm looking to be patient to get a pitch to hit, but I'm not trying to guide a sacrifice-fly," Boesch told reporters of his game-winning swing.
"You just have to identify a pitch that you can get the job done with, any way you can."
In a game of momentum swings and lead changes, Detroit had six runs in the fifth to erase a 0-3 deficit, only to fall behind 6-7 in the top of the seventh when Minnesota's Justin Morneau hit a two-run homer with his second blast of the game.
Scherzer left the game in the seventh after allowing all seven runs. The right-hander has surrendered seven runs in each of his last two starts and is 6-2 after the no-decision.
Jhonny Peralta's sacrifice-fly RBI in the bottom of the seventh tied it 7-7 for the Tigers, who let winning pitcher Al Alburquerque work the eighth while reliever Joaquin Benoit closed out the ninth.
Peralta also had a two-run double in the fifth that gave the home team a short-lived 6-3 lead.
Minnesota scored a run in the sixth, and three in the seventh to move ahead. Phil Dumatrait pitched the final one-and-a-third innings for the Twins, taking the loss. Minnesota, which holds the worst record in the Major Leagues at 17-36, has lost three straight and nine of its past 11 games.
Elsewhere in the American League, it was: Indians 6, Blue Jays 3; Rays 5, Rangers 4; Yankees 10, Athletics 3; White Sox 10, Red Sox 7; Royals 7, Angels 3; and Mariners 3, Orioles 2.
In the National League, it was: Cardinals 4, Giants 3; Marlins 5, Diamondbacks 2; Brewers 7, Reds 2; Nationals 10, Phillies 2; Padres 5, Braves 4; Dodgers 8, Rockies 2; Pirates 5, Mets 1; and Astros 7, Cubs 3.
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