Detroit 4, Baltimore 3
When: 7:05 PM ET, Friday, September 23, 2011
Where: Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan
Temperature:
58°
Umpires:
Home -
Chad Fairchild, 1B -
Angel Campos, 2B -
Sam Holbrook, 3B -
Paul Schrieber
Attendance:
38623
By SportsDirect Inc.
Victor Martinez singled in the game-winning run in the bottom of the 11th to lift the Detroit Tigers to a 4-3 victory over the visiting Baltimore Orioles on Friday.
Miguel Cabrera homered among three hits for the Tigers, who remained tied with the Rangers for the second-best record in the American League. Texas defeated Seattle 5-3 on Friday.
Willie Eyre (2-2) began his second inning of relief in the 11th and walked pinch-hitter Brandon Inge to open the frame. Eyre got Delmon Young to foul out but yielded a single to Cabrera before being replaced by Zach Phillips.
Martinez greeted Phillips with a single through the left side, plating pinch runner Danny Worth with the winning run.
Ryan Perry (1-0) worked a scoreless frame to grab the win.
Detroit held a 2-1 lead after the first inning, when Cabrera came up with a runner on third and belted a 96-mph fastball on the inside corner into the left field seats for his 27th homer.
Baltimore came back to regain the lead with a pair of runs in the third but the Tigers knotted it again at 3-3 when Ramon Santiago singled off Alfredo Simon, scoring Jhonny Peralta.
Top Game Performances
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Baltimore
|
11 |
0 |
13 |
.282 |
15 |
8 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
| Detroit
|
9 |
1 |
13 |
.243 |
12 |
7 |
4 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
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