Detroit 4, Cleveland 3
When: 7:05 PM ET, Thursday, August 11, 2011
Where: Progressive Field, Cleveland, Ohio
Temperature:
75°
Umpires:
Home -
Mark Carlson, 1B -
Tim Timmons, 2B -
Jeff Kellogg, 3B -
Eric Cooper
Attendance:
30988
By SportsDirect Inc.
Justin Verlander struck out 10 and won his major league-high 17th game as the Detroit Tigers defeated the host Cleveland Indians 4-3 on Thursday.
Verlander (17-5) gave up three runs and three hits in seven innings while winning his fifth straight start as Detroit salvaged the finale of the three-game series.
Austin Jackson’s suicide-squeeze bunt in the second inning capped a three-run inning and was the decisive run for the Tigers, who moved three games ahead of the Indians in the American League Central.
Verlander raised his major league-leading strikeout total to 196 as Detroit snapped a 13-game road losing streak at Cleveland.
Joaquin Benoit struck out two in the eighth and Jose Valverde worked a perfect ninth for his club-record 33rd consecutive save.
Valverde hasn’t blown a save all season. Willie Hernandez held the old mark of 32 straight saves during the Tigers’ 1984 championship season.
Detroit’s Magglio Ordonez had a sacrifice fly in the first inning and Alex Avila and Wilson Betemit had run-scoring singles in the second prior to Jackson’s squeeze bunt.
Carlos Santana homered in the bottom of the second and Asdrubal Cabrera hit a two-run double in the third for the Indians.
Fausto Carmona (5-12) gave up four runs (three earned) and seven hits in seven innings.
Top Game Performances
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Detroit
|
8 |
0 |
10 |
.242 |
8 |
8 |
4 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
| Cleveland
|
3 |
1 |
7 |
.100 |
7 |
13 |
3 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
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