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Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
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

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
Starting Pitchers
Detroit   Cleveland
Justin Verlander Player Fausto Carmona
Win W/L Loss
7.0 IP 7.0
10 Strikeouts 6
3 Hits 7
3.86 ERA 3.86
Hitting
Detroit   Cleveland
Wilson Betemit Player Lonnie Chisenhall
2 Hits 1
1 RBI 0
0 HR 0
2 TB 1
.500 Avg .333
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