Detroit 3, Texas 2
When: 1:05 PM ET, Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Where: Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan
Temperature:
58°
Umpires:
Home -
Mike Estabrook, 1B -
Eric Cooper, 2B -
Mark Carlson, 3B -
Tim Timmons
Attendance:
20526
By SportsDirect Inc.
Brandon Inge hit a one-out home run in bottom of the ninth inning to give the Detroit Tigers a 3-2 victory over the visiting Texas Rangers Wednesday afternoon.
Brennan Boesch and Will Rhymes each had two hits for the Tigers (5-7), who have won consecutive games for the first time this season. Jose Valverde (2-0) got the victory for the second straight day by pitching a scoreless ninth.
Michael Young extended his hitting streak against the Tigers to 15 games with a third-inning double. Julio Borbon and Nelson Cruz each had two hits for the Rangers (9-3). Darren Oliver (1-1) got the loss for Texas.
Detroit starter Max Scherzer gave up two hits and no runs through five, but Texas scored twice in the sixth to break a scoreless tie. Cruz and David Murphy hit RBI singles for a 2-0 lead. Scherzer was replaced after throwing 113 pitches in six innings.
The Tigers came back to tie it in the bottom of the sixth. Victor Martinez led off with a double and scored on Boesch’s double. Boesch later scored on Inge’s sacrifice fly.
Texas starter Dave Bush threw 71 pitches in three innings, allowing three hits and three walks.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Texas |
|
Detroit |
|
David Bush
|
Player |
Max Scherzer
|
|
No Decision |
W/L |
No Decision |
|
3.0 |
IP |
6.0 |
|
0 |
Strikeouts |
7 |
|
3 |
Hits |
7 |
|
0.00 |
ERA |
3.00 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Texas
|
9 |
0 |
10 |
.257 |
19 |
9 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
0 |
| Detroit
|
8 |
1 |
13 |
.258 |
17 |
3 |
3 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
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