Detroit 10, Cleveland 8
When: 1:05 PM ET, Sunday, August 5, 2012
Where: Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan
Temperature:
82°
Umpires:
Home -
Joe West, 1B -
Sam Holbrook, 2B -
Andy Fletcher, 3B -
Rob Drake
Attendance:
38007
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Tigers 10, Indians 8 (10): Miguel Cabrera's two-run homer with two outs in the bottom of the 10th capped a five-run inning, giving Detroit a sweep of the weekend series and handing Cleveland its ninth straight loss.
Cabrera's blast to left-center completed a comeback from an 8-5 deficit. Cleveland closer Chris Perez retired the first two hitters in the 10th. After issuing a pair of walks, Perez (0-3) gave up a run-scoring double to Austin Jackson and a two-run single to Omar Infante that tied the game at 8-8.
Cabrera followed with his 27th homer of the season, extending the Tigers' winning streak to four games. Jackson and Infante each finished 4-for-6.
The Indians blew four different leads. Cleveland rallied off Joaquin Benoit in the 10th after wiggling out of a bases-loaded jam in the bottom of the ninth. Travis Hafner hit his 11th homer of the season, a solo shot with one out to snap a 5-5 tie. Ezequiel Carrera followed with his first homer of the season and Lou Marson doubled home a run later in the inning.
Darin Downs (1-0) earned the victory with two-thirds inning of relief.
Detroit loaded the bases with one out in the bottom of the ninth, but Josh Tomlin got Quintin Berry to ground into a double play to send the game into extra innings.
Cleveland took a 5-4 lead on Hafner’s single in the seventh, scoring Carlos Santana. The Tigers tied the game at 5-5 in the bottom of the seventh as Infante scored on Prince Fielder’s sacrifice fly.
Shin Soo Choo’s solo homer in the third, his 13th of the season, gave Cleveland a 3-1 lead. The Tigers rallied with single runs in the third and fourth, tying the contest at 3-3 on Alex Avila’s run-scoring single in the fourth, scoring Jhonny Peralta.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Cleveland starter Chris Seddon allowed four runs on seven hits in 4 1/3 innings. … Detroit starter Max Scherzer struck out nine in five innings, but surrendered four runs on 10 hits. … Detroit manager Jim Leyland and C Gerald Laird were ejected for arguing in the second inning. … The Tigers traded two minor league players to be named later for Cubs’ utility player Jeff Baker.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Cleveland |
|
Detroit |
|
Chris Seddon |
Player |
Max Scherzer
|
|
No Decision |
W/L |
No Decision |
|
4.1 |
IP |
5.0 |
|
2 |
Strikeouts |
9 |
|
7 |
Hits |
10 |
|
8.31 |
ERA |
7.20 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Cleveland
|
17 |
3 |
30 |
.378 |
16 |
13 |
8 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
| Detroit
|
13 |
2 |
26 |
.333 |
21 |
7 |
10 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
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