Detroit Tigers: Going for Broke in 2012 (MLB the Show 2012)

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Beckham, White Sox Beat Tigers For 2nd Straight Day, 4-3

Detroit Tigers at Chicago White Sox
Apr 14, 2012	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Detroit (4-4)	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	3	7	0
Chicago (5-3)	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	x	4	8	0
W: Jesse Crain (2-0) L: Al Alburquerqe (0-1) S: Addison Reed (4)

Scoring Summary
SCORING DETAILS			DET	CHW
CHW	1	Ramirez singled to left, scoring De Aza	0	1
DET	5	Boesch tripled to right, scoring Jackson	1	1
CHW	5	Beckham homered to left, also scoring Viciedo	3	1
DET	8	Avila singled to right, scoring Fielder, Martinez	3	3
CHW	8	Beckham singled to center, Youkilis scores	4	3

Detroit Tigers
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Austin Jackson CF	3	1	1	0	2	2	0	.212
Brennan Boesch RF	4	0	1	1	0	2	0	.276
Miguel Cabrera 3b	3	0	1	0	2	1	0	.250
Prince Fielder 1b	4	1	1	0	1	2	0	.387
Victor Martinez DH	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	.333
Delmon Young LF	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	.310
Alex Avila C	4	0	1	2	0	1	0	.348
Jhonny Peralta SS	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	.179
Ryan Raburn 2b	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.263
TEAM TOTALS	32	3	7	3	7	9	0
BATTING: 2B: Jackson (3) 3B: Boesch (2) RBI: Boesch (5), Avila 2 (5) HBP: Boesch SAC: Young GIDP: Fielder
BASERUNNING: SB: Raburn

Chicago White Sox
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
De Aza CF	4	1	2	0	1	0	0	.148
Ramirez SS	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	.129
Konerko 1b	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	.241
Dunn DH	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	.310
Youkilis 3b	2	1	1	0	2	0	0	.400
Pierzynski C	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231
Rios RF	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	.241
Hudson PH-RF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500
Viciedo LF	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	.318
Morel PR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Danks LF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.429
Beckham 2b	4	1	2	3	0	0	1	.179
TEAM TOTALS	29	4	8	4	6	2	1
BATTING: 2B: De Aza (1), Youkilis (5) 3B: De Aza (1) HR: Beckham (1) RBI: Ramirez (1), Beckham 3 (4) HBP: Ramirez SAC: Hudson

Detroit Tigers
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Drew Smyly	6.0	4	3	3	5	2	1	4.50
Joaquin Benoit	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
Al Alburquerque (L, 0-1)	0.2	2	1	1	1	0	0	5.40
Brayan Villarreal	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
TEAM TOTALS	8.0	8	4	4	6	2	1	4.50

Chicago White Sox
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Danks	6.1	4	1	1	5	6	0	3.00
Jones (H, 1)	1.0	1	2	2	1	2	0	20.25
Crain (W, 2-0)	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.70
Reed (S, 4)	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	4.50
TEAM TOTALS	9.0	7	3	3	7	9	0	3.00

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Tigers Come Back, But Ultimately Lose on Konerko Walk-off Homerun

Tigers at White Sox |
Apr 15, 2012	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Extras	R	H	E
Detroit (4-5)	0	0	2	0	2	0	1	1	1	0	7	15	0
Chicago (6-3)	2	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	9	14	1
W: Brian Bruney (1-0) L: Al Alburquerqe (0-2)

Scoring Summary
SCORING DETAILS			DET	CHW
CHW	1	Dunn singled to right, scored De Aza	0	1
CHW	1	Youkilis doubled to left, scored Dunn	0	2
CHW	2	Viciedo homered to center, also scoring Rios	0	4
DET	3	Raburn singled to left, scoring Avila	1	4
DET	3	Boesch doubled to center, scoring Raburn	2	4
CHW	3	Youkilis homered to center	2	5
DET	5	Cabrera homered to right, also scoring Raburn	4	5
CHW	6	Rios doubled to left, scoring Youkilis	4	6
CHW	6	Beckham singled to center, scoring Rios	4	7
DET	7	Raburn homered to center	5	7
DET	8	Fielder homered to center	6	7
DET	9	Cabrera grounded into a double play, scoring Jackson	7	7
CHW	12	Konerko homered to left, also scoring Ramirez	7	9

Detroit Tigers
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Austin Jackson CF	6	1	2	0	0	2	0	.231
Brennan Boesch RF	6	0	2	1	0	2	0	.286
Miguel Cabrera 3b	6	1	1	2	0	0	1	.237
Prince Fielder DH	6	1	1	1	0	0	1	.351
Victor Martinez 1b	6	0	1	0	0	1	0	.308
Andy Dirks LF	4	0	1	0	1	1	0	.143
Alex Avila C	5	1	5	0	0	0	0	.464
Jhonny Peralta SS	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.161
Delmon Young PH	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.300
Ramon Santiago SS	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167
Ryan Raburn 2b	5	3	2	2	0	1	1	.292
TEAM TOTALS	49	7	15	6	1	8	3
BATTING: 2B: Jackson (4), Boesch (1), Avila (3) HR: Cabrera (1), Fielder (2), Raburn (1) RBI: Boesch (6), Cabrera 2 (6), Fielder (4), Raburn 2 (3) GIDP: Cabrera, Peralta
BASERUNNING: Picked Off: Jackson

Chicago White Sox
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
De Aza CF	6	1	2	0	0	2	0	.182
Ramirez SS	4	1	0	0	2	2	0	.114
Konerko 1b	6	1	2	2	0	2	1	.257
Dunn DH	5	1	1	1	0	1	0	.294
Youkilis 3b	4	2	3	2	1	0	1	.448
Pierzynski C	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	.226
Rios RF	5	2	2	1	0	0	0	.265
Viciedo LF	5	1	2	2	0	0	1	.333
Beckham 2b	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	.182
TEAM TOTALS	45	9	14	9	3	7	3
BATTING: 2B: De Aza (2), Youkilis (6), Konerko (1), Pierzynski (2), Rios (2) 3B: Youkilis (1) HR: Konerko (3), Viciedo (1), Youkilis (3) RBI: Konerko 2 (6), Dunn (5), Viciedo 2 (5), Rios (2), Beckham (5), Youkilis 2 (8)
FIELDING: E: Beckham (1)

Detroit Tigers
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Rick Porcello	5.0	8	6	6	1	4	2	12.91
Octavio Dotel	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	1.80
Phil Coke	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2.45
Duane Below	2.2	2	0	0	1	2	0	0.00
Al Alburquerque (L, 0-2)	1.1	1	2	2	1	0	1	7.71
TEAM TOTALS	11	14	9	9	3	7	3

Chicago White Sox
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Humber	5.1	8	4	2	0	2	1	3.97
Infante (H, 1)	1.2	1	1	1	0	2	1	5.40
Santiago (H, 2)	0.1	1	1	1	0	1	1	2.70
Ohman (H, 3)	0.2	1	0	0	1	2	0	0.00
Reed (BS, 1)	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	5.40
Bruney (W, 1-0)	3.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0.00
TEAM TOTALS	12	15	7	5	1	8	3

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Tigers Break 4 Game Losing Streak With 11 Run Sixth Inning

The Tiger bats were largely silent for 8 innings. Thankfully they were not silent in the 6th inning. The Tigers sent 14 men to the plate with the first 11 hitters of the inning all reaching. Prince Fielder hit a three run homerun and Miguel Cabrera hit a 2 run homerun in the inning. Both Boesch and Cabrera had two hits in the inning and 2 runs. Royals starter Felipe Paulino, who had been pitching well through five was unable to record an out before departing after giving up 4 straight hits, including the Fielder homerun, to the open the inning. Royals reliever Jose Mijares then came in to give up six hits, 2 walks, and 8 runs, all earned, before departing without recording an out. Vin Mazzaro came in to mop up and threw 4 scoreless innings, including retiring the only three batters he faced in the 6th, but by that point the damage had bee done.

Tigers ace Justin Verlander threw seven solid innings, giving up one run and 4 hits while striking out eight. Brayan Villarreal threw the last two innings of the night. For the Tigers, Cabrera had 3 hits and 2 RBIs. Fielder also had 3 RBIs. Victor Martinez had 3 hits and scored twice. Royals left fielder Alex Gordon had 3 hits, including 2 triples but was stranded each time. The only Royals run came when Eric Hosmer singled to left, stole second, reached third on a Verlander wild pitch, and then trotted home on a deep ly to right by Jeff Francoeur.

Detroit improved to 5-5, while the hapless Royals fell to 1-9.

Detroit Tigers at Kansas City Royals
Apr 16, 2012	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Detroit (5-5)	0	1	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	12	17	0
Kansas City (1-9)	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0
W: Justin Verlander (2-0) L: Felipe Paulino (0-1)

Scoring Summary
SCORING DETAILS			DET	KAN
DET	2	Raburn singled, Martinez scored	1	0
KAN	2	Francoeur sacrifice fly, Hosmer scored	1	1
DET	6	Fielder homered to center, Boesch and Cabrera also scored	4	1
DET	6	Avila singled to right, Martinez scored	5	1
DET	6	Peralta singled to left, Young scored	6	1
DET	6	Jackson doubled to right, Avila, Peralta, and Raburn scored	9	1
DET	6	Boesch singled to left, Jackson scored	10	1
DET	6	Cabrera Homered to center, Boesch also scored	12	1

Detroit Tigers
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Austin Jackson CF	5	1	2	3	0	2	0	.250
Brennan Boesch RF	5	2	2	1	0	1	0	.300
Don Kelly RF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Miguel Cabrera 3b	5	2	3	2	0	1	1	.279
Prince Fielder 1b	5	1	1	3	0	2	1	.333
Victor Martinez DH	5	2	3	0	0	0	0	.341
Delmon Young LF	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	.303
Andy Dirks LF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125
Alex Avila C	5	1	2	1	0	1	0	.455
Jhonny Peralta SS	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	.171
Ryan Raburn 2b	3	1	2	1	1	0	0	.333
Ramon Santiago 2b	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167
TEAM TOTALS	41	12	17	12	2	7	2
BATTING: 2B: Jackson (5), Cabrera (2) HR: Fielder (3), Cabrera (2) RBI: Jackson 3 (3), Boesch (7), Cabrera 2 (8), Fielder 3 (7), Avila (6), Peralta (2), Raburn (4) GIDP: Dirks
BASERUNNING: CS: Raburn (1)

Kansas City Royals
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Dyson, CF	3	0	1	0	1	2	0	.179
Escobar, SS	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.258
Butler, DH	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.194
Hosmer, 1b	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	.282
Gordon, LF	4	0	3	0	0	1	0	.325
Francoeur, RF	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	.250
Betancourt, 3b	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	.125
Pena, C	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.091
Falu, 2b	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	.167
TEAM TOTALS	30	1	5	1	4	9	0
BATTING: 3B: Gordon 2 (2) RBI: Francoeur (8) SF: Francoeur GIDP: Pena
BASERUNNING: SB: Hosmer (2), Dyson (1)

Detroit Tigers
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Justin Verlander (W, 2-0)	7.0	4	1	1	3	8	0	1.96
Brayan Villarreal	2.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0.00

Kansas City Royals
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Paulino (L, 0-1)	5.0	9	4	4	0	4	1	4.91
Mijares	0.0	6	8	8	2	0	1	12.00
Mazzaro	4.0	2	0	0	0	3	0	3.65

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Fister Throws Complete Game, Gets 2nd Win of the Year in 4-1 Tiger Victory

Detroit Tigers at Kansas City Royals
Apr 17, 2012	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Detroit (6-5)	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	4	9	2
Kansas City (1-10)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	6	0
W: Doug Fister (2-1) L: Bruce Chen (1-2)

Scoring Summary
SCORING DETAILS			DET	KAN
DET	6	Cabrera tripled to left, Jackson scored	1	0
DET	6	Fielder singled to right, Cabrera scored	2	0
DET	7	Raburn doubled to right, Santiago scored	3	0
DET	7	Jackson singled to center, Raburn scored	4	0
KAN	9	Hosmer homered to left	4	1

Detroit Tigers
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Austin Jackson CF	4	1	3	1	1	0	0	.292
Brennan Boesch RF	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.273
Miguel Cabrera 3b	4	1	1	1	0	1	0	.277
Prince Fielder 1b	4	0	1	1	0	2	0	.326
Victor Martinez 1b	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.313
Delmon Young LF	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	.278
Gerald Laird C	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	.100
Ramon Santiago SS	4	1	1	0	0	3	0	.187
Ryan Raburn 2b	4	1	3	1	0	0	0	.387
TEAM TOTALS	35	4	9	4	2	10	0
BATTING: 2B: Raburn (4) 3B: Cabrera (1) RBI: Jackson (4), Cabrera (9), Fielder (8), Raburn (5) GIDP: Cabrera
BASERUNNING: SB: Jackson 2 (4)
FIELDING: E: Laird (1), Raburn (1)

Kansas City Royals
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Dyson, CF	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.156
Escobar, SS	4	0	1	0	0	2	0	.257
Butler, DH	4	0	1	0	0	2	0	.200
Hosmer, 1b	4	1	1	1	0	1	1	.279
Gordon, LF	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	.295
Betancourt, 3b	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.139
Maier, RF	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	.333
Falu, 2b	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	.179
Quintero, C	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.158
TEAM TOTALS	34	1	6	1	1	9	1
BATTING: 2B: Butler (2), Escobar (2), Maier (1) HR: Hosmer (4) RBI: Hosmer (9) GIDP: Maier

Detroit Tigers
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Doug Fister (W, 2-1)	9.0	6	1	1	1	9	1	2.42

Kansas City Royals
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Chen (L, 1-2)	6.2	7	4	4	1	7	0	4.26
Holland	0.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	6.00
Collins	2.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0.00

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Tigers Boot Away Victory, Lose to Royals 6-5

The Detroit Tigers committed three errors on their way to a road loss to the Kansas City Royals Wednesday at Kaufmann Stadium. It was just the 2nd victory of the season for the Royals against 10 losses. Detroit got off to a fast start as Austin Jackson led the game off with a homerun. The Tigers added a 2nd first inning run on a double from Prince Fielder that scored Miguel Cabrera. The Royals got a run right back when Max Scherzer threw away Alcides Escobar's bunt. Escobar stole second and scored on a single by Eric Hosmer, who was thrown out by Delmon Young trying to stretch the hit into a double. Fielder again doubled home Cabrera in the third to give the Tigers a 3-1 lead. However in the bottom of the inning, the Royals got two runs back, aided by an error by Fielder. The Royals took the lead for good in the 6th after Miguel Cabrera threw the ball low to first and Fielder was unable to scoop it. From there the Royals scored two runs on consecutive sacrifice flies. The Tigers pulled back within one in the top of the 7th when Austin Jackson singled home Jhonny Peralta, who had reached on an error by Royals third baseman Mike Moustakas, playing his first game of the season after coming of the Disabled List. The Royals got the run back in the bottom of the 7th inning on an RBI single by Hosmer. The Tigers got one run back in the 9th when Alex Avila doubled and was then knocked home with a double by pinch hitter Brennan Boesch. However Austin Jackson grounded out, advancing Boesch to third. Ryan Raburn pinch hit for Ramon Santiago, but grounded out to end the game.

Detroit fell to 6-6 and heads back home tonight in order to open a homestand against the Texas Rangers on Thursday night.

Detroit Tigers at Kansas City Royals
Apr 18, 2012	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Detroit ()	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	5	9	3
Kansas City ()	1	0	2	0	0	2	1	0	s	6	8	2
W: Danny Duffy (1-2) L: Max Scherzer (0-2) S: Joakim Soria (1)

Scoring Summary
SCORING DETAILS			DET	KAN
DET	1	Jackson homered to left	1	0
DET	1	Fielder doubled to left, Cabrera scored	2	0
KAN	1	Hosmer singled to left, Escobar scored	2	1
DET	3	Fielder doubled to center, Cabrera scored	3	1
KAN	3	Escobar reached on fielder's choice, Cain scores	3	2
KAN	3	Butler singled to center, Pena scored	3	3
KAN	6	Moustakas sacrifice fly to right, Butler scored	3	4
KAN	6	Francoeur sacrifice fly to center, Hosmer scored	3	5
DET	7	Jackson singled to center, Peralta scored	4	5
KAN	7	Hosmer singled to left, Falu scored	4	6
DET	9	Boesch doubled to left, Avila scored	5	6

Detroit Tigers
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Austin Jackson CF	5	1	2	2	0	1	1	.302
Ramon Santiago 2b	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.158
Ryan Rayburn PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.375
Miguel Cabrera 3b	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	.275
Prince Fielder 1b	4	0	2	2	0	0	0	.340
Victor Martinez DH	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.308
Delmon Young LF	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.275
Alex Avila C	4	1	1	0	0	1	0	.432
Jhonny Peralta SS	4	1	0	0	0	3	0	.154
Don Kelly RF	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000
Brennan Boesch PH	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	.289
TEAM TOTALS	37	5	9	5	0	6	1
BATTING: 2B: Boesch (2), Fielder 2 (4), Avila (4) HR: Jackson (1) HBP: Santiago GIDP: Santiago
FIELDING: E: Scherzer (1), Cabrera (3), Fielder (1)

Kansas City Royals
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Escobar SS	4	1	0	1	0	1	0	.231
Falu 2b	4	1	1	0	0	1	0	.187
Butler, DH	3	1	1	1	1	1	0	.209
Hosmer, 1b	4	1	3	2	0	1	0	.319
Gordon, LF	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	.292
Moustakas 3b	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	.333
Francoeur RF	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	.233
Cain CF	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	.200
Pena C	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	.083
TEAM TOTALS	31	6	8	6	2	5	0
BATTING: RBI: Hosmer 2 (11), Butler (2), Francoeur (9), Moustakas (1), Escobar (1) SF: Francoeur, Falu GIDP: Francoeur, Falu
BASERUNNING: SB: Escobar (3)
FIELDING: E: Moustakas 2 (2)

Detroit Tigers
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Max Scherzer (L, 0-2)	6.0	6	5	1	1	5	0	3.18
Phil Coke	0.2	1	1	1	0	0	0	4.15
Brayan Villarreal	0.1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0.00
Joaquin Benoit	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00

Kansas City Royals
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Duffy (W, 1-2)	6.1	6	4	2	0	5	1	7.84
Broxton (H, 2)	1.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	4.26
Soria (S, 1)	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	9.00

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Boesch, Fielder Power Tigers to 8-3 Win over Texas Rangers

Texas Rangers at Detroit Tigers
Apr 19, 2012	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Texas (5-8)	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	7	1
Detroit (7-6)	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	3	x	8	7	0
W: Drew Smyly (1-0) L: Roy Oswalt (0-1) S: Octavio Dotel (1)

Scoring Summary
SCORING DETAILS			TEX	DET
TEX	3	Andres singld to left, Gentry scored	1	0
DET	5	Peralta singled to right, Dirks scored	1	1
DET	5	Raburn singled to left, Avila Scored	1	2
DET	5	Boesch homered to right, also scoring Peralta and Raburn	1	5
TEX	6	Gentry walked, Beltre scored	2	5
TEX	6	Kinsler walked, Cruz scored	3	5
DET	8	Fielder homered to left, Cabrera also scored	3	7
DET	8	Jackson flied to right, Martinez scored on throwing error	3	8

Texas Rangers
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Kinsler 2b	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	.306
Andrus SS	5	0	2	1	0	0	0	.196
Hamilton CF	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	.333
Beltre 3b	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	.239
Young DH	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.327
Cruz RF	4	1	2	0	0	2	0	.333
Napoli C	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.175
Moreland 1b	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	.267
Gentry LF	2	1	0	1	2	0	0	.179
TEAM TOTALS	33	3	7	3	7	4	0
BATTING: 2B: Hamilton (3) RBI: Kinsler (3), Andrus (7), Gentry (5) GIDP: Napoli
BASERUNNING: SB: Gentry (3)
FIELDING: E: Cruz (1)

Detroit Tigers
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Austin Jackson CF	4	0	0	0	1	1	0	.281
Brennan Boesch RF	5	1	2	3	0	1	1	.300
Miguel Cabrera 3b	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	.269
Prince Fielder 1b	4	1	1	2	0	1	1	.333
Victor Martinez DH	3	1	0	0	1	1	0	.291
Andy Dirks LF	4	1	1	0	0	3	0	.167
Alex Avila C	3	1	0	0	1	3	0	.400
Jhonny Peralta SS	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	.186
Ryan Raburn 2b	3	1	1	1	1	0	0	.371
TEAM TOTALS	31	8	7	7	7	10	2
BATTING: 2B: Dirks (1) HR: Boesch (2), Fielder (4) RBI: Boesch 3 (11), Fielder 2 (12), Peralta (3), Raburn (6) GIDP: Boesch

Texas Rangers
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Oswalt (L, 0-1)	5.0	5	5	5	4	4	1	6.60
Uehara	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	9.45
Ogando	2.0	2	3	2	3	4	1	6.75

Detroit Tigers
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Drew Smyly (W, 1-0)	5.2	5	3	3	7	2	0	4.63
Al Alburquerque (H, 1)	1.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	6.00
Octavio Dotel (S, 1)	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.29

[VandyRedskins21]

Solid win in the series opener against Texas. Hopefully Cabrera can start hitting for a better average. If he starts hitting around .285 or so, that middle will be lethal... More lethal than it already is.

[Comduklakis]

Tigers Miss Opportunities, Lose 6-3 to Texas

Detroit certainly had its opportunities in this one. The Tigers left the bases loaded in the 1st, 8th, and 9th innings on their way to a 6-3 loss to the Texas Rangers. Victor Martinez struck out and Delmon Young flied out in the 1st after singles by Austin Jackson, Miguel Cabrera, and Prince Fielder had the sacks filled with one out. In the 8th, Young again failed to get a run home with the bases full and in the 9th Jhonny Peralta struck out to the end the contest with the tying run on first. The Rangers struck first when Ian Kinsler hit a low sinking line drive to center in the 5th with two Rangers on base. Tigers center fielder Jackson was unable to come up with the play and the ball scooted past him and to the wall. Two Rangers came around to score before Kinsler stopped on third base with his 2nd triple of the game and a 2-0 Texas lead. Detroit answered back in the bottom of the 5th on a Cabrera RBI single to cut the lead in half. In the 7th, Tiger starter Rick Porcello gave up a two run HR to Mike Napoli and then reliever Joaquin Benoit gave up a two run single to Adrian Beltre, leaving Texas up 6-1. Detroit got one back in the 8th on a Tiger solo homerun from Cabrera and a 2nd run back in the 9th on a Boesch RBI double but were unable to complete the big inning in either case.

Detroit fell back to .500 at 7-7, while the Rangers improved to 6-8.

Texas Rangers at Detroit Tigers
Apr 20,	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Texas (6-8)	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	0	0	6	12	0
Detroit (7-7)	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	3	14	0
W: Neftali Feliz (2-1) L: Rick Porcello (0-1) S: Joe Nathan (4)

Scoring Summary
SCORING DETAILS			TEX	DET
TEX	5	Kinsler tripled to center, Cruz and Napoli scored	2	0
DET	5	Cabrera singled to left, Peralta scored	2	1
TEX	7	Napoli homered to left, Moreland scored	4	1
TEX	7	Beltre singled to left, Murphy and Andrus scored	6	1
DET	8	Cabrera homered to right	6	2
DET	9	Boesch doubled to center, Raburn scored	6	3

Texas Rangers
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Ian Kinsler, 2b	5	0	2	2	0	2	0	.315
Elvis Andrus, SS	5	1	1	0	0	1	0	.196
Josh Hamilton, CF	5	0	0	0	0	2	0	.302
Adrian Beltre, 3b	5	0	3	2	0	1	0	.275
Michael Young, DH	5	0	1	0	0	4	0	.317
Nelson Cruz, RF	4	1	1	0	0	1	0	.327
Mitch Moreland, 1b	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	.286
Mike Napoli, C	2	2	1	2	2	0	1	.190
David Murphy, LF	3	1	1	0	1	1	0	.262
TEAM TOTALS	38	6	12	6	3	12	1
BATTING: 2B: Andrus (2), Beltre (3), Cruz (4) 3B: Kinsler 2 (3) HR: Napoli (2) RBI: Kinsler 2 (5), Beltre 2 (8), Napoli 2 (6)
BASERUNNING: SB: Muprhy (2)

Detroit Tigers
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Austin Jackson CF	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	.290
Brennan Boesch RF	4	0	1	1	1	1	0	.296
Miguel Cabrera 3b	5	1	4	2	0	0	1	.316
Prince Fielder 1b	5	0	1	0	0	1	0	.322
Victor Martinez DH	5	0	3	0	0	1	0	.317
Delmon Young LF	5	0	1	0	0	1	0	.267
Alex Avila C	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	.395
Jhonny Peralta SS	3	1	0	0	1	1	0	.174
Ryan Raburn 2b	4	1	1	0	0	2	0	.359
TEAM TOTALS	39	3	14	3	3	8	1
BATTING: 2B: Boesch (3) HR: Cabrera (3) RBI: Boesch (12), Cabrera 2 (11) GIDP: Peralta
BASERUNNING: CS: Jackson (2)

Texas Rangers
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Neftali Feliz (W, 2-1)	7.0	7	1	1	2	6	0	2.66
Mike Adams	1.0	3	1	1	1	1	1	8.10
Koji Uehara	.01	2	1	1	0	0	0	10.29
Joe Nathan (S, 4)	0.2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0.00
TEAM TOTALS	9.0	14	3	3	3	8	1	3.00

Detroit Tigers
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Rick Porcello (L, 0-1)	6.0	8	4	4	1	7	1	9.88
Joaquin Benoit	1.0	2	2	2	1	3	0	3.86
Phil Coke	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	3.38
Al Alburquerque	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	5.14
TEAM TOTALS	9.0	12	6	6	2	12	1	6.00