Gavin Edwards: Jinx Schminx
After Verlander struck out Jack Hannahan and Grady Sizemore to end the top of the 6th inning, I turned to my friends in the seats next to me to talk about Verlander's performance so far.
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After Verlander struck out Jack Hannahan and Grady Sizemore to end the top of the 6th inning, I turned to my friends in the seats next to me to talk about Verlander's performance so far.
The Cleveland Indians have surprisingly led the AL Central for much of the season, but they now find themselves looking up at the Detroit Tigers.
Austin Jackson robbed RF Shin-Soo Choo of a home run leading off the second, going up above the fence in left center to make the catch.
Manager Jim Leyland dislikes the notion of having to play six consecutive games in National League cities, which would limit his ability to have catcher Alex Avila and designated hitter/catcher Victor Martinez in the lineup simultaneously.
That was great for the Detroit Tigers and really bad for the Cleveland Indians.
The spoiler was Cabrera....Orlando Cabrera ... who got the first hit in the eighth inning off of Tigers' Justin Verlander. But the Tigers get solo possession of first place with the 4-0 win over the Cleveland Indians on Tuesday night.
Inge spoke with the media today after taking batting practice and believes he will rejoin the team when they travel to Colorado this weekend.
Magglio Ordonez will sit out tonight's game against the Cleveland Indians.
Justin Verlander's work on the mound is a big reason the Detroit Tigers are a few percentage points behind the first-place Cleveland Indians in the AL Central.
Detroit (36-30) begins a three-game series with Cleveland (35-29) on Tuesday night. The Tigers trailed the Indians by seven games on May 23.
Phil Coke came out firing bullets to Tampa Bay, his fastball hitting 95 mph for his first two pitches.
The Detroit manager was tempted to use pitcher Rick Porcello as a pinch runner late last week for slow-footed Victor Martinez, but he decided against it.
Magglio Ordonez is back in the lineup for the Detroit Tigers.
Ramon Santiago's RBI triple in the bottom of the 10th inning gave Detroit a 2-1 win over the Tampa Bay Rays on Monday night, keeping the Tigers in a virtual tie for first place on the eve of their big series against Cleveland.
Magglio Ordonez will make his return with the Tigers tonight after his rehab stint with the Mud Hens.
