Texas Vs. Detroit 6-7-11
The Detroit Tigers have been flexing their home run muscle this month and that's helped them close in on the AL Central lead.
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The Detroit Tigers have been flexing their home run muscle this month and that's helped them close in on the AL Central lead.
Brennan Boesch had two of Detroit's four home runs while setting career highs with five hits and five RBIs, and Max Scherzer pitched just long enough for his first win in nearly a month in the Tigers' 13-7 victory over the Texas Rangers on Monday night.
Magglio Ordonez (right ankle weakness) went on the 15-day disabled list retroactive to May 11. Ordonez tested his right ankle pregame workouts May 27-28 in Detroit.
Brennan Boesch turned in the first five-hit game of his two-year career.
Left-hander Phil Coke returns to active roster status in time to start Wednesday in Texas, where the Tigers won the series opener 13-7 Monday. Coke will have spent the minimum 15 days on the disabled list due to a bone bruise in his right foot.
Brennan Boesch hit a three run homer in the first inning and added a solo home run in the third to help the Detroit Tigers beat the Texas Rangers 13-7 on Monday night.
The Tigers today reinstated left-handed pitcher David Purcey from the paternity list.
Whoooosh go the Indians: That sound you heard over the weekend -- part-roar (in Chicago), part-gasp (in Cleveland) -- was that of the Tigers chasing down Cleveland in an increasingly close AL Central race.
Josh Hamilton's return has certainly sparked the Texas Rangers offensively, but one of baseball's best lineups hasn't been asked to do too much lately.
Miguel Cabrera beat Chicago with a two-out, two-run home run Saturday night and added a solo shot in the final game of the three-game series.
The Detroit Tigers have placed reliever David Purcey on the paternity leave list and recalled left-hander Adam Wilk from Triple-A Toledo.
The key player for Detroit over the next two weeks or so just might be Ryan Raburn.
Don't look now, but the Tigers are only two and a half games behind first place Cleveland, as the Indians have been fading after their torrid start. With the Twins apparently dead and buried, and the White Sox looking very vulnerable, the Tigers have a decent chance of winning the Central Division Race.
The Tigers were down by two runs at one point but a six-run fourth inning defined the win for the Tigers as they defeat the Chicago White Sox 7-3 on Sunday afternoon.
Justin Verlander and Miguel Cabrera came up big in the late innings - and the Tigers evened up their series with the White Sox in Chicago with a 4-2 win.
