AL: TEXAS at DETROIT <div class="pre">AL FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - TEXAS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 0 DETROIT 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 x 4 8 0 (FINAL) BATTERIES: TEX - BRANDON MCCARTHY, JAMEY WRIGHT (1ST), WES LITTLETON (7TH) AND GERALD LAIRD DET - JAIR JURRJENS, JASON GRILLI (6TH), FERNANDO RODNEY (7TH), TODD JONES (9TH) AND IVAN RODRIGUEZ WP - JAIR JURRJENS (2-1) LP - BRANDON MCCARTHY (5-9) SAVE - TODD JONES (34) HOME RUNS: TEX - NONE DET - NONE TIME: 2:33 ATT: 33,840 PROBABLES: TEX - EDINSON VOLQUEZ (2-0, 2.45) DET - JUSTIN VERLANDER (16-5, 3.56)</div>
AL: TEXAS at DETROIT <div class="pre">TEXAS (1) VS DETROIT (4) - FINAL (2ND GAME) TEXAS ab r h rbi bb so lob avg F Catalanotto lf 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 .276 I Kinsler 2b 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 .276 M Young ss 4 0 1 0 0 1 3 .308 M Byrd cf 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 .310 B Wilkerson 1b 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 .236 S Sosa dh 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .253 N Cruz rf 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .221 G Laird c 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 .218 J Hairston Jr 3b 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .190 a-H Blalock ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .298 R Vazquez 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .242 Totals 31 1 7 1 1 3 9 a-flied out to left for J Hairston Jr in the 8th. BATTING: SF - M Byrd. RBI - M Byrd (62). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - G Laird 1. GIDP - S Sosa, M Young. Team LOB - 5. FIELDING: DP: 2 (M Young-I Kinsler-B Wilkerson, I Kinsler-M Young-B Wilkerson). DETROIT ab r h rbi bb so lob avg C Granderson cf 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 .302 P Polanco 2b 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 .344 G Sheffield dh 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 .269 M Ordonez rf 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 .358 C Guillen 1b 4 0 1 0 0 2 1 .294 I Rodriguez c 4 0 3 1 0 0 1 .286 T Perez lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 .411 B Clevlen lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 B Inge 3b 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 .243 R Santiago ss 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .250 Totals 29 4 8 4 3 4 11 BATTING: 2B - I Rodriguez (28, B McCarthy). S - R Santiago. RBI - G Sheffield (72), M Ordonez (129), I Rodriguez (57), P Polanco (64). 2-out RBI - I Rodriguez, P Polanco. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - B Inge 1, T Perez 1. GIDP - M Ordonez, T Perez. Team LOB - 6. BASERUNNING: SB - C Granderson 2 (22, 2nd base off B McCarthy/G Laird, 3rd base off B McCarthy/G Laird), G Sheffield (21, 2nd base off B McCarthy/G Laird). FIELDING: DP: 2 (R Santiago-P Polanco-C Guillen, B Inge-C Guillen). ---------------------------------------------------- TEXAS - 100 000 000 -- 1 DETROIT - 310 000 00x -- 4 ---------------------------------------------------- TEXAS ip h r er bb so hr era B McCarthy (L, 5-9) 2/3 3 3 3 1 0 0 5.04 J Wright 6 4 1 1 2 3 0 3.63 W Littleton 1 1/3 1 0 0 0 1 0 3.46 DETROIT ip h r er bb so hr era J Jurrjens (W, 2-1) 5 3 1 1 1 1 0 3.15 J Grilli (H, 11) 1 2/3 2 0 0 0 1 0 4.94 F Rodney (H, 10) 1 1/3 2 0 0 0 1 0 4.40 T Jones (S, 34) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.47 WP - J Wright. HBP - G Sheffield (by J Wright). Pitches-strikes: B McCarthy 35-19; J Wright 72-45; W Littleton 11-8; J Jurrjens 72-42; J Grilli 26-20; F Rodney 14-10; T Jones 13-10. Ground balls-fly balls: B McCarthy 0-2; J Wright 10-5; W Littleton 2-1; J Jurrjens 7-7; J Grilli 2-2; F Rodney 2-1; T Jones 2-1. Batters faced: B McCarthy 6; J Wright 24; W Littleton 4; J Jurrjens 18; J Grilli 7; F Rodney 5; T Jones 3. UMPIRES: HP--Jerry Layne. 1B--Bill Miller. 2B--Marvin Hudson. 3B--Adam Dowdy. T--2:33. (Plus rain delay totaling 10 minutes in the 1st). Att--33,840. Weather: 64 degrees, cloudy. Wind: 17 mph, right to left.</div>
AL: TEXAS at DETROIT <div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TEXAS (1) AT DETROIT (4) - HOW THEY SCORED (2ND GAME) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TEXAS 1ST: F Catalanotto singled to left. I Kinsler flied out to right. M Young singled to deep right, F Catalanotto to third. M Byrd hit sacrifice fly to right, F Catalanotto scored. B Wilkerson struck out swinging. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) TEXAS 1, DETROIT 0. DETROIT 1ST: C Granderson walked. C Granderson stole second. P Polanco flied out to center. C Granderson stole third. G Sheffield singled to center, C Granderson scored. G Sheffield stole second. M Ordonez singled to left, G Sheffield scored. C Guillen flied out to right. I Rodriguez doubled to deep left, M Ordonez scored. J Wright relieved B McCarthy. T Perez grounded out to first. (3 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) TEXAS 1, DETROIT 3. DETROIT 2ND: B Inge walked. R Santiago sacrificed to catcher, B Inge to second. C Granderson flied out to center. B Inge to third on wild pitch by J Wright. P Polanco reached on infield single to third, B Inge scored. G Sheffield struck out swinging. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) TEXAS 1, DETROIT 4.</div>
AL: TEXAS at DETROIT <div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TEXAS (1) AT DETROIT (4) - EVENT LOG (2ND GAME) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Texas Starting Lineups -- F Catalanotto LF, I Kinsler 2B, M Young SS, M Byrd CF, B Wilkerson 1B, S Sosa DH, N Cruz RF, G Laird C, J Hairston Jr 3B, B McCarthy RHP. Detroit Starting Lineups -- C Granderson CF, P Polanco 2B, G Sheffield DH, M Ordonez RF, C Guillen 1B, I Rodriguez C, T Perez LF, B Inge 3B, R Santiago SS, J Jurrjens RHP. Umpires -- Jerry Layne (HP), Bill Miller (1B), Marvin Hudson (2B), Adam Dowdy (3B). Gametime Weather: 64 degrees, Cloudy, wind right to left at 17 mph. TEXAS 1ST: F Catalanotto singled to left. I Kinsler flied out to right. M Young singled to deep right, F Catalanotto to third. M Byrd hit sacrifice fly to right, F Catalanotto scored. B Wilkerson struck out swinging. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) TEXAS 1, DETROIT 0. DETROIT 1ST: C Granderson walked. C Granderson stole second. P Polanco flied out to center. C Granderson stole third. G Sheffield singled to center, C Granderson scored. G Sheffield stole second. M Ordonez singled to left, G Sheffield scored. C Guillen flied out to right. I Rodriguez doubled to deep left, M Ordonez scored. J Wright relieved B McCarthy. T Perez grounded out to first. (3 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) TEXAS 1, DETROIT 3. TEXAS 2ND: S Sosa grounded out to shortstop. N Cruz flied out to left. G Laird grounded out to third. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TEXAS 1, DETROIT 3. DETROIT 2ND: B Inge walked. R Santiago sacrificed to catcher, B Inge to second. C Granderson flied out to center. B Inge to third on wild pitch by J Wright. P Polanco reached on infield single to third, B Inge scored. G Sheffield struck out swinging. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) TEXAS 1, DETROIT 4. TEXAS 3RD: J Hairston Jr fouled out to first. F Catalanotto grounded out to first. I Kinsler singled to left. M Young grounded out to pitcher. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) TEXAS 1, DETROIT 4. DETROIT 3RD: M Ordonez flied out to center. C Guillen struck out swinging. I Rodriguez singled to left. T Perez singled to right, I Rodriguez to third. B Inge grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, T Perez out at second. (0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) TEXAS 1, DETROIT 4. TEXAS 4TH: M Byrd grounded out to third. B Wilkerson walked. S Sosa grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, B Wilkerson out at second.(0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TEXAS 1, DETROIT 4. DETROIT 4TH: R Santiago struck out swinging. C Granderson popped out to shortstop. P Polanco lined out to second. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TEXAS 1, DETROIT 4. TEXAS 5TH: N Cruz flied out to right. G Laird popped out to second. J Hairston Jr flied out to left. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TEXAS 1, DETROIT 4. DETROIT 5TH: G Sheffield walked. M Ordonez grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, G Sheffield out at second. C Guillen singled to right. I Rodriguez grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, C Guillen out at second. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) TEXAS 1, DETROIT 4. TEXAS 6TH: J Grilli relieved J Jurrjens. F Catalanotto grounded out to second. I Kinsler grounded out to third. M Young struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TEXAS 1, DETROIT 4. DETROIT 6TH: T Perez grounded out to shortstop. B Inge flied out to right. R Santiago grounded out to pitcher. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TEXAS 1, DETROIT 4. TEXAS 7TH: M Byrd popped out to second. B Wilkerson flied out to left. S Sosa singled to center. N Cruz singled to center, S Sosa to second. F Rodney relieved J Grilli. G Laird struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) TEXAS 1, DETROIT 4. DETROIT 7TH: C Granderson grounded out to first. P Polanco grounded out to second. G Sheffield hit by pitch. W Littleton relieved J Wright. M Ordonez flied out to right. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TEXAS 1, DETROIT 4. TEXAS 8TH: H Blalock hit for J Hairston Jr. H Blalock flied out to left. F Catalanotto singled to center. I Kinsler singled to right, F Catalanotto to second. M Young grounded into double play, third to first, F Catalanotto out at third.(0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) TEXAS 1, DETROIT 4. DETROIT 8TH: R Vazquez at third base. C Guillen struck out swinging. I Rodriguez reached on infield single to third. T Perez grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, I Rodriguez out at second.(0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) TEXAS 1, DETROIT 4. TEXAS 9TH: B Clevlen in left field. T Jones relieved F Rodney. M Byrd grounded out to third. B Wilkerson grounded out to first. S Sosa popped out to second. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TEXAS 1, DETROIT 4.</div>
Jurrjens, Sheffield lead Tigers past Rangers in second game <h3>DETROIT 4, TEXAS 1 (2ND GAME)</h3>DETROIT (Ticker) -- The Detroit Tigers regrouped for ActII. Gary Sheffield, Magglio Ordonez and Ivan Rodriguez drove infirst-inning runs to spark the Tigers to a 4-1 victory over theTexas Rangers for a split of their day-night doubleheader onTuesday. In the opener, Texas hit seven homers and scored 10 runs overthe opening five innings en route to a 13-6 thrashing. It was the Tigers' turn to create an early edge in the nightcap. Sheffield broke out of his 0-for-25 slump with a run-scoringsingle to plate Curtis Granderson, who singled and stole secondand third. After Sheffield recorded his 21st steal, Ordonezslapped an RBI single to left to make it 2-0. Rodriguez smoked a run-scoring double an out later to cap thethree-run first frame and chase Rangers starter Brandon McCarthy(5-9), who was just activated from the 15-day disabled list. An inning later, All-Star Placido Polanco delivered a two-out,run-scoring single against reliever Jamey Wright as the Tigersbuilt a 4-1 lead. The early offense was all the support Tigers rookie JairJurrjens (2-1) needed. The righthander yielded one run andthree hits in five frames in his first start since going on theDL with shoulder soreness on August 26. Jason Grilli and Fernando Rodney bridged the gap to Detroitcloser Todd Jones, who got the final three outs for his 34thsave of the season and 297th career save. Detroit (79-67) drew within 3 1/2 games of the New York Yankees(81-62) in the AL wild card chase. New York plays at Toronto. Wright gave up one run and four hits in six innings. Marlon Byrd lofted a sacrifice fly that scored Frank Catalanottoin the first for Texas, which lost for just the third time inits last 15 games.
Jurrjens, Sheffield lead Tigers past Rangers in second game <h3>DETROIT 4, TEXAS 1 (2ND GAME)</h3>DETROIT (Ticker) -- The Detroit Tigers regrouped for ActII. Gary Sheffield, Magglio Ordonez and Ivan Rodriguez drove infirst-inning runs to spark the Tigers to a 4-1 victory over theTexas Rangers for a split of their day-night doubleheader onTuesday. In the opener, Texas hit seven homers and scored 10 runs overthe opening five innings en route to a 13-6 thrashing. It wasthe Tigers' turn to create an early edge in the nightcap. "After a first game like that, you just have to hit the resetbutton, and typically, we can do that," said Detroit relieverJason Grilli, who pitched 1 2/3 innings. "We know we are betterthan that first game. All we can do is keep winning and hopesome results go our way." Despite the win, Detroit (79-67) remained four games behind theNew York Yankees (82-62) in the AL wild card chase and six backof the Cleveland Indians (84-60) in the American League Central. "We're a huge, huge longshot for the division," Tigers managerJim Leyland said. "But we've got a legitimate shot at the wildcard." Sheffield broke out of his 0-for-25 slump with a run-scoringsingle to plate Curtis Granderson, who singled and stole secondand third. After Sheffield recorded his 21st steal, Ordonezslapped an RBI single to left to make it 2-0. Rodriguez smoked a run-scoring double an out later to cap thethree-run first frame and chase Rangers starter Brandon McCarthy(5-9), who was just activated from the 15-day disabled list. "My health was good. I felt fine," McCarthy said. "The shoulderdidn't hurt, I just wasn't throwing well. I was too quick outthere, I wish that I could have made better pitches and givenour bullpen a rest. I just couldn't make the pitches that Iwanted." An inning later, All-Star Placido Polanco delivered a two-out,run-scoring single against reliever Jamey Wright as the Tigersbuilt a 4-1 lead. The early offense was all the support Tigers rookie JairJurrjens (2-1) needed. The righthander yielded one run andthree hits in five frames in his first start since going on theDL with shoulder soreness on August 26. "I'm a little sore," Jurrjens said. "But I just wanted to getthrough five. I kept getting stiff between innings because ofthe cold wind, but I tried to stay warm. I wasn't feeling anyproblems on the mound." Grilli and Fernando Rodney bridged the gap to Detroit closerTodd Jones, who got the final three outs for his 34th save ofthe season and 297th career save. Wright gave up one run and four hits in six innings. "It's always good coming in a game against a great team in aplayoff race," Wright said. "It's the type of game that youwant to be in. I figured that I could keep us in the game andwe could come back. We just couldn't put it together." Marlon Byrd lofted a sacrifice fly that scored Frank Catalanottoin the first for Texas, which lost for just the third time inits last 15 games. "It's always disappointing not to get the sweep," Rangersmanager Ron Washington said. "But you have to be happy ingetting the split against team as good as the Tigers. If youdon't find the plate with these guys, you are going to pay forit."
Jurrjens, Sheffield lead Tigers past Rangers in second game <h3>DETROIT 4, TEXAS 1 (2ND GAME)</h3>DETROIT (Ticker) -- The Detroit Tigers regrouped for ActII. Gary Sheffield, Magglio Ordonez and Ivan Rodriguez drove infirst-inning runs to spark the Tigers to a 4-1 victory over theTexas Rangers for a split of their day-night doubleheader onTuesday. In the opener, Texas hit seven homers and scored 10 runs overthe opening five innings en route to a 13-6 thrashing. It wasthe Tigers' turn to create an early edge in the nightcap. "After a first game like that, you just have to hit the resetbutton, and typically, we can do that," said Detroit relieverJason Grilli, who pitched 1 2/3 innings. "We know we are betterthan that first game. All we can do is keep winning and hopesome results go our way." Despite the win, Detroit (79-67) remained four games behind theNew York Yankees (82-62) in the American League wild card chaseand 6 1/2 back of the first-place Cleveland Indians (85-60) inthe AL Central. "We're a huge, huge longshot for the division," Tigers managerJim Leyland said. "But we've got a legitimate shot at the wildcard." Sheffield broke out of his 0-for-25 slump with a run-scoringsingle to plate Curtis Granderson, who singled and stole secondand third. After Sheffield recorded his 21st steal, Ordonezslapped an RBI single to left to make it 2-0. Rodriguez smoked a run-scoring double an out later to cap thethree-run first frame and chase Rangers starter Brandon McCarthy(5-9), who was just activated from the 15-day disabled list. "My health was good. I felt fine," McCarthy said. "The shoulderdidn't hurt, I just wasn't throwing well. I was too quick outthere, I wish that I could have made better pitches and givenour bullpen a rest. I just couldn't make the pitches that Iwanted." An inning later, All-Star Placido Polanco delivered a two-out,run-scoring single against reliever Jamey Wright as the Tigersbuilt a 4-1 lead. The early offense was all the support Tigers rookie JairJurrjens (2-1) needed. The righthander yielded one run andthree hits in five frames in his first start since going on theDL with shoulder soreness on August 26. "I'm a little sore," Jurrjens said. "But I just wanted to getthrough five. I kept getting stiff between innings because ofthe cold wind, but I tried to stay warm. I wasn't feeling anyproblems on the mound." Grilli and Fernando Rodney bridged the gap to Detroit closerTodd Jones, who got the final three outs for his 34th save ofthe season and 297th career save. Wright gave up one run and four hits in six innings. "It's always good coming in a game against a great team in aplayoff race," Wright said. "It's the type of game that youwant to be in. I figured that I could keep us in the game andwe could come back. We just couldn't put it together." Marlon Byrd lofted a sacrifice fly that scored Frank Catalanottoin the first for Texas, which lost for just the third time inits last 15 games. "It's always disappointing not to get the sweep," Rangersmanager Ron Washington said. "But you have to be happy ingetting the split against team as good as the Tigers. If youdon't find the plate with these guys, you are going to pay forit."
