GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: AL: CLEVELAND (51-32) at DETROIT (47-34)

AL: CLEVELAND at DETROIT

<div class="pre">AL FINAL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
CLEVELAND 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 4 10 0
DETROIT 1 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 x 6 12 1 (FINAL)

BATTERIES: CLE - JAKE WESTBROOK, EDWARD MUJICA (7TH), FERNANDO CABRERA (8TH)
AND VICTOR MARTINEZ

DET - KENNY ROGERS, JASON GRILLI (6TH), MACAY MCBRIDE
(7TH), ZACH MINER (7TH), TODD JONES (9TH) AND IVAN RODRIGUEZ

HOME RUNS: CLE - TRAVIS HAFNER (14) OFF MACAY MCBRIDE IN THE 7TH, 1 ON

DET - NONE</div>

 

AL: CLEVELAND at DETROIT

<div class="pre">AL FINAL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
CLEVELAND 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 4 10 0
DETROIT 1 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 x 6 12 1 (FINAL)

BATTERIES: CLE - JAKE WESTBROOK, EDWARD MUJICA (7TH), FERNANDO CABRERA (8TH)
AND VICTOR MARTINEZ

DET - KENNY ROGERS, JASON GRILLI (6TH), MACAY MCBRIDE
(7TH), ZACH MINER (7TH), TODD JONES (9TH) AND IVAN RODRIGUEZ


WP - KENNY ROGERS (3-0)
LP - JAKE WESTBROOK (1-4)
SAVE - TODD JONES (21)

HOME RUNS: CLE - TRAVIS HAFNER (14) OFF MACAY MCBRIDE IN THE 7TH, 1 ON

DET - NONE


TIME: 3:11 ATT: 40,782

PROBABLES: CLE - C.C. SABATHIA (12-2, 3.20)
DET - JUSTIN VERLANDER (9-3, 3.18)</div>

 

AL: CLEVELAND at DETROIT

<div class="pre">CLEVELAND (4) VS DETROIT (6) - FINAL

CLEVELAND ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
G Sizemore cf 3 0 1 0 2 1 1 .283
C Blake 3b 4 1 1 1 1 0 4 .271
J Peralta ss 3 1 0 0 2 1 4 .280
V Martinez c 5 0 1 1 0 0 1 .322
T Hafner dh 4 1 1 2 1 2 2 .257
J Michaels lf 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 .289
a-B Francisco ph-lf 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500
R Garko 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .294
F Gutierrez rf 4 1 1 0 0 0 3 .288
J Barfield 2b 4 0 2 0 0 1 2 .257

Totals 36 4 10 4 6 6 19

a-reached on infield single to third for J Michaels in the 7th.

BATTING: 2B - R Garko (12, K Rogers); V Martinez (21, K Rogers). HR - T Hafner
(14, 7th inning off M McBride 1 on, 1 Out). RBI - C Blake (43), V Martinez
(64), T Hafner 2 (54). 2-out RBI - V Martinez. Runners left in scoring
position, 2 out - T Hafner 2, C Blake 2, J Peralta 2, F Gutierrez 2. Team LOB -
11.

BASERUNNING: CS - B Francisco (1, 2nd base by Z Miner/I Rodriguez). Picked
Off - G Sizemore (1st base, K Rogers).

FIELDING: DP: 1 (J Peralta-J Barfield-R Garko).


DETROIT ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
C Granderson cf 4 1 1 1 1 2 1 .284
P Polanco 2b 4 0 1 1 0 1 3 .330
G Sheffield dh 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 .295
M Ordonez rf 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 .365
C Guillen ss 4 1 3 1 0 0 0 .328
I Rodriguez c 4 1 2 1 0 0 3 .282
S Casey 1b 4 2 2 0 0 1 1 .294
M Thames lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 .235
B Inge 3b 4 0 1 2 0 1 1 .247

Totals 35 6 12 6 2 5 12

BATTING: 2B - S Casey (20, J Westbrook); C Granderson (23, J Westbrook). 3B - C
Guillen (5, E Mujica); I Rodriguez (2, E Mujica). RBI - C Guillen (61), B Inge
2 (40), C Granderson (42), P Polanco (37), I Rodriguez (45). 2-out RBI - C
Guillen, C Granderson, P Polanco, I Rodriguez. Runners left in scoring
position, 2 out - I Rodriguez 1, S Casey 1, P Polanco 2. GIDP - I Rodriguez.
Team LOB - 7.

BASERUNNING: SB - B Inge (5, 2nd base off J Westbrook/V Martinez), M Thames
(2, 2nd base off J Westbrook/V Martinez).

FIELDING: E - B Inge (9, ground ball).


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CLEVELAND - 001 010 200 -- 4
DETROIT - 110 300 10x -- 6
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CLEVELAND ip h r er bb so hr era
J Westbrook (L, 1-4) 6 10 5 5 2 3 0 6.27
E Mujica 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 6.14
F Cabrera 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 4.45

DETROIT ip h r er bb so hr era
K Rogers (W, 3-0) 5 1/3 7 2 1 3 3 0 1.04
J Grilli (H, 7) 2/3 0 1 1 2 1 0 6.10
M McBride (H, 2) 1/3 1 1 1 0 0 1 4.91
Z Miner (H, 3) 1 2/3 2 0 0 1 1 0 1.80
T Jones (S, 21) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 5.67

J Grilli pitched to 1 batter in the 7th.

WP - Z Miner. Pitches-strikes: J Westbrook 102-65; E Mujica 10-7; F Cabrera
9-7; K Rogers 95-59; J Grilli 16-7; M McBride 7-4; Z Miner 35-19; T Jones
11-10. Ground balls-fly balls: J Westbrook 8-7; E Mujica 1-2; F Cabrera 0-1; K
Rogers 8-4; J Grilli 1-0; M McBride 0-1; Z Miner 3-0; T Jones 1-1. Batters
faced: J Westbrook 29; E Mujica 5; F Cabrera 3; K Rogers 26; J Grilli 4; M
McBride 2; Z Miner 7; T Jones 3.

UMPIRES: HP--Kerwin Danley. 1B--Doug Eddings. 2B--Dana Demuth. 3B--Derryl
Cousins.

T--3:11. Att--40,782.
Weather: 76 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 6 mph, right
to left.</div>

 

AL: CLEVELAND at DETROIT

<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
AL
CLEVELAND 4
DETROIT 6 FINAL</div>

 

AL: CLEVELAND at DETROIT

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CLEVELAND (4) AT DETROIT (6) - HOW THEY SCORED
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DETROIT 1ST: C Granderson struck out swinging. P Polanco grounded out to
shortstop. G Sheffield reached on infield single to shortstop. M Ordonez
walked, G Sheffield to second. C Guillen singled to right, G Sheffield scored,
M Ordonez to second. I Rodriguez grounded out to second. (1 Run, 2 Hits,
0 Errors) CLEVELAND 0, DETROIT 1.

DETROIT 2ND: S Casey doubled to deep right. M Thames flied out to center,
S Casey to third. B Inge singled to left, S Casey scored. C Granderson flied
out to center. B Inge stole second. P Polanco struck out swinging. (1 Run,
2 Hits, 0 Errors) CLEVELAND 0, DETROIT 2.

CLEVELAND 3RD: R Garko safe at first on error by third baseman B Inge.
F Gutierrez grounded into fielder's choice to pitcher, R Garko out at second.
J Barfield singled to center, F Gutierrez to second. G Sizemore singled to
right, F Gutierrez to third, J Barfield to second. C Blake grounded into
fielder's choice to second, F Gutierrez scored, G Sizemore out at second,
J Barfield to third. J Peralta struck out swinging. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 1 Error)
CLEVELAND 1, DETROIT 2.

DETROIT 4TH: I Rodriguez singled to center. S Casey singled to center,
I Rodriguez to third. M Thames fouled out to first. B Inge bunt grounded out to
second, I Rodriguez scored, S Casey to second. C Granderson doubled to deep
right, S Casey scored. P Polanco singled to right, C Granderson scored.
G Sheffield grounded out to second. (3 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors) CLEVELAND 1,
DETROIT 5.

CLEVELAND 5TH: J Barfield flied out to right. G Sizemore grounded out to
first. C Blake reached on infield single to third. J Peralta walked, C Blake
to second. V Martinez doubled to deep left, C Blake scored, J Peralta to
third. T Hafner grounded out to shortstop. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors)
CLEVELAND 2, DETROIT 5.

CLEVELAND 7TH: J Peralta walked. M McBride relieved J Grilli. V Martinez
flied out to center. T Hafner homered to left, J Peralta scored. Z Miner
relieved M McBride. B Francisco hit for J Michaels. B Francisco reached on
infield single to third. B Francisco caught stealing second, catcher to
second. R Garko grounded out to shortstop. (2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors)
CLEVELAND 4, DETROIT 5.

DETROIT 7TH: B Francisco in left field. E Mujica relieved J Westbrook.
G Sheffield grounded out to third. M Ordonez fouled out to first. C Guillen
tripled to deep center. I Rodriguez tripled to deep right center, C Guillen
scored. S Casey flied out to right. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) CLEVELAND 4,
DETROIT 6.</div>

 

Guillen, Inge help Rogers to third straight win

<h3>DETROIT 6, CLEVELAND 4</h3>DETROIT (Ticker) -- Carlos Guillen pounded out three hits andBrandon Inge drove in a pair of runs to lift the Detroit Tigersto a 6-4 victory over the Cleveland Indians on Wednesday.

Kenny Rogers turned in a solid performance for the Tigers, whosnapped the Indians' six-game winning streak and pulled withintwo games of Cleveland for the division lead in the AmericanLeague Central.

Guillen, who was named to the All-Star team on Sunday, gotDetroit on the board with an RBI single in the first and set upthe team's last run with a triple over the head of Clevelandcenter fielder Grady Sizemore in the seventh.

Guillen's most important contribution to the win may have comewith his glove, as he made a dazzling play in the field to helpRogers out of a jam in the fifth.

With runners on second and third and the dangerous Travis Hafnerat the plate, Guillen was set up on the right side of secondbase when the Indians' slugger hit a sharp grounder to the leftof the bag.

The shortstop ranged to his right to snare the ball and end theinning, saving two runs in the process.

Inge plated a run in the second inning with a single to pushDetroit's lead to 2-0, and started a three-run rally in thethird with a groundout bunt that scored Ivan Rodriguez fromthird.

Rogers (3-0) entered Wednesday's contest having allowed just onerun in two starts since coming off the disabled list on June22.

The veteran lefthander was not quite as sharp as he had been inhis previous two contests, but he battled to hold the Indians totwo runs - one earned - in 5 1/3 innings despite allowing sevenhits and issuing three walks.

Rogers got the big outs when he needed them, striking out JhonnyPeralta with runners on first and third to end the third inningand then getting groundouts with runners on second and third toend both the fourth and fifth frames.

Three relievers bridged the gap to Tigers closer Todd Jones, whopitched a scoreless ninth to earn his 21st save. It was Jones'200th save with the franchise.

Cleveland starter Jake Westbrook (1-4) could not find histrademark sinkerball from the start, leaving pitches up in thezone for his entire outing. The veteran righthander surrenderedfive runs and 10 hits in six frames to take the loss.

Westbrook has just one win this season, but had been pitchingwell before Wednesday, allowing four runs in his last 14 inningsover two starts.

Hafner made a game of it in the seventh when he blasted atwo-run shot over the wall in left off Macay McBride, but thesuspect Tigers bullpen held up and nailed down the win.

 

AL: CLEVELAND at DETROIT

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CLEVELAND (4) AT DETROIT (6) - EVENT LOG
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Cleveland Starting Lineups -- G Sizemore CF, C Blake 3B, J Peralta SS,
V Martinez C, T Hafner DH, J Michaels LF, R Garko 1B, F Gutierrez RF,
J Barfield 2B, J Westbrook RHP.

Detroit Starting Lineups -- C Granderson CF, P Polanco 2B, G Sheffield DH,
M Ordonez RF, C Guillen SS, I Rodriguez C, S Casey 1B, M Thames LF, B Inge 3B,
K Rogers LHP.

Umpires -- Kerwin Danley (HP), Doug Eddings (1B), Dana Demuth (2B),
Derryl Cousins (3B).

Gametime Weather: 76 degrees, Partly Cloudy, wind right to left at 6 mph.


CLEVELAND 1ST: G Sizemore walked. G Sizemore picked off first. C Blake
flied out to left. J Peralta grounded out to third. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
CLEVELAND 0, DETROIT 0.

DETROIT 1ST: C Granderson struck out swinging. P Polanco grounded out to
shortstop. G Sheffield reached on infield single to shortstop. M Ordonez
walked, G Sheffield to second. C Guillen singled to right, G Sheffield scored,
M Ordonez to second. I Rodriguez grounded out to second. (1 Run, 2 Hits,
0 Errors) CLEVELAND 0, DETROIT 1.

CLEVELAND 2ND: V Martinez grounded out to third. T Hafner struck out
swinging. J Michaels struck out looking. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
CLEVELAND 0, DETROIT 1.

DETROIT 2ND: S Casey doubled to deep right. M Thames flied out to center,
S Casey to third. B Inge singled to left, S Casey scored. C Granderson flied
out to center. B Inge stole second. P Polanco struck out swinging. (1 Run,
2 Hits, 0 Errors) CLEVELAND 0, DETROIT 2.

CLEVELAND 3RD: R Garko safe at first on error by third baseman B Inge.
F Gutierrez grounded into fielder's choice to pitcher, R Garko out at second.
J Barfield singled to center, F Gutierrez to second. G Sizemore singled to
right, F Gutierrez to third, J Barfield to second. C Blake grounded into
fielder's choice to second, F Gutierrez scored, G Sizemore out at second,
J Barfield to third. J Peralta struck out swinging. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 1 Error)
CLEVELAND 1, DETROIT 2.

DETROIT 3RD: G Sheffield grounded out to shortstop. M Ordonez popped out
to shortstop. C Guillen lined out to right. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
CLEVELAND 1, DETROIT 2.

CLEVELAND 4TH: V Martinez grounded out to pitcher. T Hafner walked.
J Michaels flied out to left. R Garko hit a ground rule double to deep right,
T Hafner to third. F Gutierrez grounded out to third. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
CLEVELAND 1, DETROIT 2.

DETROIT 4TH: I Rodriguez singled to center. S Casey singled to center,
I Rodriguez to third. M Thames fouled out to first. B Inge bunt grounded out to
second, I Rodriguez scored, S Casey to second. C Granderson doubled to deep
right, S Casey scored. P Polanco singled to right, C Granderson scored.
G Sheffield grounded out to second. (3 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors) CLEVELAND 1,
DETROIT 5.

CLEVELAND 5TH: J Barfield flied out to right. G Sizemore grounded out to
first. C Blake reached on infield single to third. J Peralta walked, C Blake
to second. V Martinez doubled to deep left, C Blake scored, J Peralta to
third. T Hafner grounded out to shortstop. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors)
CLEVELAND 2, DETROIT 5.

DETROIT 5TH: M Ordonez flied out to right. C Guillen singled to right.
I Rodriguez grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, C Guillen
out at second.(0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) CLEVELAND 2, DETROIT 5.

CLEVELAND 6TH: J Michaels singled to left. R Garko flied out to center.
F Gutierrez singled to center, J Michaels to second. J Grilli relieved K Rogers.
J Barfield struck out looking. G Sizemore walked, J Michaels to third,
F Gutierrez to second. C Blake grounded into fielder's choice to third,
G Sizemore out at second. (0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) CLEVELAND 2, DETROIT 5.

DETROIT 6TH: S Casey struck out looking. M Thames singled to center.
B Inge flied out to right. M Thames stole second. C Granderson walked.
P Polanco grounded into fielder's choice to second, C Granderson out at second.
(0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) CLEVELAND 2, DETROIT 5.

CLEVELAND 7TH: J Peralta walked. M McBride relieved J Grilli. V Martinez
flied out to center. T Hafner homered to left, J Peralta scored. Z Miner
relieved M McBride. B Francisco hit for J Michaels. B Francisco reached on
infield single to third. B Francisco caught stealing second, catcher to
second. R Garko grounded out to shortstop. (2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors)
CLEVELAND 4, DETROIT 5.

DETROIT 7TH: B Francisco in left field. E Mujica relieved J Westbrook.
G Sheffield grounded out to third. M Ordonez fouled out to first. C Guillen
tripled to deep center. I Rodriguez tripled to deep right center, C Guillen
scored. S Casey flied out to right. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) CLEVELAND 4,
DETROIT 6.

CLEVELAND 8TH: F Gutierrez grounded out to first. J Barfield singled to
left. J Barfield to second on wild pitch by Z Miner. G Sizemore struck out
looking. C Blake walked. J Peralta grounded out to third. (0 Runs, 1 Hit,
0 Errors) CLEVELAND 4, DETROIT 6.

DETROIT 8TH: F Cabrera relieved E Mujica. M Thames fouled out to third.
B Inge struck out swinging. C Granderson struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits,
0 Errors) CLEVELAND 4, DETROIT 6.

CLEVELAND 9TH: T Jones relieved Z Miner. V Martinez flied out to center.
T Hafner struck out swinging. B Francisco grounded out to shortstop. (0 Runs,
0 Hits, 0 Errors) CLEVELAND 4, DETROIT 6.</div>

 

Guillen, Inge help Rogers to third straight win

<h3>DETROIT 6, CLEVELAND 4</h3>DETROIT (Ticker) -- Carlos Guillen pounded out three hits andBrandon Inge drove in a pair of runs to lift the Detroit Tigersto a 6-4 victory over the Cleveland Indians on Wednesday.

Kenny Rogers turned in a solid performance for the Tigers, whosnapped the Indians' six-game winning streak and pulled withintwo games of Cleveland for the division lead in the AmericanLeague Central.

Guillen, who was named to the All-Star team on Sunday, gotDetroit on the board with an RBI single in the first and set upthe team's last run with a triple over the head of Clevelandcenter fielder Grady Sizemore in the seventh.

Guillen's most important contribution to the win may have comewith his glove, as he made a dazzling play in the field to helpRogers out of a jam in the fifth.

With runners on second and third and the dangerous Travis Hafnerat the plate, Guillen was set up on the right side of secondbase when the Indians' slugger hit a sharp grounder to the leftof the bag.

The shortstop ranged to his right to snare the ball and end theinning, saving two runs in the process.

"That was a big play by Guillen," Tigers first baseman SeanCasey said. "This team just keeps coming back at you, but thedefense kept us in the game. Now we have a chance to win theseries."

Inge plated a run in the second inning with a single to pushDetroit's lead to 2-0, and started a three-run rally in thethird with a groundout bunt that scored Ivan Rodriguez fromthird.

Rogers (3-0) entered Wednesday's contest having allowed just onerun in two starts since coming off the disabled list on June22.

The veteran lefthander was not quite as sharp as he had been inhis previous two contests, but he battled to hold the Indians totwo runs - one earned - in 5 1/3 innings despite allowing sevenhits and issuing three walks.

"That wasn't vintage Kenny tonight," Tigers manager Jim Leylandsaid. "But it was good enough. He doesn't have to be perfect ifwe make plays behind him. Ingie makes those all the time,(Marcus) Thames made a great play and so did Guillen.

"Those are the things you need to do. You have to do enoughsmall things to win games."

Rogers got the big outs when he needed them, striking out JhonnyPeralta with runners on first and third to end the third inningand then getting groundouts with runners on second and third toend both the fourth and fifth frames.

"I wasn't nearly as sharp as I wanted to be," Rogers said. "Butevery time I made a mistake, someone was making a great playbehind me. Guys were diving all over the place."

Three relievers bridged the gap to Tigers closer Todd Jones, whopitched a scoreless ninth to earn his 21st save. It was Jones'200th save with the franchise.

Cleveland starter Jake Westbrook (1-4) could not find histrademark sinkerball from the start, leaving pitches up in thezone for his entire outing. The veteran righthander surrenderedfive runs and 10 hits in six frames to take the loss.

"I was a little frustrated on the number of two-out hits that Igave up," Westbrook said. "I couldn't make the big pitch forthe out when we needed it and that cost us the game. That'ssomething that I have to get better at."

Westbrook has just one win this season, but had been pitchingwell before Wednesday, allowing four runs in his last 14 inningsover two starts.

"Westbrook did a good job," Indians manager Eric Wedge said."He battled all the way. He got us late into the game and gaveus a chance to win."

Hafner made a game of it in the seventh when he blasted atwo-run shot over the wall in left off Macay McBride, but thesuspect Tigers bullpen held up and nailed down the win.