2006 AL: Opening Day in Detroit!

 April 10, 2006

  It was Opening Day at Comerica Park today for the Detroit Tigers. The Tigers came back into town after beginning the 2006 season on the road. They're off to a nice 5-1 start and even a dark, rainy day wouldn't keep anything short of a capacity crowd to show up for The Opener. 

  Jeremy Bonderman got the start for Detroit against Freddie Garcia and the Chicago White Sox. Jim Thome drove in the game's first run in the 4th inning. Detroit tied it up in the bottom of the inning on a Curtis Granderson homerun. Chicago went ahead again in the 5th, 2-1, when Jermaine Dye homered with what proved to be the winning run. The Tigers loaded the bases in the bottom of the 9th trailing 4-1 but were unable to score. 

2006 Chicago (AL) White Sox At 2006 Detroit Tigers        4/10/2006
 
  White Sox          AB  R  H RBI AVG     Tigers             AB  R  H RBI AVG
  S.Podsednik LF      5  0  1  1 .091     C.Granderson CF     4  1  1  1 .385  
  T.Iguchi 2B         3  1  1  0 .231     P.Polanco 2B        4  0  1  0 .231  
  J.Thome DH          4  0  1  1 .296     I.Rodriguez C       4  0  1  0 .259  
  P.Konerko 1B        4  0  0  0 .222     M.Ordonez RF        4  0  3  0 .423  
  J.Dye RF            4  1  1  1 .250     D.Young DH          4  0  0  0 .192  
  A.Pierzynski C      4  1  1  0 .375     C.Shelton 1B        3  0  1  0 .250  
  J.Crede 3B          4  1  3  1 .560   A-R.Santiago PR       0  0  0  0 .250  
  R.Mackowiak CF      3  0  0  0 .222     C.Guillen SS        3  0  0  0 .269  
  A.Cintron SS        4  0  1  0 .500     C.Monroe LF         3  0  0  0 .296  
                                          B.Inge 3B           3  0  0  0 .333  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      35  4  9  4                 Totals      32  1  7  1
 
A-Pinch Ran For Shelton In 9th Inning
 
White Sox....... 0 0 0  1 1 2  0 0 0  -  4  9  0
Tigers.......... 0 0 0  1 0 0  0 0 0  -  1  7  0
 
White Sox (4-3)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
F.Garcia WIN(1-0)         6 1/3   4   1   1   0   4   1  90   6.17
B.McCarthy HOLD(3rd)      1 2/3   1   0   0   1   1   0  18   0.00
B.Jenks SAVE(3rd)         1       2   0   0   1   1   0  25   7.36
Totals                    9       7   1   1   2   6   1
 
Tigers (5-2)             IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
J.Bonderman LOSS(1-1)     5 2/3   6   4   4   2   8   1 103   6.23
J.Walker                  1 1/3   2   0   0   0   1   0  16   0.00
J.Grilli                  1       1   0   0   0   1   0  12   5.40
B.Seay                    1       0   0   0   0   1   0  11   0.00
Totals                    9       9   4   4   2  11   1
 
ATTENDANCE- 40,062 DATE- Monday, April 10th 2006 TIME- Day WEATHER- Bad
UMPIRES- Hunter Wendelstedt, Sam Holbrook, Randy Marsh, Angel Hernandez
T- 3:05
LEFT ON BASE- White Sox: 6  Tigers: 6
DOUBLE PLAYS- White Sox: 1  Tigers: 0
DOUBLES- J.Thome(2nd), A.Pierzynski(2nd), J.Crede(4th), C.Shelton(2nd)
HOME RUNS- J.Dye(3rd), C.Granderson(2nd)
RBIs- S.Podsednik(2nd), J.Thome(6th), J.Dye(3rd), J.Crede(8th),
      C.Granderson(5th)
CAUGHT STEALING- M.Ordonez
WALKS- T.Iguchi, R.Mackowiak, C.Shelton, C.Guillen
STRIKE OUTS- S.Podsednik, T.Iguchi, J.Thome-3, P.Konerko-2, J.Dye, J.Crede,
             R.Mackowiak, A.Cintron, C.Granderson, I.Rodriguez, C.Shelton,
             C.Guillen, C.Monroe, B.Inge
GIDP- D.Young
2-out RBI- S.Podsednik, J.Dye, J.Crede
RLISP 2-out- J.Dye, T.Iguchi-2, R.Mackowiak, C.Granderson, C.Guillen-2
TEAM RISP- White Sox: 3 for 8  Tigers: 0 for 5
Joe Crede had 3 base hits as the Chicago (AL) White Sox topped the Detroit
Tigers by a score of 4 to 1 at Comerica Park.
 
Detroit was unable to climb back into it after Chicago (AL) went ahead for
good in the 5th inning scoring a single run on 2 hits.  Chicago (AL) managed
9 hits in their victory.  
 
The winning pitcher was Freddy Garcia(1-0) who allowed 1 run in 6 and 1/3
innings. Bobby Jenks recorded his 3rd save.  Jeremy Bonderman(1-1) was
charged with the loss.  Despite the loss, he struckout 8 Chicago (AL) batters
in 5 and 2/3 innings.