2006 AL Game: Det. @ Chi.

 June 6, 2006

  The Detroit Tigers came into Chicago for a 3 game series starting tonight. Detroit trails the AL Central leading White Sox by 2.5 games, so this is a big series early on in the 2006 season. Marcus Thames has been red hot lately and he kept it going in this contest. Detroit scored first on a Brandon Inge homerun in the 3rd inning. Thames added a 2-run homer in the 5th for a 3-0 Tiger lead. Nate Robertson was on the hill for Detroit and he was really dealing tonight. The Tigers entered the 9th with the 3-0 lead when Thames hit another 2-run shot. Robertson was able to get the complete game shutout, his 5th Win, and Detroit moved within 1.5 games of the White Sox. Nate allowed 4 hits, walked 2 and struck out 9 in his 9 innings of work. Marcus Thames in the last 10 days (9 games) has hit .389 BA with 9 HR and 19 RBI!

2006 Detroit Tigers At 2006 Chicago (AL) White Sox         6/6/2006
 
  Tigers             AB  R  H RBI AVG     White Sox          AB  R  H RBI AVG
  C.Granderson CF     5  0  1  0 .318     S.Podsednik LF      4  0  0  0 .225  
  P.Polanco 2B        4  0  1  0 .273     T.Iguchi 2B         4  0  2  0 .271  
  I.Rodriguez C       5  0  1  0 .276     J.Thome DH          4  0  0  0 .303  
  M.Ordonez RF        4  0  1  0 .285     P.Konerko 1B        4  0  0  0 .271  
  C.Guillen SS        3  1  1  0 .358     J.Dye RF            3  0  0  0 .324  
  C.Monroe LF         3  1  0  0 .281     A.Pierzynski C      3  0  1  0 .359  
  M.Thames DH         4  2  2  4 .270     J.Crede 3B          2  0  0  0 .301  
  C.Shelton 1B        4  0  1  0 .275     A.Cintron SS        3  0  0  0 .194  
  B.Inge 3B           4  1  1  1 .297     B.Anderson CF       3  0  1  0 .244  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      36  5  9  5                 Totals      30  0  4  0
 
 
Tigers.......... 0 0 1  0 2 0  0 0 2  -  5  9  1
White Sox....... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  0  4  0
 
Tigers (36-22)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
N.Robertson WIN(5-2)      9       4   0   0   2   9   0 139   3.81
Totals                    9       4   0   0   2   9   0
 
White Sox (36-21)        IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
F.Garcia LOSS(4-3)        5       4   3   3   1   4   2  85   4.36
A.Montero                 3 1/3   3   2   2   1   4   1  52   3.72
C.Politte                 0 2/3   2   0   0   1   2   0  16   5.09
Totals                    9       9   5   5   3  10   3
 
ATTENDANCE- 39,694 DATE- Tuesday, June 6th 2006 TIME- Night WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Charlie Reliford, Larry Vanover, Greg Gibson, Paul Nauert
T- 2:43
LEFT ON BASE- Tigers: 7  White Sox: 5
DOUBLE PLAYS- Tigers: 2  White Sox: 0
ERRORS- N.Robertson
DOUBLES- P.Polanco(15th), M.Ordonez(9th), C.Guillen(21st)
HOME RUNS- M.Thames-2(15th), B.Inge(12th)
RBIs- M.Thames-4(33rd), B.Inge(45th)
WALKS- P.Polanco, C.Guillen, C.Monroe, J.Dye, J.Crede
STRIKE OUTS- C.Granderson-2, I.Rodriguez, M.Ordonez, C.Guillen, C.Monroe-2,
             C.Shelton-2, B.Inge, S.Podsednik-2, J.Thome-3, P.Konerko-2,
             B.Anderson-2
GIDP- T.Iguchi, A.Cintron
WILD PITCHES- N.Robertson
2-out RBI- B.Inge
RLISP 2-out- J.Thome, C.Guillen, M.Thames-2, I.Rodriguez-2
TEAM RISP- Tigers: 2 for 8  White Sox: 0 for 3
Marcus Thames slammed 2 homeruns and had 4 RBI and Nate Robertson went 9
strong innings as the Detroit Tigers defeated the Chicago (AL) White Sox by a
score of 5 to 0 at US Cellular Field.
 
Thames was a thorn in the side of the hometown fans as he enjoyed a fine day
at their team's expense.  He clubbed a two-run home run in the 5th inning and
cleared the fences for a two-run home run in the 9th inning.  Detroit managed
9 hits in their victory.  
 
Robertson(5-2) was credited with the shutout. Freddy Garcia(4-3) was the
loser.  The Detroit ballclub's record now stands at 36-22.  Chicago (AL) has
a record of 36-21 after the loss.

WHO'S HOT - BEST IN LAST 10 DAYS
BATTER         TM  AVG AB  H RB BB HR  
M.Thames      DEA .389 36 14 19  2  9