August 19, 2006
My Detroit Tigers continue their losing ways, dropping a 6-3 decision to the Texas Rangers while the Chicago White Sox were pounding the Minnesota Twins 14-1. As a result, Chicago has moved past Detroit into 1st place in the AL Central. The Tigers had been in 1st since June 11th, but have gone 5-13 so far in August. Chicago now leads Detroit by .5 game and Minnesota by 3.
CHICAGO (AL) AT MINNESOTA
White Sox....... 1 0 4 0 1 5 1 0 2 - 14 18 0
Twins........... 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 7 2
Win:Garland(8-10) Loss:Radke(11-9)
Homeruns- P.Konerko(27th), J.Dye(42nd)
Left fielder Scott Podsednik had 4 hits and 4 RBI at Metrodome as the Chicago
(AL) White Sox, running on all cylinders, ripped the Minnesota Twins by a
large 14 to 1 margin.
Podsednik enjoyed a big day at the plate. He doubled in the 1st inning,
doubled which scored a run in the 3rd inning, ripped a base-knock plating a
run in the 6th inning and laced a one-base hit bringing home two baserunners
in the 9th inning. Chicago (AL) simply wore out the Minnesota pitching
staff, scoring in 6 different innings.
The victory went to Jon Garland(8-10) who went 8 innings, allowing 1 run. Brad
Radke(11-9) was charged with the loss. He gave up 9 runs in 5 and 1/3
innings of work.
This win by Chicago (AL) continues their recent hot streak. In their last ten
games, they have a record of 8-2. For the season, they are 73-49. Minnesota
has a record of 70-52 after the loss.
TEXAS AT DETROIT
Rangers......... 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 - 6 9 1
Tigers.......... 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 - 3 5 0
Win:Tejeda(3-1) Loss:Robertson(9-6) Save:Otsuka(27th)
Homeruns- C.Lee(3rd), C.Guillen(20th), D.Young(4th)
Designated hitter Carlos Lee slammed a homerun and had 3 RBI as the Texas
Rangers bested the Detroit Tigers 6 to 3 at Comerica Park.
Lee enjoyed a fine evening at the plate. He lined a single bringing in a run
in the 1st inning, slapped a base-hit bringing in a run in the 2nd inning and
hit a bases-empty home run in the 5th inning. Texas out-hit Detroit for the
game, 9 hits to 5.
The victory went to Rob Tejeda(3-1) who went 5 and 2/3 innings, allowing 2
runs. Tejeda got relief help from Akinori Otsuka who gained credit for his
27th save. Nate Robertson(9-6) was charged with the loss.
ACTUAL-TODATE ACTUAL-TOTAL
AL Central WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC# WON LOS PCT WON LOS PCT
2006 Chicago (AL) CHA 73 49 .598 ---- 40 73 49 .598 90 72 .556
2006 Detroit DEA 73 50 .593 .5 79 44 .642 95 67 .586
2006 Minnesota MNA 70 52 .574 3.0 71 51 .582 96 66 .593
2006 Cleveland CLA 52 70 .426 21.0 55 67 .451 78 84 .481
2006 Kansas City KCA 51 74 .408 23.5 45 80 .360 62 100 .383
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