September 19, 2006
The Detroit Tigers took the 2nd game in the 3 game series against the Chicago White Sox 7-3 tonight. Justin Verlander pitched a fine game and won his 15th of the season. It was a tight game until Detroit blew it open in the 9th. Jim Thome hit his 50th homer of the season for Chicago. With a Minnesota loss today, Detroit closed the gap on 1st place in the AL Central.
DETROIT AT CHICAGO (AL)
Tigers.......... 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 - 7 9 1
White Sox....... 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 3 7 0
Win:Verlander(15-11) Loss:Garcia(15-5)
Homeruns- C.Granderson(26th), I.Rodriguez(11th), J.Thome(50th)
The Detroit Tigers bested the Chicago (AL) White Sox by a 7 to 3 score at US
Cellular Field.
Chicago (AL) was unable to claim the lead after Detroit went ahead in the top
of the 2nd inning scoring 2 runs using 2 hits. Craig Monroe opened up the
inning nicely when he drew a walk. Chris Shelton came next and he lashed a
single. Shelton took second on the throw. After an out was recorded, Neifi
Perez then doubled knocking home two runners. Detroit totaled 9 hits on the
night.
Justin Verlander(15-11) got credit for the victory, pitching 7 innings and
allowing 2 runs. Freddy Garcia(15-5) was the loser. He gave up 4 runs and 6
hits in 8 innings.
Wth the win Detroit now has a record of 87-64. With the loss, the Chicago
(AL) ballclub's record is 88-63.
ACTUAL-TODATE ACTUAL-TOTAL
AL Central WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC# WON LOS PCT WON LOS PCT
2006 Minnesota MNA 88 62 .587 ---- 12 89 61 .593 96 66 .593
2006 Chicago (AL) CHA 88 63 .583 .5 85 66 .563 90 72 .556
2006 Detroit DEA 87 64 .576 1.5 90 61 .596 95 67 .586
2006 Cleveland CLA 64 86 .427 24.0 70 80 .467 78 84 .481
2006 Kansas City KCA 58 93 .384 30.5 58 93 .384 62 100 .383
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