May 10, 2006
Craig Monroe had his best game at the plate so far this year as the Detroit Tigers pounded the Baltimore Orioles 11-2. Monroe was 3 for 5 with 2 homers and 5 RBI in a game where the Tigers launched 5 homeruns. He now has 12 HR on the year, good for 5th in the AL and he now has 33 RBI, good for 2nd most in the league. Justin Verlander went 7 strong innings for his 5th Win of the season.
Event Codes: G
BOXSCORE: 2006 Detroit Tigers At 2006 Baltimore Orioles 5/10/2006
Tigers AB R H RBI AVG Orioles AB R H RBI AVG
C.Granderson CF 6 1 3 2 .303 B.Fahey 2B 4 0 0 0 .316
P.Polanco 2B 4 0 2 0 .265 C.Gomez 3B 4 0 2 0 .385
I.Rodriguez C 5 1 2 0 .259 M.Tejada SS 4 0 0 0 .406
M.Ordonez RF 5 0 1 0 .261 J.Gibbons RF 4 0 0 0 .277
C.Guillen SS 5 1 3 1 .374 R.Hernandez C 4 1 1 0 .262
D.Young DH 4 1 0 0 .286 J.Conine 1B 3 1 2 1 .336
C.Shelton 1B 4 2 1 1 .263 C.Patterson CF 3 0 1 1 .339
C.Monroe LF 5 3 3 5 .299 K.Millar DH 3 0 0 0 .316
B.Inge 3B 5 2 2 2 .313 N.Markakis LF 2 0 1 0 .326
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Totals 43 11 17 11 Totals 31 2 7 2
Tigers.......... 0 4 0 0 1 1 0 2 3 - 11 17 0
Orioles......... 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 - 2 7 1
Tigers (24-10) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
J.Verlander WIN(5-2) 7 7 2 2 0 6 0 96 2.76
B.Seay 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 21 3.00
Totals 9 7 2 2 1 7 0
Orioles (18-17) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
R.Lopez LOSS(1-4) 1 2/3 5 4 4 1 0 2 42 6.75
J.Manon 3 4 1 1 1 3 0 45 5.06
K.Birkins 2 1/3 3 1 1 0 1 1 32 5.40
S.Rleal 0 1 2 2 1 0 1 8 7.82
J.Halama 1 2/3 3 2 2 0 2 0 38 9.95
B.Chen 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 5 5.29
L.Hawkins 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4.32
Totals 9 17 11 11 3 6 5
ATTENDANCE- 35,317 DATE- Wednesday, May 10th 2006 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Jerry Meals, Andy Fletcher, Mike Reilly, Jeff Kellogg
T- 2:52
LEFT ON BASE- Tigers: 8 Orioles: 3
DOUBLE PLAYS- Tigers: 3 Orioles: 1
ERRORS- C.Gomez
DOUBLES- C.Guillen-2(15th), B.Inge(6th), C.Gomez(3rd), J.Conine(6th)
HOME RUNS- C.Granderson(9th), C.Shelton(7th), C.Monroe-2(12th), B.Inge(9th)
RBIs- C.Granderson-2(20th), C.Guillen(17th), C.Shelton(23rd), C.Monroe-5(33rd),
B.Inge-2(23rd), J.Conine(19th), C.Patterson(6th)
WALKS- P.Polanco, D.Young, C.Shelton, N.Markakis
STRIKE OUTS- C.Granderson, I.Rodriguez, M.Ordonez, D.Young, C.Shelton, B.Inge,
B.Fahey, M.Tejada, J.Gibbons-2, R.Hernandez-2, N.Markakis
GIDP- B.Fahey, M.Tejada, C.Patterson
2-out RBI- C.Monroe-3, C.Granderson-2, C.Guillen, B.Inge-2
RLISP 2-out- J.Gibbons, D.Young-3, C.Gomez, M.Ordonez
TEAM RISP- Tigers: 3 for 10 Orioles: 1 for 5
Craig Monroe ripped 2 homeruns and had 5 RBI as the Detroit Tigers defeated
the Baltimore Orioles by a score of 11 to 2 at Camden Yards.
Monroe enjoyed a great evening at the plate. He blasted a two-run home run in
the 2nd inning, bombed a two-run dinger in the 8th inning and slapped a
single scoring a run in the 9th inning. Detroit had 17 hits for the night
while Baltimore had 7.
The win went to Justin Verlander(5-2) who allowed 2 runs in 7 innings. Rodrigo
Lopez(1-4) was hit with the loss. He surrendered 4 runs and 5 hits in 1 and
2/3 innings.
Monroe said, 'It was just all timing. I had pretty good rhythm at the plate
tonight. You've got to take advantage of mistakes when you can. A couple
pitches were definitely up a little bit - right in my zone.'
