Game 147: Who let the bats out
posted in Baltimore Orioles, The Stretch Run |Opening game of a series. Tigers win big. No surprise there. Detroit pounded out 17 runs, while Jeremy Bonderman allowed just a pair of solo home runs to Baltimore. It’s not that he pitched real great. He gave up a lot of hits, probably make Tigers fans a bit nervous. But in the end, all that matters are the runs and the win. Bonderman picked his first one up since July 20.
Who got on the board? Who didn’t get on the board might be a better question. Every starter scored. Every starter got a hit. All but one starter got an RBI. And the six pinch hitters went a combined 4-for-9 with two runs and two RBIs. Starters Craig Monroe, Magglio Ordonez, Brandon Inge and Curtis Granderson homered. Inge’s was a grand slam.
My first thought: I hope they didn’t use up all their runs for the series — or month! — in one night. But we’ve been seeing hints of this lineup showing improvement and facing a weaker schedule of pitchers down the stretch, maybe the Tigers can build on this.
Chicago and Minnesota both lost last night.
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