Tigers sweep Sawks, all is well in the D
posted in 2007 season, Boston Red Sox |Tigers 6, Red Sox 5
I had to find my broom to sweep up the Red Sox with this one. Not every team is broom worthy, but taking all three games from Boston certainly is!
The Tigers hit three home runs off Daisuke Matsuzaka, who had only allowed 9 before the game and had went five straight games without allowing one. Gary Sheffield had one in the first inning. Marcus Thames added another to center field in the third inning. It sounded impressive at least. And then Carlos Guillen added the third later in the inning and gave the Tigers a 5-2 lead. Detroit went up 6-2 an inning later and then just had to hope to hold on.
That’s because Boston is pretty good and answered with back-to-back home runs of their own in the seventh to chase Nate Robertson from the game. The bullpen made it a bit too exciting, both Jose Capellan and Todd Jones. Capellan’s run was unearned. Jones’ run was much fretted about but never actually occurred. Detroit held on to win a fifth straight game and sweep the Red Sox.
This homestand started so ugly but ended well. The Tigers closed out the first half of the season — a bit more than half, as they’ve now played 86 games — on a positive note. They’ve established themselves against two of the top three other teams in the American League this week. The bullpen seems to be getting itself in shape. The rotation is in shape. They’re winning low-scoring games. They’re even in first place by a game entering the All-Star Break.
All is well in Tigerland today.
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