Polanco errorless; Guillen not
posted in 2007 season, Oakland A's |Oakland 7, Detroit 2
As the Tigers batters were busy being stymied by Chad Gaudin, another storyline present was possibly more interesting: Placido Polanco attempted to play an errorless game, like he had done in the 143 prior games. And he did, breaking the tie and becoming the sole owner of a major league record for second basemen. Polanco’s last ‘E’ came July 1, 2006.
“It’s great — anything’s possible. But a lot of things have to fall in place for that to happen,” said Polanco. “I have to really thank the organization for giving me the opportunity to be the second baseman and play every day.” (Tigers.com)
Meanwhile, cutoff man Carlos Guillen made a throwing error after Marcus Thames made a running catch and throw. The throw allowed the runs to move up to second and third and chased Chad Durbin from the game. That led Jim Leyland to bring in firestarter Jason Grilli, and that led to both runners scoring. It was that kind of game.
When Chad Durbin, Jason Grilli and Zach Miner are pitching a large amount of the game, I really wouldn’t wanna put money on the Tigers coming out on top. Grilli even loaded the bases, then walked in the run on four pitches. Ian tackles the “How does this guy have a job?” line of thought relatively well.
The Tigers scored a pair of runs in the first inning on a Magglio Ordonez single, and that was that.
Cleveland didn’t play, so it’s now a two-way tie for first place. The Yankees, naturally, won. More and more, you have to doubt the AL Central provides the wild card team this season.
Detroit heads to Cleveland for a two-game series Tuesday.
Bunt Singles:
- Jair Jurrjens will come up from Double-A Erie to start Wednesday. I hope that means they can keep him up until the roster expands in September so they don’t have to burn an option on him. Matt has more on Take 75 North.
- Joel Zumaya picked for 2/3 inning for the AAA Mudhens. He struck out a batter, alowed a hit and threw 11 strikes in 18 pitches before hitting his count. He’ll throw again Wednesday.
