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Tigers' rookie Miller face potent Red Sox lineup

Jul 6, 2007 - 2:50 PM Boston (53-31) at Detroit (49-34) 7:05 pm EDT

DETROIT (Ticker) -- Detroit Tigers' rookie Andrew Miller will face the toughest test of his young and promising career as he takes the hill against the Boston Red Sox in the opener of a three-game series on Friday.

Miller(3-2, 3.81 ERA) has the unenviable task of shutting down a Red Sox lineup that has scored 33 runs during the team's current four-game winning streak.

On Thursday Boston beat the Tampa Bay Devil Rays into submission, 15-4, setting season highs for runs and hits (21) to help Josh Beckett earn his major-league leading 12th win.

The Tigers' first round pick of last year's draft, Miller will try and deny Boston a season-high tying fifth straight win.

In his first start against an American League team, the 6-6 lefthander allowed six runs - five earned - and six hits in five innings against Minnesota on Saturday. Prior to that Miller had allowed a total of eight runs in 23 1/3 innings over four interleague starts.

Detroit, which is 4-5 on its current 12-game homestand, is coming off a 12-3 win over C.C. Sabathia and the Cleveland Indians on Thursday.

Meanwhile, Miller will be opposed by Julian Tavarez (5-6, 4.39), who suffered a disappointing loss in which he allowed just one earned run over 5 2/3 innings against Texas on Sunday.

It marked the second straight defeat for Tavarez, who had previously won four straight decisions.








  • AL
    FINAL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    BOSTON 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 5 1
    DETROIT 0 0 0 3 5 0 0 1 x 9 15 0 (FINAL)

    BATTERIES: BOS - JULIAN TAVAREZ, JAVIER LOPEZ (5TH), MANNY DELCARMEN (7TH),
    KYLE SNYDER (8TH) AND JASON VARITEK, DOUG MIRABELLI (7TH)
    DET - ANDREW MILLER, CHAD DURBIN (8TH) AN

    Jul 6 9:53 PM


  • AL
    AT DETROIT - SCORING UPDATE
    SOLO HOME RUN BY DOUG MIRABELLI (3) TO LEFT WITH 0 OUT IN
    THE 9TH OFF CHAD DURBIN.
    CURRENT SCORE: BOSTON 2, DETROIT 9
    DUE UP FOR BOSTON: W PENA (.217, 1-FOR-2, BB)

    Red Sox vs. TigersJul 6 9:53 PM


  • AL
    AT DETROIT - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY RYAN RABURN SCORED PLACIDO POLANCO.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, R RABURN ON FIRST, G SHEFFIELD ON THIRD, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: BOSTON 1
    DETROIT 9 BOTTOM, 8TH
    DUE UP FOR DETROIT: C GUILLEN (.327, 1-FOR-4)

    Red Sox vs. TigersJul 6 9:42 PM


  • AL
    AT DETROIT - SCORING UPDATE
    GRAND SLAM BY MARCUS THAMES (9) TO LEFT WITH 2 OUT IN THE
    5TH OFF JULIAN TAVAREZ SCORED PLACIDO POLANCO, GARY SHEFFIELD AND
    SEAN CASEY.
    CURRENT SCORE: BOSTON 1, DETROIT 8
    DUE UP FOR DETROIT: M RABELO (.257, 0-FOR-1, HBP)

    Red Sox vs. TigersJul 6 8:39 PM


  • AL
    AT DETROIT - SCORING UPDATE
    SOLO HOME RUN BY CURTIS GRANDERSON (12) TO RIGHT WITH 0 OUT
    IN THE 5TH OFF JULIAN TAVAREZ.
    CURRENT SCORE: BOSTON 1, DETROIT 4
    DUE UP FOR DETROIT: P POLANCO (.335, 1-FOR-2)

    Red Sox vs. TigersJul 6 8:27 PM


  • AL
    AT DETROIT - SCORING UPDATE
    DOUBLE BY BRANDON INGE SCORED CARLOS GUILLEN.
    SITUATION: 3 RUNS IN, 1 LEFT ON, 3 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: BOSTON 1
    DETROIT 3 END BOTTOM, 4TH

    Red Sox vs. TigersJul 6 8:20 PM


  • AL
    AT DETROIT - SCORING UPDATE
    SACRIFICE FLY BY MARCUS THAMES SCORED MAGGLIO ORDONEZ.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, C GUILLEN ON THIRD, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: BOSTON 1
    DETROIT 2 BOTTOM, 4TH
    DUE UP FOR DETROIT: M RABELO (.257, 0-FOR-1)

    Red Sox vs. TigersJul 6 8:15 PM


  • AL
    AT DETROIT - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY MAGGLIO ORDONEZ SCORED GARY SHEFFIELD.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, M ORDONEZ ON FIRST, 0 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: BOSTON 1
    DETROIT 1 BOTTOM, 4TH
    DUE UP FOR DETROIT: C GUILLEN (.327, 0-FOR-1)

    Red Sox vs. TigersJul 6 8:08 PM


  • AL
    AT DETROIT - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY COCO CRISP SCORED JULIO LUGO.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, C CRISP ON FIRST, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: BOSTON 1
    DETROIT 0 TOP, 3RD
    DUE UP FOR BOSTON: D PEDROIA (.320, 0-FOR-1)

    Red Sox vs. TigersJul 6 7:41 PM

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