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Bonderman seeks 11th win for Tigers

Jul 24, 2007 - 3:19 PM Detroit (59-38) at Chi White Sox (43-55) 2:05 pm EDT

CHICAGO (Ticker) -- The Detroit Tigers will hand the ball to Jeremy Bonderman in the first game of a day-night doubleheader against the Chicago White Sox on Tuesday.

The Tigers opened their five-game series with their American League Central foe with a 9-6 win on Monday. Rookie Mike Hessman hit a go-ahead, two-run single and Curtis Granderson was a triple shy of a cycle and drove in four runs.

"It wasn't the most beautiful contest in the world obviously, but we came out on the right end of it," Tigers manager Jim Leyland said. "We didn't scorch the ball, but you have to battle against good pitchers, and these are good pitchers."

Bonderman (10-1, 3.53 ERA) will once again try to pick up his 11th win after not figuring in a 4-3 victory at the Minnesota Twins on Thursday. He allowed three runs and nine hits in 6 2/3 innings.

The hard-throwing righthander is undefeated on road this season at 5-0 and hopes to improve on his 5-6 career showing against the White Sox.

Javier Vazquez (7-5 3.73) will counter for Chicago, which is trying to avoid their fifth straight setback. In his last outing, the righthander allowed just two runs in 6 1/3 innings of a 4-2 win at the Boston Red Sox.

Vazquez has struggled against the American League defending champion Tigers, going just 1-4 in five lifetime starts. He was hammered for five runs in six frames on July 19, 2006 at Comerica Park.