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Tigers look for consecutive wins

Aug 12, 2007 - 1:07 PM Oakland (56-61) at Detroit(64-52) 1:05 pm EDT

DETROIT (Ticker) - The struggling Detroit Tigers look for a second straight win when they continue a four-game series against the Oakland Athletics on Sunday.

All-Star Magglio Ordonez's two-run homer in the sixth inning helped Detroit end its three-game skid with Saturday's 5-2 triumph. Ordonez has an American League-best .355 batting average.

Despite Saturday's win, the Tigers still have lost 13 of their last 18 games.

Nate Robertson (6-9, 4.94 ERA) takes the hill for the Tigers, who are just one-half game behind Cleveland (65-52) in the AL Central. He seeks his first win in four tries after tossing 7 2/3 solid innings in a no-decision to Tampa Bay on Tuesday.

The 6-2 lefthander is 2-3 with a 5.29 ERA over five lifetime starts against Oakland, which is 0-2 against Robertson at Comerica Park.

The Athletics will hand the ball to rookie Dallas Braden (1-6, 5.12), who is hoping to finally earn his first win since taking down Baltimore on April 24.

In his pervious start vs. Detroit, the southpaw gave up two runs and four hits in 5 1/3 innings, but didn't figure into the decision on August 1.

Oakland is 3-2 on its seven-game road trip.








  • AL
    FINAL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    OAKLAND 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 6 8 0
    DETROIT 0 8 0 0 1 1 1 0 x 11 11 1 (FINAL)

    BATTERIES: OAK - DALLAS BRADEN, RUDDY LUGO (2ND), KIKO CALERO (5TH), JAY
    MARSHALL (6TH) AND ROB BOWEN
    DET - NATE ROBERTSON, TIM BYRDAK (6TH), YORMAN BAZARDO
    (7TH) AND MIKE RA

    Aug 12 4:13 PM


  • AL
    AT DETROIT - SCORING UPDATE
    DOUBLE BY MARCO SCUTARO SCORED MARK ELLIS.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, M SCUTARO ON SECOND, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: OAKLAND 6
    DETROIT 11 TOP, 9TH
    DUE UP FOR OAKLAND: D JOHNSON (.231, 1-FOR-4, RBI)

    Athletics vs. TigersAug 12 4:11 PM


  • AL
    AT DETROIT - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY SEAN CASEY SCORED BRANDON INGE.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, S CASEY ON FIRST, P POLANCO ON THIRD, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: OAKLAND 5
    DETROIT 11 BOTTOM, 7TH
    DUE UP FOR DETROIT: G SHEFFIELD (.289, 1-FOR-3, BB, RBI)

    Athletics vs. TigersAug 12 3:48 PM


  • AL
    AT DETROIT - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY MARK ELLIS SCORED J.J. FURMANIAK.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, M ELLIS ON FIRST, J CUST ON SECOND, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: OAKLAND 5
    DETROIT 10 TOP, 7TH
    DUE UP FOR OAKLAND: M SCUTARO (.244, 2-FOR-2, BB, HR, 3 RBI)

    Athletics vs. TigersAug 12 3:32 PM


  • AL
    AT DETROIT - SCORING UPDATE
    GROUND OUT BY CURTIS GRANDERSON SCORED MARCUS THAMES.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, C GUILLEN ON SECOND, M ORDONEZ ON THIRD, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: OAKLAND 4
    DETROIT 10 BOTTOM, 6TH
    DUE UP FOR DETROIT: C MONROE (.223, 1-FOR-2, SF, RBI)

    Athletics vs. TigersAug 12 3:20 PM


  • AL
    AT DETROIT - SCORING UPDATE
    SACRIFICE FLY BY CRAIG MONROE SCORED RYAN RABURN.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, NONE ON, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: OAKLAND 4
    DETROIT 9 BOTTOM, 5TH
    DUE UP FOR DETROIT: M RABELO (.270, 0-FOR-2, RBI)

    Athletics vs. TigersAug 12 2:44 PM


  • AL
    AT DETROIT - SCORING UPDATE
    DOUBLE BY DAN JOHNSON SCORED MARCO SCUTARO.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, D JOHNSON ON SECOND, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: OAKLAND 4
    DETROIT 8 TOP, 4TH
    DUE UP FOR OAKLAND: D MURPHY (.246, 0-FOR-1)

    Athletics vs. TigersAug 12 2:11 PM


  • AL
    AT DETROIT - SCORING UPDATE
    DOUBLE BY MARCO SCUTARO SCORED MARK ELLIS.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, M SCUTARO ON SECOND, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: OAKLAND 3
    DETROIT 8 TOP, 4TH
    DUE UP FOR OAKLAND: D JOHNSON (.230, 0-FOR-1)

    Athletics vs. TigersAug 12 2:10 PM


  • AL
    AT DETROIT - SCORING UPDATE
    THREE-RUN HOME RUN BY MAGGLIO ORDONEZ (21) TO LEFT WITH 2
    OUT IN THE 2ND OFF DALLAS BRADEN SCORED PLACIDO POLANCO AND GARY
    SHEFFIELD.
    CURRENT SCORE: OAKLAND 2, DETROIT 8
    DUE UP FOR DETROIT: C GUILLEN (.307, 0-FOR-0, BB)

    Athletics vs. TigersAug 12 1:48 PM


  • AL
    AT DETROIT - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY GARY SHEFFIELD SCORED BRANDON INGE.
    SITUATION: 5 RUNS IN, G SHEFFIELD ON FIRST, P POLANCO ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: OAKLAND 2
    DETROIT 5 BOTTOM, 2ND
    DUE UP FOR DETROIT: M ORDONEZ (.357, 1-FOR-1, HR, RBI)

    Athletics vs. TigersAug 12 1:47 PM


  • AL
    AT DETROIT - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY BRANDON INGE SCORED RYAN RABURN AND CRAIG MONROE.
    SITUATION: 4 RUNS IN, B INGE ON FIRST, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: OAKLAND 2
    DETROIT 4 BOTTOM, 2ND
    DUE UP FOR DETROIT: P POLANCO (.346, 0-FOR-1)

    Athletics vs. TigersAug 12 1:41 PM


  • AL
    AT DETROIT - SCORING UPDATE
    GROUND OUT BY MIKE RABELO SCORED CARLOS GUILLEN.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, C MONROE ON SECOND, R RABURN ON THIRD, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: OAKLAND 2
    DETROIT 2 BOTTOM, 2ND
    DUE UP FOR DETROIT: B INGE (.242, 12 HR, 52 RBI)

    Athletics vs. TigersAug 12 1:37 PM


  • AL
    AT DETROIT - SCORING UPDATE
    SOLO HOME RUN BY MAGGLIO ORDONEZ (20) TO RIGHT WITH 0 OUT
    IN THE 2ND OFF DALLAS BRADEN.
    CURRENT SCORE: OAKLAND 2, DETROIT 1
    DUE UP FOR DETROIT: C GUILLEN (.307, 14 HR, 74 RBI)

    Athletics vs. TigersAug 12 1:30 PM


  • AL
    AT DETROIT - SCORING UPDATE
    TWO-RUN HOME RUN BY MARCO SCUTARO (6) TO LEFT WITH 1 OUT IN
    THE 2ND OFF NATE ROBERTSON SCORED MARK ELLIS.
    CURRENT SCORE: OAKLAND 2, DETROIT 0
    DUE UP FOR OAKLAND: D JOHNSON (.231, 11 HR, 41 RBI)

    Athletics vs. TigersAug 12 1:23 PM

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