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Tigers look to top Indians again

Jun 8, 2008 - 1:40 PM Cleveland (28-24) at Detroit (25-36) 1:05 pm EDT

DETROIT (Ticker) -- The Detroit Tigers hope their offense can pick up from where it left off when they meet the Cleveland Indians in the third of a four-game series on Sunday.

Marcus Thames and Edgar Renteria both homered during a six-run eighth inning to help lift the Tigers to an 8-4 victory on Saturday. The victory snapped a four-game losing streak for Detroit.

"I'm not going to get carried away with one game, but any game is a big game for us right now," Detroit manager Jim Leyland said. "We're just trying to get the ship righted."

Rookie Armando Galarraga (4-2, 3.76 ERA) gets the call for the Tigers in place of injured starter Jeremy Bonderman, who could miss the rest of the season after undergoing medical procedures related to a blood clot in his pitching shoulder.

Galarraga, who made eight starts when Dontrelle Willis went on the disabled list, was solid in his season debut against the Indians, holding them to two runs in 6 2/3 innings of a win on April 16 in Cleveland.

Cleveland's Jeremy Sowers (0-0, 5.23) is also getting an opportunity on the hill due to an injury, replacing Jake Westbrook (elbow surgery) in the rotation.

The 25-year-old lefthander is 1-1 with a 6.30 ERA through two career starts against the Tigers, who pounded Sowers for five runs in four frames of a 9-2 win here on June 3, 2007.








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

    BATTERIES: CLE - JEREMY SOWERS, SCOTT ELARTON (5TH), EDWARD MUJICA (8TH) AND
    VICTOR MARTINEZ
    DET - ARMANDO GALARRAGA, CASEY FOSSUM (6TH), ZACH MINER
    (8TH), FREDDY DOLSI (8TH)

    Jun 8 4:15 PM


  • AL
    AT DETROIT - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY RYAN GARKO SCORED GRADY SIZEMORE.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, R GARKO ON FIRST, V MARTINEZ ON SECOND, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: CLEVELAND 2
    DETROIT 5 TOP, 6TH
    DUE UP FOR CLEVELAND: J PERALTA (.233, 0-FOR-2)

    Guardians 2, Tigers 5  Top 6, 0 OutsJun 8 3:07 PM


  • AL
    AT DETROIT - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY PLACIDO POLANCO SCORED IVAN RODRIGUEZ AND BRENT
    CLEVLEN.
    SITUATION: 3 RUNS IN, P POLANCO ON FIRST, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: CLEVELAND 1
    DETROIT 5 BOTTOM, 4TH
    DUE UP FOR DETROIT: M THAMES (.258, 0-FOR-1, BB)

    Guardians 1, Tigers 5  Bot 4, 0 OutsJun 8 2:25 PM


  • AL
    AT DETROIT - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY IVAN RODRIGUEZ SCORED CARLOS GUILLEN.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, I RODRIGUEZ ON FIRST, 0 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: CLEVELAND 1
    DETROIT 3 BOTTOM, 4TH
    DUE UP FOR DETROIT: B CLEVLEN (.000, 0-FOR-1)

    Guardians 1, Tigers 3  Bot 4, 0 OutsJun 8 2:14 PM


  • AL
    AT DETROIT - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY GRADY SIZEMORE SCORED SHIN-SOO CHOO.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, G SIZEMORE ON FIRST, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: CLEVELAND 1
    DETROIT 2 TOP, 3RD
    DUE UP FOR CLEVELAND: F GUTIERREZ (.256, 0-FOR-1)

    Guardians 1, Tigers 2  Top 3, 0 OutsJun 8 1:51 PM


  • AL
    AT DETROIT - SCORING UPDATE
    SOLO HOME RUN BY CURTIS GRANDERSON (8) TO LEFT WITH 2 OUT
    IN THE 2ND OFF JEREMY SOWERS.
    CURRENT SCORE: CLEVELAND 0, DETROIT 2
    DUE UP FOR DETROIT: E RENTERIA (.270, 0-FOR-1)

    Guardians 0, Tigers 2  Bot 2, 0 OutsJun 8 1:43 PM


  • AL
    AT DETROIT - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY MIGUEL CABRERA SCORED PLACIDO POLANCO.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, M CABRERA ON FIRST, M THAMES ON THIRD, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: CLEVELAND 0
    DETROIT 1 BOTTOM, 1ST
    DUE UP FOR DETROIT: C GUILLEN (.303, 6 HR, 29 RBI)

    Guardians 0, Tigers 1  Bot 1, 0 OutsJun 8 1:25 PM

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