Big Pasta pitched quite well, going seven solid innings on his highest pitch total of the season and not allowing one earned run.
Houston struck first with a pair of unearned runs to lead 2-0. Then, J.D. Martinez decided to even things up. After barely fouling one off to left, he annihilated the next pitch to right, sending two Tigers home for a 3-2 edge.
That’s where it stayed through seven. Joba Chamberlain entered the 8th and handled his business. He went 1-2-3 with a final strikeout, emphatic-style. That was the most important part of the game.
Detroit felt like adding three more runs to erase a save situation. With only one out, we did our thing and stranded boy at third. So we put on our cape and once again created a two-out rally. With men on second and third, James “Captain America” McCann drove them both home for a 6-2 final.