The boys received their all-star uniforms on a hot July afternoon in Detroit before the game began. “O” G Torii Hunter must have like how he looked, because the veteran Tiger belted a solo blast to get things popping in the first.
Justin Verlander didn’t play any games today. No hits through 6 and 2/3 innings gave us a pretty good head start.
Victor Martinez and Jhonny Peralta went back-to-back to up the lead to 3-0 in the 4th.
With two outs in the 6th, Peralta singled in another run, and Matt Tuiasosopo followed suit for a 5-0 lead.
Drew Smyly got four outs, giving up one hit, and Joaquin Benoit finished the final two Rangers for the Tigers 52nd win.
…………………perfect way to silence all the critics in the first half……plenty of runs for us, none for them………….it’s a marathon folks……stay healthy and batter up.