Tiger Bats Come Through

Tiger batters came through and Justin Verlander was dominant as they beat the LA Dodgers, 6-1. Justin Verlander and Dodger starting pitcher, Kenta Maeda both had no-hitters through the first five innings.

Offensively, Sunday afternoon’s game was a tale of two foul poles. Former Tiger, Curtis Granderson broke the ice again for the second day in a row. With two outs in the top of the 6^th, Granderson launched a ball, hooking right that bounced off the pole, for a home run.

John Hicks started the Tiger half of the 6^th with a single and Andrew Romine doubled. A double from Dixon Machado scored Hicks and Romine. With two outs, later in the inning, Justin Upton hooked a home run to left, bouncing off the left foul pole. The Tigers led 4-1.

Tiger batters were back at it again in the 8^th. A single from Ian Kinsler and a walk to Jacoby Jones  put two men on for Miguel Cabrera who doubled to deep right center, splitting the outfielders. Kinsler and Jones scored. The Tigers led 6-1 and that’s how the score would stay. Daniel Stumpf came on for Verlander in the 9^th and retired the Dodgers, while giving up one single.

Justin Verlander left the game late, with a well-deserved, standing ovation. In eight innings, Verlander gave up one run on two hits with one walk and nine strikeouts. The Tigers snapped a six game losing streak and will have the day off on Monday. The Tigers host the Yankees for three, beginning Tuesday, before heading to Chicago for three. Matt Boyd (5-6  5.70 ERA) gets the call and the Yanks will counter with Masahiro Tanaka (8-10  4.92 ERA). Our coverage begins, Tuesday night, at 6:45, on 95.3 WBCK.