Tigers def. Nationals 4-3 on 3/10/08

March 10, 2008

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Detroit	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		4	9	0
Washington	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0		3	8	0

03/10/2008 3:59 PM ET
Pudge, Cabrera power Tigers to win
Pair hits solo shots; ninth-inning single by Bowden difference
By Bill Ladson / MLB.com

TIGERS 4, NATIONALS 3
at Viera, Fla.
Monday, March 10

Tigers at the plate: Ivan Rodriguez led off the game with a home run, while Miguel Cabrera connected with a solo shot in the fourth inning. Cabrera ended up going 2-for-3 with two RBIs in the game. Joe Bowden drove in the game-winning run with a single to left in the top of the ninth inning off Chris Schroder.

Nationals at the plate: Matt Whitney hit a three-run homer against right-hander Zach Miner in the eighth inning. Lastings Milledge was the only member of the Nationals to collect at least two hits in Monday's game.

Tigers on the mound: Right-handers Justin Verlander and Armando Galarraga pitched a combined six shutout innings.

Nationals on the mound: Left-hander John Lannan pitched 3 2/3 innings and gave up three runs on five hits. Right-hander Tyler Clippard pitched 3 1/3 innings without giving up a run.

Grapefruit League records: Tigers 8-5-1, Nationals 6-7-1.

Up next: The Tigers have their second split-squad day of the spring Tuesday. Dontrelle Willis will make his third start of the spring when Detroit hosts Cincinnati at Joker Marchant Stadium. Elsewhere, Yorman Bazardo will make the start and Rick Porcello will pitch in relief in a road matchup with the Indians at Winter Haven, Fla. Both games start at 1:05 p.m. ET. (Tigers - Indians game on MLB.TV)

Bill Ladson is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.

Detroit	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Rodriguez, C	2	1	1	1	1	1	0	.292
1-Bowen, PR-C	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	.200
Inge, CF	3	0	1	0	0	1	1	.318
Guzman, Fre, CF	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.455
Guillen, 1B	3	1	0	0	0	0	2	.286
Larish, 1B	2	0	0	0	0	2	3	.000
Ordonez, DH	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	.360
a-Trzesniak, PH-DH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333
Cabrera, 3B	3	1	2	2	0	1	2	.231
Hessman, 3B	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.278
Raburn, LF	4	0	1	0	0	1	1	.267
Joyce, RF	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	.364
Santiago, SS	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	.529
Hollimon, M, 2B	4	0	0	0	0	2	3	.118
Totals	34	4	9	4	4	8	13
a-Flied out for Ordonez in the 8th. 1-Ran for Rodriguez in the 5th.
BATTING 2B: Raburn (3, Lannan). HR: Rodriguez (3, 1st inning off Lannan, 0 on, 0 out), Cabrera (1, 4th inning off Lannan, 0 on, 1 out). TB: Rodriguez 4; Bowen; Inge; Ordonez; Cabrera 5; Raburn 2; Joyce; Santiago. RBI: Rodriguez (5), Cabrera 2 (4), Bowen (1). 2-out RBI: Cabrera; Bowen. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Hollimon, M; Cabrera; Larish 2. S: Santiago. Team LOB: 8. BASERUNNING SB: Guzman, Fre (3, 2nd base off Clippard/Nieves). FIELDING DP: (Santiago-Hollimon, M-Guillen).

Detroit	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Verlander	3.0	4	0	0	0	3	0	0.00
Galarraga (H, 2)	3.0	1	0	0	2	3	0	6.75
Miner (BS, 1)(W, 1-0)	2.0	3	3	3	1	0	1	5.63
Dolsi (S, 3)	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2.25

Ground outs-fly outs: Verlander 5-1, Galarraga 3-3, Miner 4-2, Dolsi 1-1, Lannan 5-3, Clippard 3-3, Rivera 0-3, Schroder 1-0.
Batters faced: Verlander 13, Galarraga 11, Miner 10, Dolsi 3, Lannan 16, Clippard 14, Rivera 3, Schroder 6.
Inherited runners-scored: Clippard 1-0.
Umpires: HP: Gary Cederstrom. 1B: Lance Barksdale. 2B: Ed Hickox. 3B: Adam Dowdy.
Weather: 70 degrees, partly cloudy.
Wind: 12 mph, L to R.
T: 2:36.
Att: 4,262.