GDT: 4/22/09 - DET (7-6) AT LAA (5-8) - 10:05 p.m. ET

B:1 S:1 O:3 - Juan Rivera grounds into double play,
shortstop Adam Everett to second baseman Placido Polanco to first
baseman Miguel Cabrera. Mike Napoli out at 2nd.

11-8 after 7 innings

Great DP! Nice one Perry!

Please don't give up that lead guys!

I wanna go to work with a good feeling today!

Inning 8
Top Half

B:0 S:0 O:0 -
Pitcher Change: Jason Bulger replaces Jose Arredondo.

B:2 S:1 O:1 -
Miguel Cabrera flies out to center fielder Torii Hunter.

B:2 S:0 O:2 -
Carlos Guillen flies out to left fielder Bobby Abreu.

B:0 S:3 O:3 -
Gerald Laird called out on strikes.

11-8

Bottom Half

B:0 S:0 O:0 -
Pitcher Change: Bobby Seay replaces Ryan Perry.

B:3 S:2 O:1 -
Erick Aybar flies out to right fielder Josh Anderson.

B:1 S:1 O:1 -
Chone Figgins singles on a fly ball to right fielder Josh Anderson.

B:1 S:2 O:2 -
Maicer Izturis pops out to second baseman Placido Polanco.

B:0 S:0 O:3 -
Bobby Abreu grounds out, second baseman Placido Polanco to first baseman Miguel Cabrera.

11-8 after 8 innings

Inning 9
Top Half

B:0 S:0 O:0 -
Pitcher Change: Rich Thompson replaces Jason Bulger.

B:3 S:2 O:0 -
Brandon Inge homers (5) on a fly ball to center field.

12-8

B:1 S:2 O:0 -
Josh Anderson singles on a line drive to left fielder Bobby Abreu.

B:2 S:1 O:1 -
Adam Everett out on a sacrifice bunt, pitcher Rich Thompson to second baseman Maicer Izturis. Josh Anderson to 2nd.

B:2 S:3 O:2 -
Curtis Granderson strikes out swinging.

B:1 S:1 O:3 -
Placido Polanco lines out to shortstop Erick Aybar.

12-8

Bottom Half

B:0 S:0 O:0 -
Pitcher Change: Fernando Rodney replaces Bobby Seay.

B:0 S:1 O:0 -
Torii Hunter singles on a ground ball to shortstop Adam Everett.

B:2 S:1 O:2 -
Kendry Morales grounds into double play, shortstop Adam Everett to first baseman Miguel Cabrera. Torii Hunter out at 2nd.

B:2 S:2 O:2 -
Mike Napoli singles on a ground ball to left fielder Carlos Guillen.

B:2 S:0 O:2 -
Gary MatthewsJr. singles on a soft fly ball to center fielder Curtis Granderson. Mike Napoli to 2nd.

B:0 S:1 O:2 -
Juan Rivera doubles (3) on a line drive to right fielder Josh Anderson. Mike Napoli scores. Gary MatthewsJr. scores.

12-10

B:0 S:1 O:2 -
Coaching visit to mound.

B:1 S:1 O:2 -
With Erick Aybar batting, wild pitch by Fernando Rodney, Juan Rivera to 3rd.

B:2 S:2 O:3 -
Erick Aybar grounds out to first baseman Miguel Cabrera.

WIN 12-10

April 22, 2009

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Detroit	2	0	2	0	1	1	5	0	1		12	18	0
LA Angels	3	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	2		10	16	1

Detroit AB- R-- H- RBI- BB- SO0 LOB -AVG- Granderson, CF 4 2 3 1 1 1 1 .267 Polanco, 2B 6 1 2 2 0 0 4 .276 Ordonez, DH 5 2 3 2 0 0 3 .321 Cabrera, M, 1B 3 1 1 0 2 0 1 .444 Guillen, LF 5 1 2 1 0 0 1 .250 Laird, C 4 1 0 1 1 1 2 .282 Inge, 3B 5 2 3 2 0 0 0 .320 Raburn, RF 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 --a-Anderson, J, PH-RF 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 .368 Everett, SS 4 1 3 2 0 0 0 .308 Totals 40 12 18 11 4 3 13 a-Grounded into a forceout for Raburn in the 6th. BATTING 2B: Polanco (6, Saunders), Everett (2, Saunders). HR: Granderson (5, 5th inning off Saunders, 0 on, 0 out), Inge (5, 9th inning off Thompson, 0 on, 0 out). TB: Granderson 6; Polanco 3; Ordonez 3; Cabrera, M; Guillen 2; Inge 6; Anderson, J; Everett 4. RBI: Polanco 2 (8), Ordonez 2 (6), Guillen (5), Granderson (9), Everett 2 (5), Laird (3), Inge 2 (14). 2-out RBI: Ordonez; Guillen; Everett. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Laird; Polanco 2. S: Granderson; Anderson, J; Everett. GIDP: Cabrera, M; Ordonez. Team RISP: 9-for-15. Team LOB: 8. BASERUNNING SB: Anderson, J (3, 2nd base off Speier/Napoli). FIELDING DP: 3 (Verlander-Everett-Cabrera, M, Everett-Polanco-Cabrera, M, Everett-Cabrera, M).		LA Angels AB- R-- H- RBI- BB- SO- LOB- AVG Figgins, 3B 5 0 1 0 0 3 2 .250 Izturis, M, 2B 5 2 3 1 0 0 2 .267 Abreu, LF 3 2 1 0 2 0 1 .370 Hunter, CF 4 1 3 1 1 1 2 .348 Morales, 1B 5 1 2 5 0 1 5 .250 Napoli, C 3 1 1 0 2 1 1 .226 Matthews, RF 5 2 2 0 0 1 4 .240 Rivera, DH 5 1 2 2 0 0 2 .302 Aybar, E, SS 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 .256 Totals 39 10 16 10 5 7 20 BATTING 2B: Izturis, M 2 (2, Verlander, Rincon), Aybar, E (3, Verlander), Hunter (5, Verlander), Rivera (3, Rodney). HR: Morales (1, 1st inning off Verlander, 2 on, 2 out). TB: Figgins; Izturis, M 5; Abreu; Hunter 4; Morales 5; Napoli; Matthews 2; Rivera 3; Aybar, E 2. RBI: Morales 5 (9), Aybar, E (5), Hunter (10), Izturis, M (3), Rivera 2 (5). 2-out RBI: Morales 3; Izturis, M; Rivera 2. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Izturis, M; Matthews; Morales 2; Aybar, E. S: Aybar, E. GIDP: Matthews; Rivera; Morales. Team RISP: 6-for-14. Team LOB: 8. FIELDING E: Aybar, E (1, throw). DP: 2 (Figgins-Izturis, M-Morales, Izturis, M-Aybar, E-Morales).
Detroit IP-- H- R- ER- BB- SO- HR- ERA Verlander 5.0 9 7 7 2 5 1 9.00 Rincon (W, 1-0) 1.0 2 1 1 2 1 0 6.14 Perry (H, 2) 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1.93 Seay (H, 5) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 Rodney 1.0 4 2 2 0 0 0 3.00		LA Angels IP-- H- R- ER- BB- SO- HR- ERA Saunders 5.0 7 5 5 2 1 1 3.51 Speier (H, 1) 1.0 3 1 1 0 0 0 3.86 Shields (L, 0-2) 0.0 2 4 4 2 0 0 14.40 Arredondo (BS, 1) 1.0 4 1 1 0 0 0 6.43 Bulger 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13.50 Thompson 1.0 2 1 1 0 1 1 3.38
Shields pitched to 4 batters in the 7th. WP: Rincon, Rodney. Pitches-strikes: Verlander 104-66, Rincon 29-14, Perry 11-6, Seay 15-10, Rodney 22-14, Saunders 84-49, Speier 28-20, Shields 18-9, Arredondo 24-15, Bulger 10-6, Thompson 23-14. Groundouts-flyouts: Verlander 7-3, Rincon 2-0, Perry 2-0, Seay 1-2, Rodney 3-0, Saunders 7-7, Speier 2-1, Shields 0-0, Arredondo 3-0, Bulger 0-2, Thompson 1-1. Batters faced: Verlander 25, Rincon 7, Perry 3, Seay 4, Rodney 6, Saunders 23, Speier 6, Shields 4, Arredondo 6, Bulger 3, Thompson 5. Inherited runners-scored: Arredondo 3-3. Umpires: HP: Mark Wegner. 1B: Rob Drake. 2B: Jeff Kellogg. 3B: Tim Timmons. Weather: 61 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 7 mph, Out to CF. T: 3:26. Att: 43,047. April 22, 2009

I left before Rodney took the mound and had do drive to the office. I'm glad i didn't see and feel that rollercoaster trip!

A win is a win!

Go Tigers!