GDT: 6/26/09 - DET (41-31) at HOU (33-37) - 8:05 p.m. ET

B:1 S:2 O:3 -
Placido Polanco flies out to left fielder Carlos Lee.

DET 4, HOU 3 after 7.5 innings

Bottom Half

B:0 S:2 O:1 -
Ivan Rodriguez flies out to right fielder Josh Anderson.

B:1 S:1 O:1 -
Kazuo Matsui singles on a line drive to center fielder Curtis Granderson.

B:0 S:0 O:1 -
Offensive Substitution: Pinch hitter Darin Erstad replaces Chris Sampson.

B:4 S:2 O:1 -
Darin Erstad walks. Kazuo Matsui to 2nd.

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

Throw Strikes!!!

B:4 S:2 O:1 -
Michael Bourn walks. Kazuo Matsui to 3rd. Darin Erstad to 2nd.

Get Zoom out of there!!!

Damn you Zoom.......


B:4 S:2 O:1 -
Jeff Keppinger walks. Kazuo Matsui scores. Darin Erstad to 3rd. Michael Bourn to 2nd.
DET 4, HOU 4

B:0 S:0 O:1 -
Pitcher Change: Freddy Dolsi replaces Joel Zumaya, batting 2nd.

B:0 S:0 O:1 -
Defensive Substitution: Ramon Santiago replaces pitcher Joel Zumaya, batting 6th, playing second base.


B:0 S:0 O:2 -
Miguel Tejada out on a sacrifice fly to left fielder Don Kelly. Darin Erstad scores.
HOU 5, DET 4

B:1 S:0 O:3 -
Carlos Lee flies out to left fielder Don Kelly.

HOU 5, DET 4 after 8 innings

Inning 9
Top Half

B:0 S:0 O:0 -
Pitcher Change: LaTroy Hawkins replaces Chris Sampson, batting 4th, replacing left fielder Carlos Lee.

B:0 S:0 O:0 -
Darin Erstad remains in the game as the left fielder.

B:0 S:1 O:0 -
Miguel Cabrera singles on a line drive to center fielder Michael Bourn.

B:1 S:2 O:1 - Josh Anderson grounds into a force out,
shortstop Miguel Tejada to second baseman Kazuo Matsui. Miguel Cabrera
out at 2nd. Josh Anderson to 1st.

We need a home run, Inge!

B:1 S:0 O:1 -
With Brandon Inge batting, Josh Anderson steals (12) 2nd base.

B:1 S:0 O:2 -
Brandon Inge flies out to left fielder Darin Erstad.

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

B:0 S:0 O:2 -
Offensive Substitution: Pinch hitter Ryan Raburn replaces Ramon Santiago.

B:1 S:0 O:3 -
Ryan Raburn grounds out, shortstop Miguel Tejada to first baseman Lance Berkman.

Zoom...I mean Tigers lose 4-5

June 26, 2009

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Detroit	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	9	0
Houston	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	2	X		5	10	0

Detroit AB- R- H- RBI- BB- SO- LOB -AVG- Granderson, CF 3 1 0 0 2 1 2 .259 Polanco, 2B 5 1 1 3 0 0 2 .263 --Dolsi, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Cabrera, M, 1B 4 1 2 1 1 1 0 .337 Thames, LF 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 .273 --1-Anderson, J, PR-LF-RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .259 Inge, 3B 4 0 2 0 1 0 1 .274 Ordonez, RF 4 0 0 0 0 0 7 .270 --Zumaya, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 --Santiago, 2B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .289 --a-Raburn, PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .256 Laird, C 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 .233 Everett, SS 3 1 1 0 0 0 2 .267 Verlander, P 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 --Robertson, N, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 --Miner, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 --Kelly, LF 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .323 Totals 32 4 9 4 7 4 18 a-Grounded out for Santiago in the 9th. 1-Ran for Thames in the 7th. BATTING 2B: Everett (9, Rodriguez, W). HR: Cabrera, M (16, 1st inning off Rodriguez, W, 0 on, 2 out), Polanco (4, 2nd inning off Rodriguez, W, 2 on, 2 out). TB: Polanco 4; Cabrera, M 5; Thames; Inge 2; Laird 2; Everett 2. RBI: Cabrera, M (47), Polanco 3 (30). 2-out RBI: Cabrera, M; Polanco 3. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Ordonez 2; Granderson 2; Polanco; Raburn. S: Verlander 2; Everett. GIDP: Ordonez. Team RISP: 2-for-12. Team LOB: 11. BASERUNNING SB: Anderson, J (12, 2nd base off Hawkins/Rodriguez, I). FIELDING DP: (Everett-Polanco-Cabrera, M).		Houston AB- R-- H- RBI- BB- SO- LOB- AVG Bourn, CF 3 0 2 0 2 1 0 .294 Keppinger, 3B 4 1 1 1 1 0 4 .261 Tejada, SS 4 1 2 2 0 0 0 .330 Lee, C, LF 5 0 0 0 0 1 5 .295 --Hawkins, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Berkman, 1B 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 .251 Pence, RF 4 0 1 1 0 1 5 .318 Rodriguez, I, C 4 1 1 0 0 2 2 .254 Matsui, K, 2B 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 .240 Rodriguez, W, P 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .037 --a-Kata, PH 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .240 --Arias, A, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 --Byrdak, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 --Sampson, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 --b-Erstad, PH-LF 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .147 Totals 31 5 10 5 7 6 16 a-Singled for Rodriguez, W in the 6th. b-Walked for Sampson in the 8th. BATTING 2B: Tejada (25, Verlander), Rodriguez, I (9, Verlander). TB: Bourn 2; Keppinger; Tejada 3; Berkman; Pence; Rodriguez, I 2; Matsui, K; Kata. RBI: Tejada 2 (41), Pence (30), Kata (3), Keppinger (10). 2-out RBI: Pence. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Pence 2; Rodriguez, I; Keppinger; Lee, C. S: Matsui, K. SF: Tejada. GIDP: Keppinger. Team RISP: 2-for-9. Team LOB: 11. FIELDING DP: (Tejada-Matsui, K-Berkman).
Detroit IP-- H- R- ER- BB- SO- HR- ERA Verlander 5.1 7 3 3 4 6 0 3.40 Robertson, N 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7.71 Miner (H, 2) 1.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4.11 Zumaya (BS, 4)(L, 3-2) 0.2 1 2 2 3 0 0 4.32 Dolsi 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00		Houston IP-- H- R- ER- BB- SO- HR- ERA Rodriguez, W 6.0 7 4 4 4 3 2 3.35 Arias, A 1.1 1 0 0 2 0 0 2.18 Byrdak 0.1 0 0 0 1 1 0 3.55 Sampson (W, 4-0) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.09 Hawkins (S, 10) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.62
Robertson, N pitched to 1 batter in the 6th. Balk: Verlander. Pitches-strikes: Verlander 118-75, Robertson, N 2-1, Miner 18-11, Zumaya 30-17, Dolsi 3-2, Rodriguez, W 106-59, Arias, A 32-16, Byrdak 10-5, Sampson 7-6, Hawkins 10-7. Groundouts-flyouts: Verlander 6-4, Robertson, N 0-0, Miner 3-1, Zumaya 1-1, Dolsi 0-2, Rodriguez, W 8-7, Arias, A 3-1, Byrdak 0-0, Sampson 0-1, Hawkins 2-1. Batters faced: Verlander 27, Robertson, N 1, Miner 4, Zumaya 6, Dolsi 2, Rodriguez, W 28, Arias, A 7, Byrdak 2, Sampson 1, Hawkins 4. Inherited runners-scored: Robertson, N 1-0, Miner 2-0, Zumaya 1-0, Dolsi 3-1, Byrdak 1-0, Sampson 2-0. Umpires: HP: Jim Reynolds. 1B: Tim Welke. 2B: James Hoye. 3B: Bill Welke. Weather: 73 degrees, roof closed. Wind: 0 mph, None. T: 3:24. Att: 33,052. June 26, 2009