GDT: 3/12/08 - HOU (6-9) @ DET (10-5) - 1:05 PM

GDT: 3/12/08 - HOU (6-9) @ DET (10-5) - 1:05 PM

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SCHEDULED PITCHERS:
DET: LHP Kenny Rogers (0-0, 4.15), RHP Virgil Vasquez, RHP Aquilino Lopez, LHP Tim Byrdak and RHP Preston Larrison

HOU: RHP Woody Williams (0-1, 9.64), RHP Brian Moehler, RHP Doug Brocail, LHP Mark McLemore and RHP Chad Paronto
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UPCOMING PROBABLE PITCHERS:

THURSDAY VS. ATLANTA - MLB.TV & Gameday Audio: Jeremy Bonderman (R) vs. Jo-Jo Reyes (L), Jeff Bennett (R), Chuck James (L), Royce Ring (L).

FRIDAY AT HOUSTON -MLB.TV & Gameday Audio & WXYT 1270 radio : Nate Robertson (L) vs. Wandy Rodriguez (L), Felipe Paulino (R).

Houston
CF Bourn
- CF Abercrombie
2B Loretta
- 2B Castillo
SS Tejada
- SS House
1B Berkman
- 1B Gorneault
LF Lee
- LF Diez
RF Erstad
- RF Newhan
DH Cruz
C Ausmus
- C Tomas Perez


Detroit
CF Granderson
- CF Guzman
2B Polanco
- 2B Sizemore
DH Sheffield
-DH Timo Perez
RF Ordonez
- RF Clevlen
3B Cabrera
- 3B Rayburn
1B Guillen
- 1B Hessman
SS Renteria
- SS Santiago
C Rodriguez
- C St. Pierre
LF Jones, J

Top of 1st

Bourn, CF - K
Loretta, 2B - GO SS to 1st
Tejada, SS - GO 1B

Astros down 1-2-3

bottom of 1st

Granderson, CF - 1st out
Polanco, P, 2B - HR
Sheffield, DH - double


Tigers lead 1-0

Ordonez, RF - FO to LF - 2 outs
Shef on 3B

Cabrera, 3B - GO SS to 1B - 3 outs

I'm about to leave for school so I'll miss yet another game

I swear, I'll be in these GDTs at some point - especially once the season starts!

Top of 2nd
Rogers pitching

Berkman - HR
GAME TIED 1-1

Lee - FO 2B - 1 OUT

GOOD LUCK IN CLASSES CATBOX.....

Erstad - OUT TO Polly - 2 outs
Wigginton - GB SINGLE
Cruz GROUND RULE DOUBLE, Wigginton on 3b

Ausmus GB 3B OUT #3

BOTTOM OF 2ND

1B Guillen - DOUBLE
SS Renteria - GR DOUBLE - Guillen scores - Tigers lead 2-1
C Rodriguez - HR - no outs

TIGERS 4-1

Jones, J - fly out - 1 out
Granderson - fly out at outfield fence - 2 out
Polanco GO - 3 outs

Tigers ahead 4-1

lunch break, will catch up in 15 min.

Top of 3rd

CF Bourn - bunt ground out - 1 out
2B Loretta - grounds out 2b to 1b - 2 out
SS Tejada - fly out to CF - 3 out

Bottom of 3rd

DH Sheffield - FO TO CF - 1 OUT
RF Ordonez - singles
3B Cabrera - singles ld to lf - maggs to 2b
1B Guillen - pops out 2b - 2 out
SS Renteria - 3 run home run - Tigers 7-1
C Rodriguez - home run - Tigers 8-1
LF Jones, J - singles
Granderson - FO to CF - 3 outs

TIGERS AHEAD 8-1

TOP OF 4TH

1B Berkman - FO - 1 OUT
LF Lee - FO - 2 OUT
RF Erstad - K - 3 OUTS

BOTTOM OF 4TH
Brian Moehler pitching

2B Polanco - go - 1 out
DH Sheffield - go - 2 out
RF Ordonez - double
3B Cabrera - singles - Maggs scores - Tigers 9-1
1B Guillen - singles - Cabrera to 2b
SS Renteria - k - 3 outs

Tigers 9-1

TOP OF 5TH
Rogers still pitching

3B Wigginton - go 3b to 1st - 1 out
DH Cruz - fo to rf - 2 outs
C Ausmus - go 3b to 1b - 3 outs

BOTTOM OF 5TH

C Rodriguez - FO just short of being another hr - 1 out
LF Jones, J - gb to 1b - 2 out
CF Granderson - fo - 3 outs

TIGERS LEAD 9-1

TOP OF 6TH
VIRGIL VASQUEZ PITCHING

CF Bourn -Gets a hit
2B Loretta - DOUBLE PLAY - 2 OUT
SS Tejada - SINGLES
1B Berkman - WALK
LF Lee - FB 3B - 3 OUTS

TIGERS AHEAD 9-1

bottom of 6th

2B Polanco - on first Sizemore pinch runner
DH Sheffield - flyout - 1 out
RF Ordonez - k - 2 outs
3B Cabrera - fo - 3 outs

TOP OF 7TH

RF Erstad - HR - TIGERS 9-2
Wigginton - HIT BY PITCH
Cruz - DOUBLE - Wigginton scores - Tigers 9-3
Ausmus - ss to 1st - 1 out
Abercrombie - po to 2nd - 2 out
Loretta - go - 3 outs

BOTTOM OF 7TH

1B Guillen - on base - pinch runner
SS Renteria - SINGLES - Santiago pinch runner
C St. Pierre - singles
Jones singles home Hessman Tigers 10-3
CF Granderson - pop out - 1 out
2B Sizemore - K - 2 out
Perez - fo - 3 outs

Top of 8th
Byrdak Pitching

SS House - fo - 1 out
1B Gorneault - po - 2 out
- LF Diez - singles
Newhan - singles
Wigginton doubles - Diez scores
Cruz K - 3 out

Tigers 10-4

Bottom of 8th
Paronto pitching for Astros

Clevlen - line fly 3b - 1 out
Hessman - K - 2 out
Santiago - double rf - Rayburn scores
St. Pierre - ss to 1b - 3 out

Tigers 11-4

Top of 9th
Byrdak Pitching

C Tomas Perez - pop out 3B - 1 out
CF Abercrombie - flies out to lf - 2 out
2B Castillo - flies out to center - 3 out

Tigers Win 11 - 4



Complete box score available at:
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/boxscore.jsp?gid=2008_03_12_houmlb_detmlb_1

March 12, 2008

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Houston	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0		4	10	0
Detroit	1	3	4	1	0	0	1	1	X		11	20	0

Detroit	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Granderson, CF	5	0	0	0	0	0	4	.207
Guzman, Fre, CF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.455
Polanco, P, 2B	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	.483
1-Sizemore, PR-2B	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	.286
Sheffield, DH	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	.056
a-Perez, T, PH-DH	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	.421
Ordonez, RF	4	2	2	0	0	1	2	.344
Clevlen, RF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.458
Cabrera, 3B	4	1	2	1	0	0	2	.303
Raburn, 3B-LF	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	.265
Guillen, 1B	4	1	3	0	0	0	2	.343
2-Hessman, PR-1B	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	.261
Renteria, SS	4	2	3	4	0	1	2	.214
3-Santiago, PR-SS	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	.476
Rodriguez, C	3	2	2	3	0	0	0	.345
St. Pierre, M, C	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	.364
Jones, J, LF	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	.227
Hollimon, M, 3B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.105
Totals	44	11	20	11	0	4	21
a-Flied out for Sheffield in the 7th. 1-Ran for Polanco, P in the 6th. 2-Ran for Guillen in the 7th. 3-Ran for Renteria in the 7th.
BATTING 2B: Sheffield (1, Williams), Guillen (1, Williams), Renteria (3, Williams), Ordonez (2, Moehler), Santiago (3, Paronto). HR: Polanco, P (2, 1st inning off Williams, 0 on, 1 out), Rodriguez 2 (6, 2nd inning off Williams, 1 on, 0 out; 3rd inning off Williams, 0 on, 2 out), Renteria (1, 3rd inning off Williams, 2 on, 2 out). TB: Polanco, P 5; Sheffield 2; Ordonez 3; Cabrera 2; Raburn; Guillen 4; Renteria 7; Santiago 2; Rodriguez 8; St. Pierre, M; Jones, J 2. RBI: Polanco, P (4), Renteria 4 (6), Rodriguez 3 (9), Cabrera (5), Jones, J (2), Santiago (2). 2-out RBI: Renteria 3; Rodriguez; Cabrera; Santiago. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Cabrera; Renteria; Perez, T 2; St. Pierre, M. Team LOB: 9. FIELDING DP: (Renteria-Polanco, P-Guillen).

Detroit	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Rogers (W, 1-0)	5.0	3	1	1	0	2	1	2.89
Vasquez	2.0	4	2	2	1	0	1	7.27
Byrdak	2.0	3	1	1	0	1	0	5.14

HBP: Wigginton (by Vasquez).
Ground outs-fly outs: Williams 3-6, Moehler 3-4, Brocail 0-2, Paronto 1-1, Rogers 8-5, Vasquez 4-2, Byrdak 0-5.
Batters faced: Williams 19, Moehler 13, Brocail 7, Paronto 5, Rogers 18, Vasquez 11, Byrdak 9.
Umpires: HP: Adrian Johnson. 1B: Jerry Layne. 2B: Adam Dowdy. 3B: Kevin Causey.
Weather: 74 degrees, sunny.
Wind: 5 mph, Out to RF.
T: 2:38.
Att: 6,937.

5 innings for Rogers

He'd have got the win if this was a real game

:curtis: is only hitting .207

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