Porcello Snaps Back - Tigers Top Twins

Detroit Tames Twins 8-1 Friday Night

Brandon Inge has been spotty again since his return.  But he did make a good play here and threw out Trevor Plouffe in the 5th.

The beginning of the game looked like a test of nerves, and thankfully the Tigers defense was up to the challenge.  The nifty (and timely) double-play on Matt Cuddyer with a man on 1st and 3rd and one out was a beautiful relief.  But Rick Porcello settled down and went on to pitch 6⅓ innings and gave up only one earned run on his way to breaking his losing skid.

Detroit maintains it's 6½ game lead in the AL Central and we can start to think about a countdown pretty soon.  At this point there are 31 games left meaning the magic number is №25.

Delmon Young made his first appearance back in Minnesota and promptly had 3 RBI's on 3 singles and made sure that everyone knew he was definitely now a Detroit Tiger.  He and Victor Martinez's 4 RBI's combined for 7 of the 8 runs which pushed the limping Twinsies back 17 games out of first - a place they are totally unfamiliar with.

☑ Game two of this weekend series is Saturday afternoon and we'll all be at CUBS' AC watching the action on the big screens enjoying Happy Hour and gobbling down some of that luscious Shepherd's Pie which is waiting back in the kitchen.

GO TIGERS!!