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| Alex Avila hits the very first pitch in the bottom of the 6th for a solo home run, not to be outdone by Jhonny Peralta who followed suit on the next. |
The weather outside was not frightful. The Tigers as hosts were not delightful. They scalped the Cleveland Indians Friday night and sent their best pitcher, Josh Tomlin, down with two quick hatchet chops. When you are playing ball like this there is no chance you are going to miss the big dance.
The Boys from Motown are not known this year to be the most productive run scoring team, but on this night they got 4 runs on 8 hits.
"My arm feels great right now," said Detroit starter Max Scherzer, who got an extra day of rest after throwing 120 pitches in his last appearance. "I had all my pitches working tonight, even my slider, which I can't usually throw that much against a left-handed lineup." Good thing, too. The Indians were held to 5 hits.
Cleveland could have taken over the division lead with a sweep of this three-game weekend series, but with Scherzer's pitching and three Detroit homers it means that chance is gone and they find themselves 2½ games back once again.
These two are at it early Saturday evening, but we are going to be staying out of the heat and the likely stormy weather tucked safely inside of CUBS' AC enjoying the perfectly climate-controlled and smoke-free atmosphere watching all the action on the big screens and sampling the Big 11 Burger Collection.
GO TIGERS!!
The Boys from Motown are not known this year to be the most productive run scoring team, but on this night they got 4 runs on 8 hits.
"My arm feels great right now," said Detroit starter Max Scherzer, who got an extra day of rest after throwing 120 pitches in his last appearance. "I had all my pitches working tonight, even my slider, which I can't usually throw that much against a left-handed lineup." Good thing, too. The Indians were held to 5 hits.
Cleveland could have taken over the division lead with a sweep of this three-game weekend series, but with Scherzer's pitching and three Detroit homers it means that chance is gone and they find themselves 2½ games back once again.
These two are at it early Saturday evening, but we are going to be staying out of the heat and the likely stormy weather tucked safely inside of CUBS' AC enjoying the perfectly climate-controlled and smoke-free atmosphere watching all the action on the big screens and sampling the Big 11 Burger Collection.
GO TIGERS!!
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