Posted on Fri, Jul. 18, 2008
BALTIMORE - Gary Sheffield and Brandon Inge hit two-run homers, Marcus Thames added a solo shot, and the Detroit Tigers resumed their playoff drive by defeating the Baltimore Orioles, 6-5, last night.
Kenny Rogers (7-6) allowed four runs and 11 hits in six gritty innings for the Tigers, who moved within 61/2 games of first-place Chicago in the AL Central.
Melvin Mora homered for the Orioles, who have dropped eight of nine to fall four games under .500 (45-49) for the first time this season.
Detroit 021 002 100 6 9 1
Baltimore 021 100 001 5 14 0
Detroit AB R H BI Avg. Baltimore AB R H BI Avg.
Granderson cf 4 1 1 0 .292 BRoberts 2b 4 1 1 0 .295
Polanco 2b 5 0 1 0 .304 AJones cf 4 0 2 0 .284
Thames lf 3 1 2 2 .271 Markakis rf 4 0 0 1 .296
Joyce lf 1 0 0 0 .263 Huff dh 4 1 2 1 .287
Ordonez rf 5 0 1 0 .305 Millar 1b 5 1 2 0 .242
MiCabrera 1b 3 1 0 0 .282 Mora 3b 4 1 2 2 .236
Sheffield dh 3 1 1 2 .219 RHernandez c 3 0 1 1 .239
IRodriguez c 3 0 0 0 .285 Payton lf 4 0 2 0 .249
Renteria ss 3 1 2 0 .258 Fahey ss 3 0 1 0 .234
Santiago ss 0 0 0 0 .347 a-Scott ph 1 0 1 0 .256
Inge 3b 4 1 1 2 .221 1-Bynum pr 0 1 0 0 .179
Totals 34 6 9 6 Totals 36 5 14 5
a-doubled for Fahey in the 9th.1-ran for Scott in the 9th.
E: Santiago (2).
LOB: Detroit 7, Baltimore 9.
2B: Granderson (14), Thames (8), Renteria (6), BRoberts (34), Huff (29), Mora (16), Scott (17).
HR: Thames (18), off Sarfate; Inge (7), off Olson; Mora (12), off Rogers; Sheffield (6), off Olson.
RBIs: Thames 2 (41), Sheffield 2 (20), Inge 2 (25), Markakis (51), Huff (60), Mora 2 (50), RHernandez (36).
S: AJones.
SF: Huff.
GIDP: MiCabrera, Renteria, BRoberts, Markakis, Payton.
RLSP: Detroit 5 (Granderson 2, Ordonez, MiCabrera, Inge); Baltimore 3 (AJones 2, Millar).
RA: Inge.
DP: Detroit 4 (Inge, Polanco and IRodriguez), (Thames and Polanco), (Inge and MiCabrera), (Polanco, Renteria and MiCabrera); Baltimore 2 (Olson, BRoberts and Millar), (Mora, BRoberts and Millar).
Detroit walks (6): Granderson, Thames, MiCabrera, Sheffield, IRodriguez, Renteria.
Baltimore walks (3): BRoberts, Markakis, RHernandez.
Detroit strikeouts (7): Granderson, Thames, Joyce, MiCabrera, Sheffield, IRodriguez, Inge.
Baltimore strikeouts (1): AJones.
Detroit IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Rogers (W) 6 11 4 4 2 1 87 4.62
Dolsi 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 3.21
Seay (H) 2/3 1 0 0 0 0 7 2.76
Rodney (H) 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 2 7.45
Zumaya (H) 1 0 0 0 0 0 14 1.46
TJones (S) 1 1 1 0 1 0 16 4.82
Baltimore IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Olson (L) 6 7 5 5 4 5 91 5.79
Sarfate 2 1 1 1 1 1 28 3.45
FCabrera 1 1 0 0 1 1 15 0.00
W: Rogers, 7-6.
L: Olson, 6-5.
S: TJones, 18.
H: Rodney, 3.
H: Seay, 5.
H: Zumaya, 3.
Dolsi pitched to 1 batter in the 7th.
IR-S: Seay 1-0, Rodney 1-0.
Umpires: Home, Scott Barry; first, Chad Fairchild; second, Brian Runge; third, Greg Gibson.
T: 2:51.
A: 23,224 (48,290).