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Tigers give Red Sox a good run
Boston works hard for 3 wins against MLB's worst team
Detroit Tigers (35-91) at Boston (91-34) – Aug. 26-29 – best meets worst…
Game 1: Detroit 8, Boston 3 – 11 innings. Detroit fights back from 3-0 deficit to force extra innings. Boston gets two on in the 10th but can’t bring ‘em in. The Tigers roar with five runs in the top of the 11th, including two home runs… Rondell White is MVP, going 4-for-6 for the Tigs…
Boston fans are groaning over poor relief pitching again… MR Scott Williamson absorbs the loss… Offensive highlight: C Doug Mirabelli hits a 3-run homer… Oh the bullpen!!!
Game 2: Boston 10, Detroit 9. Carlos Pena hits three-run homer for Detroit to put them up 8-4 in the seventh, but this time Boston roars back… Jason Varitek’s two-run single in the bottom of the eighth with two outs seals the game…
Red Sox fans sweat again as closer Keith Foulke gives up solo homer in the ninth, then allows tying run to reach second… WP: Brendan Donnelly (8-1)… Derek Lowe’s quest for his 20th win comes up short…
NOTE: LA Dodgers win streak reaches 18 games!! Yes, they kept Lo Duca in this world...
Game 3: Boston 5, Detroit 4. Another rally, another win for the Red Sox against the supposed worst team in baseball. Pedro Martinez falls behind 4-0 after Greg Norton hits two, two-run homers, and the Sox only have one hit after four innings…
The Sox score two in the sixth, one more in the seventh (solo HR by Mark Bellhorn) and get the win on a two-RBI single by Nomah in the eighth… Detroit gets the first two guys on in the ninth, but Boston turns a double play to get out of the jam, and Foulke K’s Eric Byrne to end it… Pedro salvages a victory to improve to 11-1…
NOTE: Dodgers, winners of 18 in a row, have day off, flying to New York for series with the Mets…
Game 4: Boston 8, Detroit 6. Curt Schilling, he of 1-star fame now days, battles for his 17th win (against three losses)… He gives up a three-run homer in the second inning but that’s it… The offense is plentiful for Boston again…
Detroit’s Eric Rodland gets his first big-league hit off Schilling…
NOTE: The Dodgers win streak finally ends at 18 games… It took 10 innings but the Mets win on a single from Jose Reyes… No matter, LA is back in the hunt for the NL West title, just a few back of Arizona and a few ahead of San Fran… LA leads the Wild Card race...
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