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Verlander dominates the White Sox

Tigers manager Jim Leyland picked up his 500th win with the Tigers and Justin Verlander picked up his 21st win of the season as the Tigers took game one of their weekend series with the White Sox 8-1 from Comerica.

Verlander had a bounce back game of sorts after giving up 4 runs to the Twins in his previous start. Tonight he managed to go 7 1/3 giving up only one run on seven hits while walking 1 and striking out six. He also becomes the first Tigers pitcher to get 21 wins since their last true ace Jack Morris dis so during the 1986 season.

In addition to Verlander’s continued dominance Austin Jackson continues to swing a hot bat going 3-for-4 with a pair of singles and homered for the second consecutive game. He also stretched his hitting streak against the White Sox to 13 games and has gone 23-for-62 (.371) against them with three doubles, a triple, three homers and eight RBIs during the streak. This is according to Brian VanOchten of the Grand Rapids Press.

Chi White Sox AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Pierre, LF 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .283
Ramirez, Al, SS 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 .263
Escobar, SS 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000
Konerko, 1B 4 0 1 0 0 1 4 .317
Pierzynski, DH 4 0 1 0 0 1 5 .296
Viciedo, RF 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 .412
De Aza, CF 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 .316
a-Lillibridge, PH 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .254
Flowers, C 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 .250
Morel, 3B 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 .251
Beckham, 2B 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 .231
Totals 33 1 7 1 2 6 19 .254

a-Walked for De Aza in the 9th.

Detroit AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Jackson, A, CF 5 2 3 2 0 1 1 .254
Ordonez, RF 3 0 1 0 0 0 3 .239
1-Kelly, PR-RF 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .228
Young, D, LF 4 1 1 1 0 3 2 .267
Cabrera, Mi, 1B 3 2 1 1 1 0 0 .327
Martinez, V, DH 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 .319
Avila, C 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 .299
Peralta, Jh, SS 4 0 1 3 0 1 1 .305
Santiago, 2B 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 .251
Inge, 3B 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 .183
Totals 34 8 11 8 3 6 12 .271

1-Ran for Ordonez in the 5th.

BATTING
2B: Konerko (23, Verlander), Morel (15, Verlander).
HR: Flowers (3, 8th inning off Verlander, 0 on, 0 out).
TB: Pierre; Ramirez, Al; Escobar; Konerko 2; Pierzynski; Flowers 4; Morel 2.
RBI: Flowers (10).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Viciedo; De Aza; Pierzynski 2.
GIDP: Beckham.
Team RISP: 2-for-9.
Team LOB: 7.

FIELDING
DP: (Ramirez, Al-Beckham-Konerko).

BATTING
2B: Peralta, Jh (23, Kinney).
3B: Young, D (1, Danks).
HR: Jackson, A (9, 5th inning off Danks, 1 on, 0 out).
TB: Jackson, A 6; Ordonez; Kelly; Young, D 3; Cabrera, Mi; Avila; Peralta, Jh 2; Inge 2.
RBI: Young, D (46), Cabrera, Mi (86), Avila (66), Jackson, A 2 (41), Peralta, Jh 3 (71).
2-out RBI: Avila; Peralta, Jh 3.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Santiago.
GIDP: Ordonez.
Team RISP: 4-for-8.
Team LOB: 5.

BASERUNNING
SB: Cabrera, Mi (2, 2nd base off Danks/Flowers).

FIELDING
DP: (Peralta, Jh-Santiago-Cabrera, Mi).

Chi White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Danks(L, 6-10) 4.2 9 8 8 2 4 1 4.01
Kinney 2.1 2 0 0 0 1 0 2.08
Lindsay 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.00
Totals 8.0 11 8 8 3 6 1 3.82
Detroit IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Verlander(W, 21-5) 7.1 7 1 1 1 6 1 2.34
Benoit 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.35
Schlereth 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3.71
Totals 9.0 7 1 1 2 6 1 4.18

Pitches-strikes: Danks 91-62, Kinney 28-19, Lindsay 17-7, Verlander 106-73, Benoit 6-4, Schlereth 15-8.
Groundouts-flyouts: Danks 3-4, Kinney 4-1, Lindsay 0-1, Verlander 8-6, Benoit 0-1, Schlereth 2-1.
Batters faced: Danks 24, Kinney 9, Lindsay 4, Verlander 29, Benoit 2, Schlereth 4.
Inherited runners-scored: Kinney 3-3, Benoit 3-0.
Umpires: HP: Tim Timmons. 1B: Jeff Kellogg. 2B: Eric Cooper. 3B: Mark Carlson.
Weather: 95 degrees, clear.
Wind: 8 mph, Out to CF.
T: 2:39.
Att: 42,352.

Source: Grand Rapids Press, MLB.com

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