The Detroit Tigers and St. Louis Cardinals battled until the very end after sitting through a 2.5 hour rain delay. Gary Sheffield delivered the game winning hit in the bottom of the ninth inning as he singled to center and Clete Thomas scored the game winning run. It was great to see the Tigers come back and score single runs in the final three innings as they never gave up in the game.
Carlos Guillen led the Tigers at the plate with a three run home run off Cardinals starter Kyle Lohse in the fourth inning. Curtis Granderson, Magglio Ordonez, and Sheffield all finished the game with one rbi each. The Tigers had chances to score more runs in the game but they left 20 runners stranded on the bases.
Todd Jones improved to 3-0 as he picked up the win after pitching the top of the ninth inning. Tigers starting pitcher Armando Galarraga pitched 4 2/3 innings and gave up eight hits and five runs. Four of the five runs were earned for Galarraga. Zach Miner and Joel Zumaya pitched the next three innings and they gave up a combined two runs and walked five batters. Bobby Seay was finally able to get out of that mess by striking out the final batter in the top of the eighth inning.
The Tigers and Cardinals will now battle it out once again as they play the rubber match of the three game series this afternoon. It will be a quick turn around for everyone so it will be interesting to see how they come out and play. We could expect a sluggish came, and one where they players just want to get it over with.
