The Detroit Tigers had a one run lead heading into the bottom of the eighth inning but that was soon gone as the Texas Rangers came from behind with four runs in the eighth to beat the Tigers 11-8. Tough loss that falls on hands of the Tigers bullpen without a doubt.

Dontrelle Willis made his return to the mound and tossed five innings as he allowed two hits and three runs. The three runs that the D-Train gave up all came on a three-run home run in the in the fourth inning. Gary Glover had a terrible time when he came in for Willis in the sixth inning as he allowed three hits and four runs.

Relief pitcher Kyle Farnsworth took the loss for the Tigers as he was charged with four hits and four runs while only recording two outs. Terrible outing for the farns.

At the plate for the Tigers, Gary Sheffield led the team with a three-run home run and three rbi on the night. Sheffield was followed by Jeff Larish who had two rbi. Placido Polanco, Magglio Ordonez, and Miguel Cabrera all finished up with one rbi each. It just wasn’t enough as Farnsworth blew the game.

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Justin Verlander once again struggled and the Detroit Tiger lost once again. This time Verlander lost to the Cleveland Indians by the score of 9-5. Verlander gave up seven hits and five runs in six innings of action. His record is now a terrible 10-14 on the season.

Verlander wasn’t the only Tigers pitcher to throw the ball badly however. Gary Glover and Bobby Seay both gave up two runs in one inning of action. They didn’t help out one bit as they let the Indians extend there lead too far. Kyle Farnsworth allowed two hits but didn’t allow a run to cross the plate.

Magglio Ordonez made things interesting in the ninth inning when he hit a two run home run which was his 16th of the season. Ordonez also had a rbi double in the seventh inning. Curtis Granderson had a solo home run of his own and also a rbi single as he finished with two rbi. Brandon Inge and Ramon Santiago both tried to help out with an rbi each of their own but the Tigers still fell two runs short.

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The Detroit Tigers were shutout for the first six innings on Monday night but then scored four runs in the seventh and eighth innings to come from behind and beat the Texas Rangers 8-7. With the big victory over the Rangers, the Tigers are now just three games under .500 at 61-64.

The Tigers got the scoring started in the seventh inning when Gary Sheffield hit a two run home run which was then followed by a Brandon Inge rbi single. Curtis Granderson then hit a rbi triple that scored Inge and the Tigers were up 4-3.

Onto the eighth inning where four more Tigers runs would be scored. Edgar Renteria reached base on an error and Sheffield scored on the play. Granderson then had another triple, this time with the bases loaded to score three more runs. Granderson had a huge day at the plate as he finished with four rbi.

Kenny Rogers pitched six innings to get the win. Rogers gave up eight hits and three runs while striking out seven and walking four batters. Kyle Farnsworth was charged with four hits and four runs in the eighth inning when the Rangers scored for runs to make the game very interesting. Fernando Rodney recorded the final out of the eighth inning and then pithced the ninth to pick up his fifth save of the season.

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