Wow, what a first win at home for the Detroit Tigers!  The Tigers came back and scored six runs in the bottom of the 8th inning as they went on to defeat the Minnesota Twins by the score of 11-9.  Maybe this win will give the Tigers a little spark and they will play some better baseball.

Ivan Rodriguez and Carlos Guillen both had three RBI’s for the Tigers.  Plácido Polanco, Magglio Ordonez, Miguel Cabrera, Edgar Renteria, and Jacque Jones all chipped in with one RBI each.  That is production up and down the lineup, one thing the Tigers haven’t had all season long.

Francis Beltran picked up the win for the Tigers as he pitched in relief.  Todd Jones picked up the save which was his second of the season.  Starting pitcher Jeremy Bonderman pitched 6.1 innings and allowed eight hits and four earned runs.  Not the start that Bonderman was hoping for.

It was nice to see the Tigers come back and pick up the win.  I really think this win will give them some momentum and they will have a great week of baseball!

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The Detriot Tigers were unable to win their second game in a row as they lost to the Boston Red Sox by the score of 12-6 on Thursday night.  Big innings by the Red Sox really hurt the Tigers and they were not able to come back from such a big deficit.

Nate Robinson took the loss for the Tigers and his record now stands at 0-1.  Robinson threw 5.1 innings and gave up eight hits and four earned runs.  Zack Minor, Francis Beltran, and Yorman Bazardo all gave up earnd runs as well as they pitched in relief of Robinson.

The Tigers were led by Brandon Inge and Placido Polanco who both had two RBI for the Tigers.  Magglio Ordonez also had one RBI on a solo home run in the 7th inning.

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Detroit Tigers manager Jim Leyland has released his batting order that he plans on using during the 2008 season.  One suprise you will probably see is Miguel Cabrera batting in the 5th spot, but when you have a stacked offense, you are going to have a few suprises like that.

Leyland will use a lineup of: CF Curtis Granderson, 2B Placido Polanco, DH Gary Sheffield, RF Magglio Ordonez, 3B Miguel Cabrera, 1B Carlos Guillen, SS Edgar Renteria, C Ivan Rodriguez and LF Jacque Jones. Marcus Thames is expected to start over Jones versus lefties.

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