Starting Lineups:
Detroit Tigers Houston Astros
1. Granderson cf Bourn cf
2. Polanco 2b Keppinger ss
3. Cabrera 1b Berkman 1b
4. Thames lf Lee lf
5. Inge 3b Blum 3b
6. Ordonez rf Pence rf
7. Laird c I. Rodriguez c
8. Everett ss Matsui 2b
9. Jackson p Ortiz p
TIGERS 1ST: Granderson singled to center; Granderson was caught
stealing second (catcher to second); Polanco singled to center;
Cabrera grounded into a double play (third to second to first)
[Polanco out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 0, Astros
0.
ASTROS 1ST: Bourn grounded out (second to first); Keppinger
singled to center; Berkman grounded into a double play
(shortstop to first) [Keppinger out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Tigers 0, Astros 0.
TIGERS 2ND: Thames struck out; Inge popped to first; Ordonez
flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 0, Astros 0.
ASTROS 2ND: Lee popped to first; Blum grounded out (second to
pitcher); Pence flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers
0, Astros 0.
TIGERS 3RD: On a bunt Laird grounded out (pitcher to first);
Everett popped to second; Jackson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Tigers 0, Astros 0.
ASTROS 3RD: I. Rodriguez popped to first; Matsui lined to third;
Ortiz was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers
0, Astros 0.
TIGERS 4TH: Granderson singled to shortstop; Polanco grounded
into a double play (third to second to first) [Granderson out at
second]; Cabrera flied to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers
0, Astros 0.
ASTROS 4TH: Bourn tripled to center; Keppinger was hit by a
pitch; Berkman out on a sacrifice fly to center [Bourn scored];
Lee singled to left [Keppinger to second]; Blum popped to third;
Pence doubled [Keppinger scored, Lee to third]; I. Rodriguez
struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 0, Astros 2.
TIGERS 5TH: Thames flied to center; Inge singled to shortstop;
Ordonez flied to right; Laird doubled to center [Inge scored];
Everett grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Tigers 1, Astros 2.
ASTROS 5TH: Matsui grounded out (first to pitcher); Ortiz lined
to second; Bourn struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 1,
Astros 2.
TIGERS 6TH: Jackson struck out; Granderson homered to right;
Polanco was hit by a pitch; Cabrera struck out; Thames forced
Polanco (shortstop to second); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 2,
Astros 2.
ASTROS 6TH: Keppinger flied to center; Berkman struck out; Lee
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 2,
Astros 2.
TIGERS 7TH: Inge flied to right; Ordonez struck out; Laird
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 2,
Astros 2.
ASTROS 7TH: Blum was hit by a pitch; Pence struck out; I.
Rodriguez flied to center; Matsui doubled to center [Blum
scored, Matsui to third (on throw to home)]; Ortiz flied to
left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 2, Astros 3.
TIGERS 8TH: Everett grounded out (shortstop to first); KELLY
BATTED FOR JACKSON; BYRDAK REPLACED ORTIZ (PITCHING); RABURN
BATTED FOR KELLY; Raburn struck out; Granderson struck out; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 2, Astros 3.
ASTROS 8TH: SEAY REPLACED RABURN (PITCHING); Bourn grounded out
(second to first); Keppinger grounded out (second to first);
Berkman flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 2, Astros
3.
TIGERS 9TH: ERSTAD REPLACED LEE (PLAYING LF); VALVERDE REPLACED
BYRDAK (PITCHING); Polanco flied to right; Cabrera flied to
center; Thames walked; ANDERSON RAN FOR THAMES; Inge homered to
left [Anderson scored]; Ordonez struck out; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Tigers 4, Astros 3.
ASTROS 9TH: ANDERSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); KATA BATTED
FOR ERSTAD; RODNEY REPLACED SEAY (PITCHING); Kata grounded out
(first to pitcher); Blum singled to center; MICHAELS RAN FOR
BLUM; Pence popped to catcher; I. Rodriguez forced Michaels
(third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 4, Astros 3.
Final Totals R H E LOB
Tigers 4 7 0 2
Astros 3 6 0 4
