Miguel Cabrera led off the top of the 9th inning with his 5th homer of the season to tie the game at 1. In the 10th Detroit erupted for 7 runs, helped in large part by 3 Oakland errors in the inning. Brennan Boesch had a 2-run bases loaded double to break the tie. He was 3-5 with the 2 RBIs on the night.
Victor Martinez followed an intentional walk to Miguel Cabrera with an RBI single. He was 2-5 on the night. After a 2-run throwing error by Oakland third baseman Andy LaRoche on a Casper Wells chopper, Brandon Inge added an RBI groundout and Alex Avila an RBI single. Avila was also 2-5 on the night.
Brayan Villarreal pitched 0.2 innings in the bottom of the 9th to earn his first Major League win. He also loaded the bases in the bottom of the 10t with 3 straight singles. Joaquin Benoit put the fire out with 2 straight outs, one a runs scoring ground out, before giving up a 2-out 2-run single. He retired the next batter to close out the 8-4 10 inning win.
Rick Porcello pitched by far his best game of 2011. He gave up 1 run in 6 IP, walking only 1 and striking out 4. Al Alburquerque made his Tiger debut after getting called up the other day. Detroit is very high on him, having signed him as a free agent and giving him a roster spot. They believe he has closer type stuff. So he gives Detroit a third theoretical dominant arm (maybe 4 or 5 if Joel Zumaya can make a return and Ryan Perry comes off the DL and gains consistency). Alburquerque struck out 4 in 2+ hitless innings. He was lifted after walking the leadoff batter in the bottom of the 9th.
Detroit has won 4 straight and is now 7-7 on the season, the first time they've reached .500. The win was also the 1500th of manager Jim Leyland's career.
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