Coming into tonight Baltimore hadn't lost a game this season. Not only that but they'd never trailed, and hadn't given up more than 1 run in a game.
Detroit took care of that. For the first time they got good pitching to go along with good hitting. Justin Verlander gave up 3 ER and struck out 9 in 8 innings of work to win his first game.
Alex Avila was 3-5, with his first homer of the season, a 2-run shot, a 2-run double, and a career high 5 RBIs. Just for good measure he also stole his first base of the season. I wonder when the last time Detroit got a 5 RBI game from its 8 hitter was.
Miguel Cabrera added his 3rd homer of the season and Victor Martinez his 2nd. The two went back-to-back for the first of hopefully many times this season. V-Mart was 3-5 on the game, also adding a double.
Magglio Ordonez broke out of an early season mini-slump by going 2-4. Brandon Inge and Ryan Raburn also added doubles. It was Brennan Boesch who got the start in left tonight but Raburn got in late to go 1-2 in his playing time. So far they're both hitting, so that's a good problem for Detroit to have.
Joaquin Benoit pitched a 1-2-3 9th to finish off the 7-3 win. Detroit improved to 2-3 on the season, and sent Baltimore to their first loss.
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