Verlander has his worst outing of the season, though he did settle down and right the ship. He gave up 5 runs in the first 3 innings pitched, including 2 home runs and a stretch of 4 hits and a walk in a 5 batter stretch. He did settle down to retire 13 of his last 14 batters and went 7 innings. Verlander went at least 6 innings for the 42nd straight start, which is the longest streak by a Tiger pitcher since at least 1919.
The offense came back to get him off the hook for the loss. Miguel Cabrera was 3-4 with his 28th home run of the season. Jhonny Peralta was 2-3 with 2 RBIs. Alex Avila drove in a run as did Austin Jackson.
But Detroit lost on a suicide squeeze in the top of the 9th, to go down 6-5. Daniel Schlereth took the loss to fall to 2-2 on the year. He was hurt on a wild pitch during a strikeout, which allowed a runner on first go go all the way to third.
With the loss Detroit fell a game behind Texas for home field advantage in the ALDS.
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