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JON GARLAND
Seven innings of one-run ball is the perfect tonic for a starting staff that was treated like a pinata by the Red Sox and Yankees. Garland had just one inning in which two Tigers reached base.
UP
IN THE CLUTCH
After struggling all weekend in similar situations in New York, the Sox scored six of their seven runs on two-out hits–including Joe Crede’s RBI double and solo home run.
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PAUL KONERKO
Shook off the flu symptoms he had in New York with a pair of home runs, was robbed of a double by Tigers third baseman Brandon Inge and stole a hit from Magglio Ordonez.
3 DOWN…
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TIGERS’ PSYCHE
Detroit is still 31 games above .500 but is just 1-6 against the Sox this season. If the Tigers are going to make the postseason, doesn’t that have to change at some point?
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CARLOS GUILLEN
Tough night for the shortstop. Failed to make a play on Jermaine Dye (above) at third in the fourth–Dye soon would score–and his failure to turn an inning-ending double play in the seventh led to Konerko’s three-run homer two batters later that broke open the game.
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FORMER SOX
Magglio Ordonez took the collar with a pair of strikeouts, and though Jason Grilli retired the last seven he faced with five strikeouts, it came after serving up a three-run homer to the first man he faced–Konerko–in the seventh.
