Detroit (55-56) at Chi White Sox (61-50)

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Inge comes full circle as starting catcher

Brittany Ghiroli / MLB.com
Tigers manager Jim Leyland thought about giving Brandon Inge a break on Sunday and a few years ago, Inge would have gladly taken off the catching gear. But these days, the newly christened starting backstop loves every minute of being behind the plate.
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Tigers probable pitcher

Nate Robertson

  • #29 LHP
  • (6-8) 6.06 ERA 82 SO
Tigers: The spectacled lefty lasted just three innings Wednesday at Cleveland, the second time in his past three starts where he hasn't made it past the third. Robertson was tattooed for eight runs on nine hits in a losing effort against the Tribe. Both home runs he allowed -- a solo shot from Ben Francisco and a three-run homer by Grady Sizemore -- came with two outs. When Curtis Granderson muffed a Kelly Shoppach double in the third, Robertson failed to minimize the damage, allowing two more runs on two more doubles. Robertson has made three starts against the White Sox this season, going 1-0 with a 5.71 ERA. Lifetime, he has made 19 starts against Chicago, splitting with a 6-6 record and 5.00 ERA.
  W-L ERA IP BB SO AVG
Career 48-63 4.80 960.1 327 651 .279
Season 6-8 6.06 127.2 39 82 .315
Vs. Chi White Sox 1-0 5.71 17.1 9 14 .299

Series at a Glance

Standings - 08/05/2008 W L PCT GB Home Away
Detroit Tigers (AL Central) 55 56 .495 6.5 29-22 26-34
Chicago White Sox (AL Central) 61 50 .550 0.5 35-17 26-33
Stats - 08/05/2008 AVG R HR RBI SB SO ERA IP H BB SO
DET .277 560 127 531 41 703 4.55 990.0 1014 436 631
CWS .265 553 154 540 48 701 3.91 988.2 986 313 772
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Griffey set to debut on South Side

Robert Falkoff / MLB.com
Ken Griffey Jr. will make his debut at U.S. Cellular Field on Tuesday. It marks his first time in a home Chicago uniform, and he's eager to see fan reaction.
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White Sox probable pitcher

Gavin Floyd

  • #34 RHP
  • (11-6) 3.43 ERA 89 SO
White Sox: After going winless in three straight starts, two of which were losses, Floyd righted the ship personally and for his team during an 8-1 shellacking of the Twins Wednesday at the Metrodome. Floyd allowed one run on four hits over 7 2/3 innings, striking out four and walking one, while throwing 68 of his 101 pitches for strikes. The right-hander's performance helped put an end to the White Sox three-game losing streak and kept the team in first place. Floyd has a 2-0 record with a 2.79 ERA over three starts against Detroit this season. The right-hander also has a 7-2 mark with a 2.49 ERA in 11 starts at U.S. Cellular Field. He has a 3-0 lifetime record against the Tigers.
  W-L ERA IP BB SO AVG
Career 19-16 5.08 310.0 137 213 .263
Season 11-6 3.43 131.1 54 89 .217
Vs. Detroit 2-0 2.79 19.1 9 10 .232

Tigers hitters vs Gavin Floyd

  2008 2003-2007
Hitter AVG AB HR RBI AVG AB HR RBI
Avila, Alex - - - - - - - -
Boesch, Brennan - - - - - - - -
Cabrera, Miguel .222 9 0 1 .294 17 0 4
Ciriaco, Audy - - - - - - - -
Dlugach, Brent - - - - - - - -
Granderson, Curtis .333 3 0 0 .320 25 1 3
Guillen, Carlos .000 4 0 0 .316 19 1 2
Inge, Brandon .667 3 1 3 .250 12 1 4
Kelly, Don - - - - .000 3 0 0
Laird, Gerald - - - - .500 2 1 2
Larish, Jeff - - - - - - - -
Ordonez, Magglio .333 9 0 1 .300 20 0 2
Raburn, Ryan - - - - .400 25 1 2
Ramirez, Wilkin - - - - - - - -
Ryan, Dusty - - - - .333 3 0 0
Santiago, Ramon - - - - .222 9 0 0
Sizemore, Scott - - - - - - - -
Strieby, Ryan - - - - - - - -
Thomas, Clete .250 4 0 0 .250 4 0 0
Wells, Casper - - - - - - - -

White Sox hitters vs Nate Robertson

  2008 2003-2007
Hitter AVG AB HR RBI AVG AB HR RBI
Armstrong, Cole - - - - - - - -
Beckham, Gordon - - - - - - - -
De Aza, Alejandro - - - - - - - -
Flowers, Tyler - - - - - - - -
Gartrell, Stefan - - - - - - - -
Konerko, Paul .250 8 0 0 .291 55 5 13
Kotsay, Mark - - - - .125 8 0 0
Lillibridge, Brent - - - - - - - -
Nix, Jayson - - - - - - - -
Pierzynski, A.J. .429 7 0 3 .357 28 0 4
Quentin, Carlos .222 9 1 2 .333 12 1 3
Ramirez, Alexei 1.000 4 0 0 1.000 6 0 0
Rios, Alex .333 3 0 1 .263 19 0 2
Teahen, Mark .333 3 0 0 .444 9 0 1
Viciedo, Dayan - - - - - - - -

Swisher clinches feisty Sox comeback (55-57) (62-49)

White Sox 10, Tigers 8 (14)

Early lead erased

Jason Beck / MLB.com
After Kyle Farnsworth gave up a game-tying homer in the eighth inning, Placido Polanco's second homer of the night, a two-run shot in the 14th, regained the lead, but Joel Zumaya blew the save with a homer to Nick Swisher.

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Series at a Glance

 

Surge ousts Tigers

David Just / MLB.com
Paul Konerko, Carlos Quentin and Alexei Ramirez each homered to erase a five-run deficit by the eighth and Nick Swisher delivered the game-winning blast with a three-run shot in the bottom of the 14th inning to win the series opener.
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White Sox 10, Tigers 8

DetroitABRHRBIBBSOLOBAVG
Granderson, CF6212132.302
Polanco, 2B6334111.314
Guillen, 3B7021011.283
Ordonez, RF7120002.320
Cabrera, M, 1B6000022.293
Sheffield, DH5000120.226
Raburn, LF6041020.261
Inge, C4000015.216
  a-Joyce, PH1000000.277
  Sardinha, C1000010.130
Renteria, SS6230002.257
Totals55815831315 

a-Flied out for Inge in the 11th.

BATTING
2B: Renteria (12, Floyd).
3B: Polanco (2, Floyd).
HR: Polanco 2 (6, 1st inning off Floyd, 1 on, 0 out; 14th inning off Thornton, 1 on, 1 out), Granderson (13, 5th inning off Floyd, 1 on, 0 out).
TB: Granderson 4; Polanco 11; Guillen 2; Ordonez 2; Raburn 4; Renteria 4.
RBI: Polanco 4 (43), Granderson 2 (40), Guillen (52), Raburn (14).
2-out RBI: Raburn.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Renteria; Inge 2.
GIDP: Cabrera, M.
Team LOB: 8.

BASERUNNING
SB: Granderson (8, 2nd base off Floyd/Pierzynski), Raburn (2, 3rd base off Floyd/Pierzynski).
CS: Guillen (3, 2nd base by Wassermann/Pierzynski).

FIELDING
E: Renteria (10, fielding).
PB: Inge (6).
DP: 3 (Polanco-Guillen-Cabrera, M, Polanco-Cabrera, M, Renteria-Polanco-Cabrera, M).
 
Chi White SoxABRHRBIBBSOLOBAVG
Cabrera, SS6220112.268
Pierzynski, C7021013.291
Quentin, LF7242022.286
Dye, RF6111105.303
Thome, DH7110044.256
Konerko, 1B3112210.213
  1-Anderson, B, PR0000000.238
  Swisher, 1B2113010.230
Griffey Jr., CF6010032.247
Ramirez, 2B6231002.312
Uribe, 3B5000102.217
Totals5510161051322 


1-Ran for Konerko in the 10th.

BATTING
2B: Ramirez (18, Robertson), Thome (24, Robertson), Quentin (21, Zumaya).
HR: Konerko (11, 6th inning off Robertson, 1 on, 0 out), Quentin (29, 7th inning off Lopez, 0 on, 2 out), Ramirez (10, 8th inning off Farnsworth, 0 on, 2 out), Swisher (16, 14th inning off Zumaya, 2 on, 2 out).
TB: Cabrera 2; Pierzynski 2; Quentin 8; Dye; Thome 2; Konerko 4; Swisher 4; Griffey Jr.; Ramirez 7.
RBI: Pierzynski (44), Quentin 2 (86), Konerko 2 (38), Ramirez (40), Dye (69), Swisher 3 (54).
2-out RBI: Quentin 2; Ramirez; Swisher 3.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Quentin; Dye 2; Thome.
GIDP: Dye; Thome; Uribe.
Team LOB: 9.

BASERUNNING
SB: Cabrera (18, 2nd base off Farnsworth/Inge).

FIELDING
E: Uribe (5, throw).
DP: (Cabrera-Ramirez-Konerko).
 
DetroitIPHRERBBSOHRERA
Robertson 5.09443316.11
Fossum (H, 4)0.10000005.32
Lopez (H, 4)1.11111113.17
Seay (H, 6)1.00000102.35
Farnsworth (BS, 2)1.12110114.15
Rodney 3.00001505.48
Dolsi 1.01000104.04
Zumaya (BS, 3)(L, 0-1)0.23410112.95
 
Chi White SoxIPHRERBBSOHRERA
Floyd 4.08552423.66
Wassermann 1.12111008.79
Logan 0.20000104.46
Carrasco 2.01000102.70
Jenks 1.01000002.06
Dotel 1.11000203.08
Thornton 3.02220512.89
Russell (W, 4-0)0.20000005.23

Robertson pitched to 2 batters in the 6th.
Floyd pitched to 4 batters in the 5th.

Pitches-strikes: Robertson 101-60, Fossum 3-2, Lopez 24-14, Seay 11-6, Farnsworth 23-16, Rodney 38-26, Dolsi 12-7, Zumaya 22-13, Floyd 88-49, Wassermann 27-18, Logan 11-8, Carrasco 30-21, Jenks 10-6, Dotel 16-11, Thornton 40-28, Russell 8-4.
Groundouts-flyouts: Robertson 11-1, Fossum 0-1, Lopez 0-3, Seay 1-1, Farnsworth 0-3, Rodney 3-1, Dolsi 0-2, Zumaya 0-1, Floyd 4-4, Wassermann 0-3, Logan 1-0, Carrasco 4-1, Jenks 2-1, Dotel 0-2, Thornton 2-2, Russell 1-1.
Batters faced: Robertson 24, Fossum 1, Lopez 6, Seay 3, Farnsworth 6, Rodney 10, Dolsi 4, Zumaya 6, Floyd 21, Wassermann 6, Logan 2, Carrasco 7, Jenks 4, Dotel 5, Thornton 11, Russell 2.
Inherited runners-scored: Seay 1-0, Wassermann 1-1, Thornton 1-0.
Umpires: HP: James Hoye. 1B: Tom Hallion. 2B: Brian O'Nora. 3B: Chad Fairchild.
Weather: 80 degrees, partly cloudy.
Wind: 7 mph, L to R.
T: 4:58.
Att: 35,371.
August 5, 2008

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