TODAY'S WRAPS: August 21, 2007
Tribe can't back Carmona By Anthony Castrovince / MLB.com
Fausto Carmona gave up only two runs on three hits over eight innings, but the Indians fell to the second-place Tigers in the series opener. Carmona struck out five while not walking a batter, but he surrendered consecutive home runs in the fifth. Jhonny Peralta connected on a homer in the sixth inning, his 18th dinger of the season, but it was Cleveland's lone hit.
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Tigers 2, Indians 1
Detroit's Jair Jurrjens took a no-hitter into the sixth inning on Tuesday night. (Duane Burleson/AP)
Jurrjens leads Tigers to win By Jason Beck / MLB.com
Jair Jurrjens, who didn't allow a hit until the sixth, yielded one run on one hit in 6 2/3 innings, lifting the Tigers over the Indians. Jurrjens earned his first Major League win in his home debut. Magglio Ordonez and Carlos Guillen hit back-to-back homers in the fifth. Detroit moved within one-half game of Cleveland in the AL Central.
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Detroit 2, Cleveland 1
Today's Boxes 8/21/07
PHI 5, LAD 4
BAL 6, TEX 2
OAK 6, TOR 4
CIN 8, ATL 7
BOS 8, TB 6
NYM 7, SD 6
WSH 11, HOU 6
STL 5, FLA 2
SEA 7, MIN 2
CWS 5, KC 2
COL 9, PIT 2
MIL 7, ARI 4
LAA 18, NYY 9
CHC 5, SF 1
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Standings thru 8/21/07 | Gameday | Indians Stats | Tigers Stats
Cleveland AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Lofton , LF2 0 0 0 2 1 0 .293
Blake , 3B4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .263
Sizemore , CF4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .274
Martinez , C3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .301
Hafner , DH1 0 0 0 2 0 0 .252
Garko , 1B3 0 0 0 0 0 2 .307
Nixon , RF3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .259
Peralta , SS3 1 1 1 0 0 0 .273
Cabrera , 2B3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .269
Totals 26 1 1 1 4 2 5
BATTING HR : Peralta (18, 6th inning off Jurrjens, 0 on, 1 out).TB : Peralta 4.RBI : Peralta (61).Runners left in scoring position, 2 out : Blake.GIDP : Garko.Team LOB : 2.BASERUNNING SB : Lofton (22, 2nd base off Jurrjens/Rodriguez).FIELDING Outfield assists : Lofton (Granderson at 2nd base).DP : (Lofton-Cabrera).
Detroit AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Granderson , CF3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .288
Polanco , 2B3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .342
Sheffield , DH3 0 0 0 0 2 0 .279
Ordonez , RF3 1 1 1 0 0 0 .351
Guillen , SS3 1 1 1 0 0 0 .304
Rodriguez , C3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .280
Casey , 1B3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .283
Thames , LF3 0 0 0 0 2 0 .247
Raburn , 3B2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .341
Inge , 3B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .242
Totals 26 2 3 2 0 5 1
BATTING 2B : Granderson (31, Carmona).HR : Ordonez (23, 5th inning off Carmona, 0 on, 0 out), Guillen (16, 5th inning off Carmona, 0 on, 0 out).TB : Granderson 2; Ordonez 4; Guillen 4.RBI : Ordonez (111), Guillen (79).FIELDING Outfield assists : Granderson (Lofton at 1st base).DP : 2 (Polanco-Guillen-Casey, Granderson-Guillen-Casey).
Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Carmona (L, 14-8)8.0 3 2 2 0 5 2 3.11
Detroit IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Jurrjens (W, 1-1)6.2 1 1 1 4 1 1 3.29
Zumaya (H, 4)0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.57
Rodney (H, 9)1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.33
Jones (S, 32)1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4.56
Pitches-strikes : Carmona 77-59, Jurrjens 78-50, Zumaya 5-3, Rodney 9-6, Jones 15-12.Ground outs-fly outs : Carmona 12-7, Jurrjens 8-11, Zumaya 1-0, Rodney 1-2, Jones 0-2.Batters faced : Carmona 26, Jurrjens 23, Zumaya 1, Rodney 3, Jones 3.Inherited runners-scored : Zumaya 1-0.Umpires : HP: Lance Barksdale. 1B: Jim Reynolds. 2B: Tim Welke. 3B: Gary Cederstrom.Weather : 69 degrees, cloudy.Wind : 5 mph, Varies.T : 1:59.Att : 42,868.Box score official statistics approved by Major League Baseball Office of the Commissioner
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