When the pitching matchup is Verlander vs. Buerhle, a safe guess is that it'll be a fast game.
You don't expect Buerhle to be gone before the sixth inning is finished.
He lasted five and two-thirds, allowed six runs, and took the loss.
Ryan Raburn, who is now playing second base, homered and drove in four, which is news. He didn't strike out, which is also news. Austin ... Jackson whiffed twice. That isn't news; he's hitting .162 but if strikeouts were hits, the average would be .351.
Casper the Friendly Outfielder doubled and singled, drove in two, is quietly hitting .280 and making a case for the permanent Boesch-Wells platoon arrangement in left field.
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With the Pale Hose out of the way, I switched to Jays-D-Rays, at the Mr. Rogers Centre. The game was in extra innings, when dramatic things can happen.
Happen they did, in the form of a walk-off homer by John McDonald. Good old Johnny Mac; still playing, a former Tiger and on the short list of middle infielders allowed to leave, ones I'll bet they wish were still around Mac, Polanco, Omar Infante ... throw in Johnny Damon -- last week's American League co-player of the week -- and they wouldn't be scrounging runs like they did out west.
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