6-3-5-5, reads the box score line that follows Brennan Boesch's name. Five hits, five RBIs, three runs.
Look below, in the extra base hits, and you'll find two homers; one with two on in the first, and a solo shot in the third. And a ribbie double in the sixth. His extra-base outburst powered the Tigers to an early 9-5 lead.
But the result may not have been W without Charlie Furbush's contribution.
When the Rangers looked like they wanted to get back in the game, he blanked them in the sixth and seventh. Nelson Cruz homered with one on in the eighth, but no damage was done and the Tigers prevailed 13-7.
Two runs in three innings drives the young southpaw's ERA all the way up to 1.84. Turned 25 on April 11, and haa added his name to the list -- with the Mets' Dillon Gee, the Braves' Craig Kimbrel, and the Royals' Aaron Crow -- of top rookie hurlers born in 1986.
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Across the lake in Cleveland, the Indians may be hearing footprints.
They've dropped 10 of 13, including tonight's 6-4 loss to the Twins, who haven't lost since they left Detroit. And have been playing an uninspired brand of ball over that time. Their once fat lead is down to 2.5 games.
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