That's me counting my chickens before the eggs hatch.
With Tigers-Twins moved back so Twins fans could watch Bert Blyleven's Hall of Fame induction, the Indians had a head start on the day's baseball activity. They were dreadful, making three errors in handing a 5-2 win to the White Sox before a pitch could be thrown in Minneapolis.
Now, if the Tigers win ... I thought, already picturing tomorrow's standings with 2.0 next to Cleveland in the Games Behind column.
Five, six, seven, eight ...
The premature counting caused no harm, as the Tigers won 5-2 to insure that two game lead come tomorrow morning.
Rick Porcello pitched six innings and allowed the two runs. Albuquerque, Benoit, and Valverde threw one score less inning each. Just like they drew it up in Lakeland.
A walk, an error, and four singles -- none hit very hard -- produced three runs in the fourth and ended Francisco Liriano's day early. In his last four starts against the Tigers, he hasn't made it past the fourth inning.
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