Two runs, one unearned, off Twins' starter Scott Diamond in the first inning, and Doug Fister made them hold up.
Fister's gem: seven innings, no runs on three hits, two walks. He, Delmon Young, and Wilson Betemit have proved to be just what the doctor ordered when the prescription is veteran help late in the season.
Ben-Wah then holds 'em in the eighth, striking out two, and on comes Papa Shut 'Em Down.
Leadoff walk (Mauer), single (Luke Hughes), out, RBI grounder (Kubel). Tying run goes to second. Rene Tosoni strikes out. For this, Fernando Valverde gets a save; his 43rd, a new Tiger single-season record.
Of those 43, without going back through the whole season, I'm guessing from memory that in at least a quarter of those -- actually closer to a third -- the tying run was on base at some point in the inning. That's why we call him Fernando. In memory of Fernando Rodney. He could pile up the saves too, but you'd need your rosary and prayer candles before he was finished --
Sigh ... (My number one first reader is in the room again.)
Can't you be positive for a change? Division Series tickets went on sale today. They sold out in an hour.
That's nice. (My queen's employer leases a suite at Comerica.)
Okay ... I will start being positive. For the rest of the season, I'll be a sodium atom.
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