White Sox lefty Gavin Floyd is usually tough on the Tigers, and was again tonight, save for one pitch.
It was the one Victor Martinez hit for a three run homer, after Miguel Cabrera had been intentionally walked.
The homer turned a 1-0 game into 4-0 and, in the sixth inning with Justin Verlander pitching, the game's pretty much over.
JV won his 23rd, the most recorded by a Tiger since Joe Coleman in 1973. He's won eleven straight starts, and even Denny McLain in his 31 win season of 1968 didn't do that.
The win extended the Tigers' streak to eleven, most since '68, and created a problem for their fans.
If the Tigers keep rolling, they could clinch the division this Saturday in a game the Fox TV rules prevent them from televising locally.
There's only one solution, then, if the home fans are to see the champagne corks popped: they'll have to start losing.
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