44K at Comerica, first time they've ever sold out the second game of a season.
Well, that's nice ... pretty soon they'll sell out the whole season in advance like the Red Socks do, and the guy who on a Friday in July decides he'd like to see a game on Sunday can forget it.
Speaking of the Carmines ... Josh Beckett gave up five home runs, two each to Cabrera and Fielder, and one to Alex Avila as the double-time march to October continued, 10-0.
Cabrera also made a nice play at third, taking a hit away from Jarod Saltalamacchia, whose Italian surname translated means "jump over the bush," in the fifth inning. In the process nixing the theory that Tiger opponents, instead of going for the fences, should try to hit grounders to the infield.
Doug Fister had to come out in the fourth with an abdominal strain, but that's okay; it isn't serious, it's early, and every pitcher goes on the DL these days.
So buy your tickets now and, if you have an October wedding planned, you might want to change the date to something safe in November, after the World Series victory parade.
The key guy to get them there could become not Fielder, Miggy, or JV, but Octavio Dotel.
The veteran right-hander, when he came in to pitch the seventh, entered his name in a box score for team number thirteen; another new league record. He allowed one hit and struck out three in one and a third innings, in the set-up role where Tiger hurlers wobbled more than a few times last season. The Tigers needed a guy with experience to get games to Papa Shut 'Em Down, and now they have him.
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