Official Mediocrity (OM) has at last been achieved.
Drew Smyly struck out nine of the first twelve Royals hitters. Quentin Berry tripled in two, and Delmon Young -- voted the league's first half Least Valuable Player by ESPN's Jayson Stark -- homered with Prince Fielder on.
The vocal quartet Three Holds and a Save -- Villareal, Coke, Benoit, and Valverde -- re-entered the spotlight, and protected the 4-2 lead.
The win evened the Tigers' 2012 record at 42 wins, 42 losses; and sent baseball fans throughout Michigan to their local lottery retailers to play 4242 in tonight's Daily Four game.
Now: can the Pretenders handle the pressure and enormous responsibility that goes with playing .500 ball? I mean ... to paraphrase Billy Loes, if you start winning, pretty soon people expect you to keep winning.
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