Boesch looked at nine Phil Hughes deliveries before singling in tonight's second inning
In a laborious fourth, Hughes threw 41 pitches, 12 to Boesch who singled on the last one.
The second inning single scored no one, and Cabrera had already homered in the fourth. The ABs did run up Hughes' pitch count, and every pitch on a hot night means less fuel in the tank.
Peralta doubled in Boesch to tie the game. In the fifth, Cabrera The Mighty doubled in two more off the depleted Hughes, and out he came.
The add-on single runs runs added on by the Tigers in the sixth and eighth proved to be absolutely vital. Valverde the Unpredictablecame in to pitch the ninth and, with him lurking in the pen, the Tigers need all the add-on runs they can get.
The fans should know by now: don't stand up when Papa Shut 'Em Down is one out from a save. You might be standing for a while. Walk, single, double, 6-3 becomes 6-5 with the tying and go-ahead runs on third and second, respectively, and Curtis Granderson up. What is it with this guy? It's like watching Fernando Rodney pitch.
The Grandy Man popped out to first, and all was right with the world. At least until tomorrow night.
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