Game 7 : Record 4-3

How sweep it is. First place looks nice even early in the season!

Fantastic win today. They really stole one from Texas as this is probably one they should have lost. But, good teams find ways to win games they are outplayed for the majority of the game. Getting shutout on 4 hits through 7 innings and losing 4-0 entering the bottom of the 8th was not a good situation to be in. But when Texas removed Kevin Millwood after 112 pitches, they had life. Brandon Inge opened the 8th with a solo HR (his 4th) and they were definitely alive. 2 outs and few hits later the game was tied and Brandon got a second at bat of the inning. He delivered for the 2nd time with a game winning single up the middle.

Brandon is hitting .304, has 4 HR and 7 RBI with a slugging percentage of .870 so far. Unbelievable numbers so far for him.

Edwin Jackson pitched OK today. Not nearly as well as his first outing, but still gave the team a chance to win, which they cashed in. The real pitching stories of the day were Kevin Millwood and the Tigers bullpen, including Fernando Rodney.

Rodney had another 1-2-3 ninth inning for a his second save in 2 days. Both games were saved with 1 run leads. Fernando looks outstanding so far. Our friend Brandon Lyon also pitched 2 perfect innings in relief, which was a very nice thing to see after his first horrible performance for the Tigers.

Long ways to go, but they swept the Rangers, are above .500, in first place and have had decent-to-outstanding starting pitching in every game except the first game of the year. A lot to be excited about. Oh, and Miguel had another 2 hits and is hitting .520.