Game 34 : Record 18-16

Jackson and offense > rain and Athletics

Edwin Jackson was simply outstanding Friday night as the Tigers pummelled the A's 14-1. The game's start was delayed by rain for 1 hour and Mr Jackson came out and pitched 4 strong innings. The Tigs led 9-1 when another 1 hour delay came after 4 innings. Amazingly, Leyland ran Edwin back out there after the 2nd delay. This is something you just do not see in the big leagues - after a pitcher has had to wait and get cold, he comes out of the game 99.9999% of the time. But Edwin picked up right where he left off and finished with an outstanding line: 7.0 IP, 6 H, 1 ER, 6 SO, 0 BB. Very, very impressive.

When you score 14 runs, there are a lot of offensive hero's. Brandon and Ryan Raburn both hit grand slams and both had 5 RBI. Magglio had 3 hits, scored 3 runs and drove in 2. Miguel had 3 hits and scored 4 runs. Good complete team win to stay in first place.

The Athletics had a pathetic 4 errors in the game that definitely helped build the huge lead. Fielding, fielding, fielding. Often overlooked, never forgotten by me.