Detroit Tigers beat Houston Astros 6-2 – MLB News
Detroit Tigers continued their heroic form as they thrashed the Houston Astros 6-2 at Comerica Park in Detroit, Michigan on Tuesday, May 14 in Game 2 of their three match series of the 2013 Major League Baseball regular season.
Again, the Tigers showed the stuff they are capable of. Tigers’ pitching rotation in particular played a key role in deciding the outcome of the clash. Starting pitcher Doug Fister seems to be learning from his mistakes. The right hander produced another
magical performance as he allowed just five hits and two runs in seven solid innings to claim another superb victory. With his win, Fister also improved his win-loss record to 5-1 and it will be interesting to see if he can continue his excellent form in the
upcoming games to give himself a good chance of winning the American League Most Valuable Player Award.
"It's good for the team," Kelly said. "All you want to do is win, and any way you can help out is big."
"You don't want to be the last out. You want to keep going," Santiago said. "Those RBIs with two outs, they are big."
"We're trying some new things with our defense, and I thought they worked against me tonight," Harrell said. "The ball that Dirks hit was up there forever, and I thought someone might have caught that one. He hit it hard, and that's my fault, but I was hoping
someone would get there."
Relief pitcher Joaquin Benoit also made his presence felt as he pitched the perfect eighth and closer Jose Valverde tossed up the scoreless ninth to give Tigers another important win in front of their home crowd.
After the Astros took the early lead, outfielder Don Kelly singled to left in the fifth inning to put Tigers on the board. Ramon Santiago also had a great time on the home run plate as he doubled to deep left in the fifth inning to level up the score 2-2.
However, the star of the show was 2012 AL MVP Miguel Cabrera who smacked a solo home run to left in the seventh to wrap up an impressive win for his side.
Tags: