Tigers 6, Palms 5

The Palms suffered a heart breaking defeat to continue their terrible season opening stretch. The Tigers were down 3-1 with 2 outs in the 8th when Rajai Davis hit a two run homer to tie things up. Keith Harding made a mess of his first appearance, allowing three runs on 5 hits in the 9th. the Palms, for their part, made an attempt at a come back in the bottom of the 9th but Chris Johnson lined out to Torii Hunter with two men still on as the game came to a close, fruitless again for the Palms.
 Detroit Tigers 6, Miami Palms 5
 Saturday, April 5, 2014


 Detroit Tigers (2-0)                                     Miami Palms (1-5)                                      
 Player          AB R  H BI BB SO  P  A  E LOB   Ave      Player          AB R  H BI BB SO  P  A  E LOB   Ave     
 ------          -- -  - -- -- --  -  -  - ---   ---      ------          -- -  - -- -- --  -  -  - ---   ---     
 Kinsler 2b      4  1  1  0  0  0  1  2  0  0   .222      Crisp cf        5  0  1  0  0  0  2  0  0  4   .292
 Hunter rf       4  1  2  0  0  0  2  0  0  0   .250      Ruiz c          4  0  0  0  0  0  6  3  0  0   .300
 Cabrera 1b      4  1  1  0  0  1  9  1  0  0   .375      Markakis rf     4  1  1  0  1  1  5  0  0  0   .120
 Martinez dh     3  0  1  2  0  1  0  0  0  0   .167      Drysdale dh     5  1  2  1  0  1  0  0  0  1   .450
 Jackson cf      4  1  0  0  0  0  2  0  0  1   .143      Dupont 1b       5  2  3  1  0  0  7  0  0  1   .333
 Avila c         4  0  1  1  0  0  9  0  0  0   .375      Johnson 3b      5  0  3  2  0  0  0  1  0  2   .308
 Gonzalez ss     4  1  1  0  0  1  1  2  0  0   .250      Johnson 2b      4  0  2  0  0  2  1  0  0  0   .250
 Kelly 3b        4  0  1  1  0  1  0  1  0  0   .250      Korb ss         4  0  1  0  0  2  2  2  0  1   .250
 Davis lf        4  1  1  2  0  2  3  0  0  2   .125      Blanco lf       3  1  1  1  1  2  4  0  0  1   .286

                 -- -  - -- -- -- -- -- -- ---                            -- -  - -- -- -- -- -- -- ---           
 Totals          35 6  9  6  0  6  27 8  0  3             Totals          39 5  14 5  2  8  27 8  0  10


                        1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10     R  H  E
                        -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -      -  -  -
 Detroit Tigers         1  0  0  0  0  0  0  2  3         6  9  0 
 Miami Palms            0  2  0  1  0  0  0  0  2         5  14 0 



 LOB- Detroit Tigers 3, Miami Palms 10; 2B- Hunter(1), Avila(1), Dupont(1), Johnson(1),
 Markakis(1); HR- Davis(1); RBI- Martinez 2(2), Avila(2), Davis 2(2), Kelly(1),
 Dupont(3), Johnson 2(3), Blanco(1), Drysdale(2); SF- Martinez(1); GIDP- Ruiz(1),
 Crisp(1); RLSP- Davis, Dupont, Johnson, Crisp 3, Drysdale; 

 DP- Detroit Tigers 2; 
 


 Detroit Tigers            IP   H  R  ER BB SO    ERA
 Porcello                  4.0  8  3  3  1  4    6.75 
 Reed                      3.0  2  0  0  0  3    0.00 
 Coke(W 1-0)               1.0  1  0  0  0  1    0.00 
 Nathan(S, 2)              1.0  3  2  2  1  0    9.00 

 Miami Palms               IP   H  R  ER BB SO    ERA
 Blume                     8.0  4  3  3  0  5    4.15 
 Harding(L 0-1)            1.0  5  3  3  0  1   13.50

 Pitches-strikes- Porcello 60-39, Reed 38-24, Coke 16-9, Nathan 16-10, Blume 91-57,
 Harding 17-10; Batters faced- Porcello 19, Reed 12, Coke 4, Nathan 7, Blume 28,
 Harding 8;

 HBP- Ruiz(by Reed); 

 Player of the Game: Rajai Davis

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