The Detroit Tigers challenged the the Los Angeles Dodgers yesterday at Dodger Stadium with the Tigers earning the win 6 to 2. It was one heck of a game that devotees with Tigers tickets will definitely cherish.
Tigers pitcher Rick Porcello (5.58 ERA) got the win, while Hiroki Kuroda (3.03 ERA) took the loss for the Dodgers. Rick Porcello went 6 innings for the Tigers, allowed 9 hits, no home runs and 2 earned runs with 2 walks and 2 strikeouts. Also pitching for the Tigers was Ryan Perry (2.41), Phil Coke (3.43), and Jose Valverde (0.46). The Dodgers’s starter Hiroki Kuroda went 6 innings, allowed 6 hits, one home run and 3 earned runs with one walk and 5 strikeouts. Jeff Weaver (3.09), Ronald Belisario (6.28), and George Sherrill (7.36) also pitched for the Dodgers. With the win, Porcello’s record goes to 4-4, while Kuroda is at 5-2.
In addition to the 6 runs, the Tigers scored 9 hits and committed one error. Danny Worth led the Tigers in hitting with 3 hits, followed by Magglio Ordonez’s 2 hits, and Johnny Damon with 2. The Dodgers didn’t have anyone with a big night with not one batter getting more than 2 hits. The Dodgers got 2 runs, 11 hits and one error.
Umpiring duties were performed by Tony Randazzo, Paul Nauert, Brian Gorman and Ted Barrett. There were 46,053 Dodgers ticket holders in attendance at Dodger Stadium.
The win puts the Tigers at a record of -, ( games behind first place in the division), while the loss brings the Dodgers to -, ( games behind the division leader). Next up for the Tigers are the (-) at the Mariners’s Safeco Field. If you are in the area you might want to check out what’s available for tickets because that game should be a good one. The Dodgers will next take on the (-) at Wrigley Field in what should be a very good game of MLB baseball. Buy your tickets today and take in all the thrills.