Ordonez, Santiago power Tigers to sweep of Cubs
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06/25/2009 - Detroit, MI (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Armando Galarraga got his first win in nearly two months and the Detroit Tigers completed a three-game sweep of the Chicago Cubs with a 6-5 win at Comerica Park.
Galarraga (4-7) threw six innings and gave up four runs on six hits with five strikeouts to pick up his first victory since April 26.
Magglio Ordonez and Ramon Santiago each hit a two-run home run while Ryan Raburn went 3-for-4 with two RBI and a run scored for the Tigers, who tied their season-high with their seventh straight win.
Jake Fox went 3-for-4 with a three-run home run and Micah Hoffpauir added a solo shot for the Cubs, who have dropped four straight. Ted Lilly (7-5) was handed the loss as he gave up six runs on 10 hits in six innings of work.
Chicago first baseman Derrek Lee had a 21-game hitting streak snapped as he finished the contest 0-for-4.
Trailing by two runs in the fourth, the Tigers surged ahead with a three-run inning. Marcus Thames led off the inning with a double and Raburn followed with a two-bagger. After Brandon Inge grounded out, Ordonez hit a pitch into the left field stands for a 5-4 lead.
In the bottom of the fifth, Detroit made it a 6-4 game on an RBI single from Raburn.
Bobby Seay relieved Galarraga in the seventh and worked a 1-2-3 frame while Brandon Lyon repeated the feat in the eighth for Detroit.
Fernando Rodney came on for the ninth to close the game and started the frame by giving up a home run to Hoffpauir to make it a one-run game. Rodney struck out the next two batters, but Kosuke Fukudome kept the inning alive and got the tying run into scoring position with a double. However, Rodney then struck out Geovany Soto to close the game and pick up his 16th save of the season.
The Cubs grabbed the early lead in the first inning. Alfonso Soriano got the game started with a double and Ryan Theriot was then hit by a pitch. The next two batters recorded outs, but Fox launched a pitch over the wall in left field for his first career home run and a 3-0 lead.
Detroit cut into its deficit in the third inning as Adam Everett beat out an infield single and, two batters later, Santiago clubbed the ball into the left field bullpen to make it a 3-2 game.
However, Chicago got a run back in the fourth on an RBI triple from Fukudome that plated Mike Fontenot for a 4-2 lead.
Game Notes
The Cubs will be the visitors in a three-game set against the White Sox starting on Friday...Detroit starts a three-game series in Houston on Friday...Detroit has won seven straight against the Cubs...The Tigers are 51-18 in interleague games since the start of 2006...Rodney has converted all 16 of his save opportunities this season.
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Work left to do: Illinois, Purdue, Michigan, Iowa
Behind the big two, the pecking order might be in a bit of flux. Has Michigan State passed Indiana after handling the Hoosiers in East Lansing? Where is Illinois in that mix? What looked like a four-big league last week could be morphing into five -- and even six is not unthinkable at this point if everything breaks right.
Should be in:
Michigan State [21-8 (8-6), RPI: 20, SOS: 15] The Spartans made it four-for-four on the homestand, a gigantic accomplishment that leaves them in extremely good shape. MSU is only 1-6 on the road and is at Michigan and at Wisconsin to close things out, meaning the date with the Wolverines on Tuesday looms very, very large. Beating Texas early will hold up well, as will the rout of Bradley and the win over BYU, but will 8-8 be enough? It very well could be, as the computer numbers are good, but why chance it?
Indiana [18-9 (8-6), RPI: 24, SOS: 32] Hmm ... good thing the last two are at Northwestern and home to Penn State, because IU might want to get both to feel completely safe after dropping its third in the last four, fading after halftime at Michigan State. Who knew the best nonconference win would be over Southern Illinois, which is a gift that keeps on giving for the Hoosiers. The win over Wisconsin also looks good on the mantel.
Work left to do:
Illinois [21-9 (9-6), RPI: 31, SOS: 25] A good performance at Penn State leaves the Illini in pretty good shape. Can they go to Iowa and take care of business to really look on their way? That's a huge game, as there is a possible cluster of teams that will end at 9-7. Illinois beat Bradley, but has lost to Xavier. A 9-7 mark and a semifinals trip in Chicago could be enough with the computer profile hanging in there, but it would be better not to mess around, clinching at least a tie for third.
Purdue [18-10 (7-7), RPI: 47, SOS: 28] Couldn't get it done at Iowa, but did win at Northwestern to put 9-7 squarely in sight. Where does that leave the Boilermakers, though? Even if they beat Minnesota and Northwestern at home, that won't help the computer numbers. Nonconference wins over Virginia, DePaul and Oklahoma are solid, but not spectacular. The Boilers very well might need an upset in the B10 quarters to have a legit claim.
Michigan [19-10 (7-7), RPI: 55, SOS: 53] Well, Michigan did what it needed to do, winning at Minnesota to take control of its fate. The Wolverines have Michigan State and an already-wrapped-up-the-league Ohio State at home to close, so the chances are there. Win both and we can talk. There is no marquee win yet in the profile, and the Wolverines were splattered in several games against name opponents. A mediocre computer profile fueled by a lack of road wins isn't helping, either.
Iowa [16-12 (8-6), RPI: 80, SOS: 64] For the sake of being complete, we'll add Iowa, this season's Stanford. It's plausible that the Hawkeyes could get to 10-6 (at Penn State, vs. Illinois left), but where does that leave them after a gruesome nonconference performance where the best win was over ... Toledo? Iowa State? Cornell?? If they get to 10-6, we can start to look at what they need to do in the B10 tourney, although my gut sense is that they would need to make the final and have knocked off Ohio State or Wisconsin on the way to have any real claim.
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