'07 Tigers 3, '49-Indians 1

9/4 The Tigers came to Cleveland trailing the Indians by one game in the standings. Cleveland ace Bob Lemon (3-0) would be taking the mound against Tiger rookie righthander Jair Jurrjens. The game was scoreless until the third when Curtis Granderson clubbed a bases loaded triple off Lemon. He scored on a Gary Sheffield scarifice fly. The Tigers added four more in the 5th on a Magglio Ordonez grandslam. Ray Boone hit a homer off Jurrjens in the bottom of the fifth for the Indians only run. Detroit added five more in the 8th and Jurrjens went the distance in a 13-1 win.

9/5 The Tigers opened the scoring off Rapid Robert Feller in the first with a Granderson single, a walk to Carlos Guillen and a double by Ordonez which plated Granderson. Pudge Rodriguz singled home Guillen and Sean Casey scored Ordonez on a sac fly. But that would all the Tiger would get off Feller. Nate Robertson made it stand up however as he only allowed Cleveland single runs in the third and fourth inning. Robertson needed rrelief help from Bobby Seay and Fernando Rodney to record his third win of the season as the Tigers took the second game 3-2

9/6 The scene shifted to Comerica Park where Mike Garcia would be looking for his first win of the season. He would be opposed by Justin Verlander. The Indians opened the scoring in the first as Verlander experienced his usual first inning lethargy. Lou Boudrean, in the midst of a terrible slump, singled with one out, Larry Doby followed with a two out single. Joe Gordon walked and Thurman Tucker drove home two with a single. The Tigers came back with single runs in the third and fourth on sacrifice flies by Marcus Thames and Sheffield. In the fifth, Mickey Vernon opened the inning with a single and Verlander then hit Doby in the leg with a pitch. After a walk to Gordon, Verlander struck out Tucker. But Jim Hegan dropped a bunt and just like int he 2006 World Series, Verlander threw late to home. With the Tigers at double play depth, Ken Keltner then dropped a bunt down the third base line. Brandon Inge threw h im out at first, but the Indians had all the runs they would need. a Carlos Guillen sac fly brought the Tigers to within one in the 8th. However Ray Bradbury fireman Todd Jones gave up a 2 run homer to Joe Gordon in the ninth and the Indians won 5-3. Garcia went the distance for his first win.

9/7 Looking to salvage a split, Early Wynn took the mound against Kenny Rogers. Magglio Ordonez hit his fourth homer of the season in the first to stake Rogers to a two run lead. The Gambler made it stand through five innings of two hit ball. However a 56 minute rain delay in the bottom of the fifth sent Kenny to the shower and Chad Durbin came in to pitch. Durbin was up to the effort as he allowed the Indians only one run over four innings, a Joe Gordon homer in the ninth, his fourth of the season. The Tigers coasted to a 5-1 win despite two Carlos Guillen errors, giving him 9 for the season. Little used Timo Perez went 3-3 with a walk to raise his average to an astounding .643. Ordonez went 3-4 to raise his average to a solid .400 -contributed by Tom Davis-