With two outs in the first, Ben Broussard booted a grounder to first, and Magglio Ordonez made the Tribe pay by homering on an 0-2 pitch from Paul Byrd. That was all Justin Verlander would need. He went seven, striking out five, and though Cleveland had a baserunner in every inning, they only scored on Grady Sizemore’s leadoff homer in the fourth. Aaron Boone’s leadoff double in the eighth gave them a golden opportunity to tie it, but after he moved up to third on a deep fly by Sizemore, Fernando Rodney fanned Casey Blake looking and got Jhonny Peralta to ground out.
After Curtis Granderson and Placido Polanco combined to give the Tigers a 3-1 lead in the bottom of the frame, Travis Hafner led off the ninth against Todd Jones with a hit, but Victor Martinez bounced into a double play on the first pitch he saw. Fun to note that Paul Byrd matched Verlander with five strikeouts in seven innings.
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