Indians 9, Tigers 6: Notes from Wednesday's loss - Detroit Free Press
AT COMERICA PARK
WHAT HAPPENED: Shin-Soo Choo led off the game with a single on an 0-2 pitch. Two outs later, Brennan Boesch dropped Carlos Santanas fly ball. On Max Scherzers next pitch, Michael Brantley hit his first homer of the season, a three-run blow to right. The Indians led all night, and those three unearned runs stood as the difference after Cleveland scored once in the sixth to go ahead, 9-6.
NIGHT OF FIRSTS: Brantleys homer came on his 206th at-bat. Don Kellys homer in the third was his first of the season, on his 70th at-bat.
AND THEN: Clevelands Johnny Damon stole his first base of the season in the fourth. It came on the first stolen-base attempt against catcher Bryan Holaday in his career. It was the former Tigers 405th career steal. DAMONS OTHER STEAL: He jumped at the leftfield wall and took away a homer from Prince Fielder leading off the bottom of the second. NOT STARTING WELL: The only time the Tigers first hitter of the inning reached base came when Jhonny Peralta doubled in the fifth. The Tigers scored four runs off starter Jeanmar Gomez in that inning to pull within 8-6.
SCHERZERS HOMERS: Scherzer has allowed at least one homer in his past eight starts. He has given up 13 for the season, most on the club. However, until Wednesday, hed allowed only two homers with someone on base. The homers he allowed Wednesday each came with at least one runner aboard.
BENOIT RETURNS: Joaquin Benoit pitched for the first time since he left Saturday nights game with forearm stiffness. He retired the side in order in the eighth.
WOE VS. TRIBE: The Tigers are 0-5 against Cleveland this season. That head-to-head record accounts for why the Indians are 5 1/2 games ahead of the Tigers.
SPECTACULAR: Jose Valverde got the final out in the ninth when Quintin Berry made a diving catch on Brantley.
THREE STARS: 1. Brantley, 2. Casey Kotchman (two-run HR off Scherzer), 3. Cleveland pen (four innings, one hit).
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