Chicago @ Detroit

Network: FSN Detroit
Announcers: Mario Impemba, Rod Allen
Format: DVD (3 disks)
Quality: 9.5 (Directv Master)
Notes: Commercials edited out.

Games Notes

Tigers slip by the White Sox 3-2.

Rookie Jacoby Jones sprints home to score on a shallow fly ball in the bottom of the 9th to win it after his 2nd double in his 2nd MLB game. Jones led off the 9th with a double off David Robertson, advanced on a fly ball and then scores on Tyler Collins' Sac Fly.

Pitching headlines the contest with Justin Verlander going 7 innings, while striking out 9 and allowing 3 hits, but 2 are 4th-inning solo HRs by Jose Abreu and Alex Avila. Chris Sale counters for Chicago, going 8 innings, scattering 8 hits and 2 runs.


Starting pitchers:
White Sox - Sale
Tigers - Verlander

Winning pitcher: Francisco Rodriguez (2-3)
Losing pitcher: Robertson (4-3)