BALTIMORE, May 10 (UPI) -- Brandon Inge and Curtis Granderson hit back-to-back home runs in a four-run seventh inning Wednesday night as Detroit beat the Baltimore Orioles, 6-3.
Granderson had two hits, one run and an RBI; Magglio Ordonez and Carlos Guillen each knocked in a run; while Inge hit a three-run homer for the Tigers (21-13), who broke a three-game losing streak.
In 6 1/3 innings, winner Justin Verlander (4-3) yielded three runs and seven hits with three walks and four strikeouts. Todd Jones registered his seventh save.
Brandon Fahey had a career-high three hits; and Miguel Tejada; Luis Matos and Corey Patterson each had an RBI for the Orioles (15-20).
Baltimore has lost nine of its last 11 games.
Loser Rodrigo Lopez (1-5) yielded six runs and eight hits in six-plus innings with one walk and seven strikeouts.
| Additional News Stories | |
NEW YORK, Dec. 8 (UPI) --
U.S. actor Jake Gyllenhaal recently joked he took a role in the movie "Brothers" to prove he and co-star Tobey Maguire are not the same guy.
|
|
PASADENA, Calif., Dec. 9 (UPI) --
NASA technicians say they have taken the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter out of the precautionary "safe mode" it has been in since August.
|
|