A demonstration of offense.

Tigers 10, Indians 4

In the first meeting of the season between the Tigers and the Indians, the Tigers unleashed an offensive assault that would make the hard-hitting Tribe proud. Fielder, Cabrera, and Dirks homered as part of nine Tigers extra base hits and 15 total. The Tribe, for their part, did get 4 runs off Max Scherzer (5-0, 47.1 IP, 3.61 ERA, 1.85 FIP, 2.0 WAR) in 8 innings, but he held them to 5 hits and struck out 7 while walking none. Scherzer’s pitch count was low enough that Leyland could have sent him out there for a shot at his first career complete game, but instead had to settle for his 13th career outing of 8 innings or more. Any of the big homeruns might stand out, but Torii Hunter delivered a baserunning miscue in the second inning that cost the Tigers a run. With two outs, he singled to right field and Avila scored ahead of Infante who was right behind him. However, Hunter rounded the bag carelessly and was tagged out by the cutoff man, Mark Reynolds, before Infante could score. That isn’t the kind of mistake you usually see from a veteran like Hunter. The victory gives the Tigers their 20th win on the season and they will look to take the series tomorrow night behind Justin Verlander (4-2, 46.1 IP, 1.55 ERA, 1.94 FIP, 2.0 WAR).

The Moment: Prince Fielder’s 3rd inning homerun travels ~460 feet to right center.