TIGERS 11 D-BACKS 5 F...Motor City KITTIES take the Show to the "DESERT" taking 2 of 3 from D-BACKS...A. JACKSON, MIGGY, and AVILA all with Three RBIs for Tigers!..."GET AWAY DAY" going Inter League in the Visitors Clubhouse with Detroit Hardball! #DETvsARI

The Detroit Tigers needed this one to win the series first and foremost but also to set the stage for their four-piece vs Orange County California Hardball dba Anaheim Angels. The Tigers didn't need Starter Anibal Sanchez to throw a "Gem" but he just needed to throw strikes and strikes and some BP he did.

Behind "Monsters at the Dish" Performances from Miggy Cabrera (2 for 4 w/2 Runs 3 RBI), Austin Jackson (2 for 5 w/2 Runs 2 RBI), and Alex Avila (1 for 4 w/3 RBI) the Motor City Kitties rolled to their 56th "W" of 2014 against 42 L's. Tigers Starter Sanchez (6.1 IP 11 H 5 R 5 ER 1 BB 4 SO HR) had a 7-0 lead heading into the 5th as he would allow five runs the next three innings for a 7-5 Tigers lead highlighted by a D-Backs SS Didi Gregarious' Two-Run Jack in the 5th.    

That's when "Miggy" Cabera rose up like only "Miggy" can taking D-Backs Reliever Matt Stites for a Three-Run Bomb which was part of a four-run Tigers 8th. That was your final score 11-5 as D-Backs Starter Trevor Cahill takes the "L" going just four innings allowing seven runs on eight hits while he struck out three. Sanchez gets the "W" for Detroit Hardball moving to 7-4.

The Tigers 56-42 will get the Halos as they are 59-40 as we go to press and believe it or not in 2nd place behind the Green-Hot Swingin' Elephants of East Bay Hardball! The D-Backs at 44-57 are 11.5 back of the NL West leading Gigantes of the Bay...