Sheff cooks up a Detroit victory over St. Louis
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06/26/2008 -
Detroit, MI (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Gary Sheffield had four hits, including the
winning single in the bottom of the ninth inning, boosting the Detroit Tigers
to an 8-7 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals in a game delayed nearly 2 1/2
hours by rain.
Sheffield, who came off the disabled list Tuesday, helped the Tigers to their
11th win in 14 games. Carlos Guillen also had four hits, including a three-run
homer.
Todd Jones (3-0), who wooed the crowd with an impersonation of teammate
Magglio Ordonez during the rain delay, threw the ninth inning to get the
victory.
Kyle McClellan (0-3) suffered the loss, as the Cardinals faltered in the
middle contest of the three-game set.
Rick Ankiel hit a pair of solo homers and knocked in three runs for St. Louis.
Kyle Lohse allowed 11 hits and five runs over the first four innings for the
Cardinals, while Armando Galarraga was charged with eight hits and five runs
-- four earned -- in 4 2/3 frames during the start for the Tigers.
The Cardinals took a 7-6 lead in the eighth, when Brendan Ryan walked, went to
second on a wild pitch from Joel Zumaya and later scored on an Aaron Miles
single.
However, the Tigers tied the game in the bottom half when Ordonez singled to
right to drive in Placido Polanco.
Jones retired the side in order in the top of the ninth and Clete Thomas
doubled to left to start the bottom of the frame. Sheffield then singled to
right-center field to end the game.
It capped an eventful night for Jones, who donned a long-haired wig and
Ordonez's jersey, pretending to hit the home run that clinched Detroit's 2006
ALCS win over Oakland during the delay in the top of the fifth inning.
Skip Schumaker and Ankiel homered in the first inning, but the Tigers scored
twice in the second. Sheffield came home on a throwing error from first
baseman Adam Kennedy following a hit from Edgar Renteria, and Curtis
Granderson added an RBI single.
Ankiel lifted a sacrifice fly in the third and Yadier Molina scored on a
Nick Stavinoha groundout in the fourth, but Guillen blasted his seventh homer
of the year in the bottom half, right after Granderson walked and Polanco
singled.
Another homer from Ankiel in the fifth tied the game, and Molina walked with
the bases full in the seventh to make it 6-5. However, Kennedy then flied out
to end the inning.
The Tigers loaded the bases with nobody out in their half of the seventh, but
scored only once when Edgar Renteria grounded into a double play.
Game Notes
Earlier Wednesday, the Tigers traded pitcher Denny Bautista to Pittsburgh
for minor league pitcher Kyle Pearson on Wednesday. The Tigers also placed
catcher/third baseman Brandon Inge on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to
June 23, with a pulled oblique, and purchased the contract of catcher Dane
Sardinha from Triple-A Toledo...The Tigers left 11 runners on base...Tigers
left fielder Marcus Thames ejected by home plate umpire Wally Bell for arguing
balls and strikes in the third inning...Granderson has a career-best 13-game
hitting streak...This was Guillen's seventh career four-hit game...Sheffield's
double in the second inning gave him 4,500 total bases for his career...This
was Ankiel's third career two-homer game.
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Big Ten Conference odds
Teams that should be in: Michigan State, Indiana
Work left to do: Illinois, Purdue, Michigan, Iowa
 Behind the big two, the pecking order might be in a bit of flux. Has Michigan State passed Indiana after handling the Hoosiers in East Lansing? Where is Illinois in that mix? What looked like a four-big league last week could be morphing into five -- and even six is not unthinkable at this point if everything breaks right.
Should be in:
Michigan State [21-8 (8-6), RPI: 20, SOS: 15] The Spartans made it four-for-four on the homestand, a gigantic accomplishment that leaves them in extremely good shape. MSU is only 1-6 on the road and is at Michigan and at Wisconsin to close things out, meaning the date with the Wolverines on Tuesday looms very, very large. Beating Texas early will hold up well, as will the rout of Bradley and the win over BYU, but will 8-8 be enough? It very well could be, as the computer numbers are good, but why chance it?
Indiana [18-9 (8-6), RPI: 24, SOS: 32] Hmm ... good thing the last two are at Northwestern and home to Penn State, because IU might want to get both to feel completely safe after dropping its third in the last four, fading after halftime at Michigan State. Who knew the best nonconference win would be over Southern Illinois, which is a gift that keeps on giving for the Hoosiers. The win over Wisconsin also looks good on the mantel.
Work left to do:
Illinois [21-9 (9-6), RPI: 31, SOS: 25] A good performance at Penn State leaves the Illini in pretty good shape. Can they go to Iowa and take care of business to really look on their way? That's a huge game, as there is a possible cluster of teams that will end at 9-7. Illinois beat Bradley, but has lost to Xavier. A 9-7 mark and a semifinals trip in Chicago could be enough with the computer profile hanging in there, but it would be better not to mess around, clinching at least a tie for third.
Purdue [18-10 (7-7), RPI: 47, SOS: 28] Couldn't get it done at Iowa, but did win at Northwestern to put 9-7 squarely in sight. Where does that leave the Boilermakers, though? Even if they beat Minnesota and Northwestern at home, that won't help the computer numbers. Nonconference wins over Virginia, DePaul and Oklahoma are solid, but not spectacular. The Boilers very well might need an upset in the B10 quarters to have a legit claim.
Michigan [19-10 (7-7), RPI: 55, SOS: 53] Well, Michigan did what it needed to do, winning at Minnesota to take control of its fate. The Wolverines have Michigan State and an already-wrapped-up-the-league Ohio State at home to close, so the chances are there. Win both and we can talk. There is no marquee win yet in the profile, and the Wolverines were splattered in several games against name opponents. A mediocre computer profile fueled by a lack of road wins isn't helping, either.
Iowa [16-12 (8-6), RPI: 80, SOS: 64] For the sake of being complete, we'll add Iowa, this season's Stanford. It's plausible that the Hawkeyes could get to 10-6 (at Penn State, vs. Illinois left), but where does that leave them after a gruesome nonconference performance where the best win was over ... Toledo? Iowa State? Cornell?? If they get to 10-6, we can start to look at what they need to do in the B10 tourney, although my gut sense is that they would need to make the final and have knocked off Ohio State or Wisconsin on the way to have any real claim.
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