Ordonez, Santiago power Tigers to sweep of Cubs
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06/25/2009 - Detroit, MI (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Armando Galarraga got his first win in nearly two months and the Detroit Tigers completed a three-game sweep of the Chicago Cubs with a 6-5 win at Comerica Park.
Galarraga (4-7) threw six innings and gave up four runs on six hits with five strikeouts to pick up his first victory since April 26.
Magglio Ordonez and Ramon Santiago each hit a two-run home run while Ryan Raburn went 3-for-4 with two RBI and a run scored for the Tigers, who tied their season-high with their seventh straight win.
Jake Fox went 3-for-4 with a three-run home run and Micah Hoffpauir added a solo shot for the Cubs, who have dropped four straight. Ted Lilly (7-5) was handed the loss as he gave up six runs on 10 hits in six innings of work.
Chicago first baseman Derrek Lee had a 21-game hitting streak snapped as he finished the contest 0-for-4.
Trailing by two runs in the fourth, the Tigers surged ahead with a three-run inning. Marcus Thames led off the inning with a double and Raburn followed with a two-bagger. After Brandon Inge grounded out, Ordonez hit a pitch into the left field stands for a 5-4 lead.
In the bottom of the fifth, Detroit made it a 6-4 game on an RBI single from Raburn.
Bobby Seay relieved Galarraga in the seventh and worked a 1-2-3 frame while Brandon Lyon repeated the feat in the eighth for Detroit.
Fernando Rodney came on for the ninth to close the game and started the frame by giving up a home run to Hoffpauir to make it a one-run game. Rodney struck out the next two batters, but Kosuke Fukudome kept the inning alive and got the tying run into scoring position with a double. However, Rodney then struck out Geovany Soto to close the game and pick up his 16th save of the season.
The Cubs grabbed the early lead in the first inning. Alfonso Soriano got the game started with a double and Ryan Theriot was then hit by a pitch. The next two batters recorded outs, but Fox launched a pitch over the wall in left field for his first career home run and a 3-0 lead.
Detroit cut into its deficit in the third inning as Adam Everett beat out an infield single and, two batters later, Santiago clubbed the ball into the left field bullpen to make it a 3-2 game.
However, Chicago got a run back in the fourth on an RBI triple from Fukudome that plated Mike Fontenot for a 4-2 lead.
Game Notes
The Cubs will be the visitors in a three-game set against the White Sox starting on Friday...Detroit starts a three-game series in Houston on Friday...Detroit has won seven straight against the Cubs...The Tigers are 51-18 in interleague games since the start of 2006...Rodney has converted all 16 of his save opportunities this season.
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