Where: Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan
Temperature: 69°
Umpires: Home - Ed Hickox, 1B - Marty Foster, 2B - Brian Runge, 3B - Gary Cederstrom
Attendance: 25603
Justin Verlander turned in his best outing of the season and rookie sensation Austin Jackson tallied three hits and an RBI as the Detroit Tigers dispatched the Los Angeles Angels, 5-1, on Sunday.
Alex Avila added a pair of hits and Miguel Cabrera drove in his major league-leading 27th run for the Tigers, who have won five straight.
Verlander entered the contest with a robust 5.53 ERA but showed no sign of his April struggles against the Angels, allowing one run on three hits and no walks while striking out seven in 8 1/3 innings to earn his second win of the season. The right-hander retired 23 batters in a row after allowing a two-out single to Torii Hunter in the first.
Detroit gave Verlander all the support he would need with a four-run fifth and tacked on another run in the sixth on Jackson's RBI single.
Jered Weaver suffered the loss for the Angels, surrendering four runs on seven hits in 4 2/3 innings.
Los Angeles has dropped four of five.
| LA Angels | Detroit | |
| Jered Weaver | Player | Justin Verlander |
| Loss | W/L | Win |
| 4.2 | IP | 8.1 |
| 6 | Strikeouts | 7 |
| 7 | Hits | 3 |
| 7.71 | ERA | 1.08 |
| LA Angels | Detroit | |
| Maicer Izturis | Player | Austin Jackson |
| 1 | Hits | 3 |
| 0 | RBI | 1 |
| 0 | HR | 0 |
| 1 | TB | 4 |
| 1.000 | Avg | .600 |