Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Detroit 8, Washington 3
When: 1:05 PM ET, Thursday, June 17, 2010
Where: Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan
Temperature: 70°
Umpires: Home - Bill Miller, 1B - Mike Reilly, 2B - Chad Fairchild, 3B - Eric Cooper
Attendance: 33630
Jeremy Bonderman pitched seven strong innings and Miguel Cabrera drove in three runs, leading the Detroit Tigers to an 8-3 win over the Washington Nationals on Thursday.Where: Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan
Temperature: 70°
Umpires: Home - Bill Miller, 1B - Mike Reilly, 2B - Chad Fairchild, 3B - Eric Cooper
Attendance: 33630
The victory gave the Tigers a sweep of the three-game series as they have now won six straight and 10 of 12.
Bonderman (3-4) allowed two runs and five hits in seven innings. He struck out seven and didn't walk a batter.
Cabrera had a two-run double in the fifth and an RBI single in the sixth to pace Detroit's 19-hit attack as eight different players had at least two hits apiece. Ramon Santiago was 4-for-4 with a run batted in. Alex Avila opened the Tigers' scoring in the second with a two-run double.
Washington starter Luis Atilano (5-4) allowed five runs in 4 1/3 innings.
Adam Dunn hit a solo homer in the seventh and drove in two runs for Washington, which has lost five of six.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Washington | Detroit | |
| Luis Atilano | Player | Jeremy Bonderman |
| Loss | W/L | Win |
| 4.1 | IP | 7.0 |
| 1 | Strikeouts | 7 |
| 9 | Hits | 5 |
| 10.38 | ERA | 2.57 |
Hitting
| Washington | Detroit | |
| Adam Dunn | Player | Ramon Santiago |
| 2 | Hits | 4 |
| 2 | RBI | 1 |
| 1 | HR | 0 |
| 5 | TB | 5 |
| .500 | Avg | 1.000 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team | Hits | HR | TB | Avg | LOB | K | RBI | BB | SB | Errors |
| Washington | 8 | 1 | 12 | .222 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Detroit | 19 | 0 | 23 | .475 | 18 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 |