Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Detroit 8, Seattle 1
When: 7:05 PM ET, Saturday, June 11, 2011
Where: Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan
Temperature: 74°
Umpires: Home - Mike Everitt, 1B - John Tumpane, 2B - Cory Blaser, 3B - Mike Winters
Attendance: 38398
Where: Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan
Temperature: 74°
Umpires: Home - Mike Everitt, 1B - John Tumpane, 2B - Cory Blaser, 3B - Mike Winters
Attendance: 38398
Jhonny Peralta homered to key a three-run sixth inning as Detroit pulled into a tie for the American League Central lead with an 8-1 victory over visiting Seattle on Saturday evening.
The Tigers built a three-run cushion in the first two innings behind an RBI single by Victor Martinez and a run-scoring triple by Austin Jackson. After the Mariners got on the board in the top of the sixth, Peralta hit a two-run shot to left against Michael Pineda (6-4). Jackson added an RBI base hit later in the frame against reliever Jamey Wright.
Max Scherzer (8-2) got the win for Detroit, allowing just four hits in seven innings. The lone Seattle run came on a sacrifice fly by Brendan Ryan.
Jackson, Martinez and Brennan Boesch each finished with three of the Tigers' 14 hits. Detroit has totaled 73 hits in its last six games.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Seattle | Detroit | |
| Michael Pineda | Player | Max Scherzer |
| Loss | W/L | Win |
| 5.1 | IP | 7.0 |
| 4 | Strikeouts | 4 |
| 8 | Hits | 4 |
| 8.44 | ERA | 1.29 |
Hitting
| Seattle | Detroit | |
| Ichiro Suzuki | Player | Brennan Boesch |
| 2 | Hits | 3 |
| 0 | RBI | 0 |
| 0 | HR | 0 |
| 4 | TB | 4 |
| .500 | Avg | .750 |
Team Stats Summary