Game 1: For 7 innings, the Brewers could get only 4 hits and 1 run off Tiger starter Justin Verlander. Meanwhile, the Tigers started the fifth with a single and a double. Two outs later, Austin Jackson drove home the two runners. With Verlander gone to start the 8th, the Brewers started kicking up their heels. With a runner on and one out, Prince Fielder made it a one rune game with a two run shot to right. The Tigers came right back and scored three times on a hit batsman, two walks and two singles. The 7-3 lead looked safe. Especially with the "Big Potato" Jose Valverde taking the mound. Two singles and a walk loaded the bases for Ryan Braun with two outs. And Ryan showed why he would be a future MVP (steroids notwithstanding) by hammering the potato into the seats for a grand slam. Fielder followed with a single but that was the end of the offense for the Brewers for the evening. They would only manage one walk the rest of the way. Two walks opened the 11th and after one out, Brennan Boesch singled home the winning run. Jeremy Bonderman won the game in relief.
Tigers 8 Brewers 7
Game 2: Max Scherzer scattered five hits and struck out 7 in 7 and 2/3 innings. Joel
Zumaya and Phil Coke each pitched two-thirds of an inning as the Tigers shut out the Brewers. Miguel Cabrera and Jhonny Peralta homered for the Tigers.
Tigers 4 Brewers 0
Game 3: Miguel Cabrera hit a two run homer to lead the Tigers to a 3-0 advantage as they looked to sweep the Brewers. But Milwaukee wasn't done and in the bottom of the 6th, they put their first four batters on, scoring twice. Then, with two out, pinchhitter Casey McGehee singled home to give the Brewers the lead. Trevor Hoffman and Claudio Vargas closed out the victory for Jeff Suppan.
Brewers 4 Tigers 3
Game 4: Miguel Cabrera hit a two run homer in
the first, his third of the series. In the 4ht, with a runner on second and two out, he singled home a run. In the 7th, with runners on second and third and two outs, he drove home another run. Johnny Damon hit a solo homer and the Tigers carried a 6-2 lead into the bottom of the 9th. Papa Grande again took the mound, with his first game nemesis 6 batters away. Valverde was nothing, if not dramatic. In a scene reminiscent of Ricky "Wildman" Vaughan intentionally walking a batter to get to Parkman, Valverde gave up a single and two walks to bring Rick Braun to the plate with two out and the chance to tie the game with a grand slam. This time Valverde won the confrontation as Braun grounded to third and sent the Tigers to the second round.
Tigers 6 Brewers 2
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--submitted by Tom "Crash" Davis--
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