By Justin Cousineau
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Friday nights game against the Cleveland Indians was postponed but the Tigers made noise on Saturday. Scott Sizemore opened things up against in the fourth to end a scoreless tie and give Justin Verlander more room to work with.
Verlander looked more like himself striking out nine batters and in just six innings and the bullpen helped him secure that win. Joel Zumaya pitched two strong innings making the game an easy close. With five strikeouts the Tigers pitching staff did their job well and gave the lineup the opportunity to focus on hitting and having fun.
With Sizemore's bases clearing double and Cabrera regaining the lead in the seventh with a two run single gave the Tigers an edge over the Indians.
Sunday afternoon wasn't as successful losing to 7-4, where the Indians ended a 10-game losing streak to the Tigers. Andy Marte hit a two-run triple off the left center field wall as Johnny Damon judged the ball poorly off the wall and Austin Jackson pinching in to close for back-up.
Jackson went to turn back to play the ball of the wall but lost his footing and before regaining his composure two runs were in and Marte had a stand-up triple.
Still in second place in the division the Tigers have a lot of things going right for them as they set to honor Ernie Harwell on Monday's game against World Champions New York Yankees.
