In Detroit, the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim defeated the Detroit Tigers 2-1. Starting pitchers Justin Verlander for the Tigers and Ervin Santana for the Angels were both spectacular. Verlander pitched eight innings and didn't give up a run. He struck out seven and only gave up four hits. Santana pitched eight and two-thirds innings and gave up one run, while also striking out seven. The game was scoreless going into the ninth inning. The Angels then scored two runs in the ninth with RBIs from Juan Rivera and Howie Kendrick. The Tigers got a run in the bottom half of the ninth from an RBI single from Magglio Ordonez, but it wasn't enough as Brian Fuentes shut the door on the Tigers.
In Seattle, the Minnesota Twins beat the Seattle Mariners 2-1 in 10 innings. Francisco Liriano of the Twins and Felix Hernandez of the Mariners were both good on the mound. Liriano pitched six innings and gave up only one run and three hits, and struck out five. Hernandez pitched seven innings and struck out seven while giving up one run. The game went into extra innings tied at one. The Twins scored on a hit from Matt Tolbert that was supposed to be caught by left fielder Wladimir Balentien but was dropped. Justin Morneau scored the go-ahead run and Joe Nathan pitched the bottom of the tenth inning for the save.
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