Guillen's 10th-inning homer lifts Tigers over Pirates

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06/12/2010 - Detroit, MI (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Carlos Guillen's homer to start the bottom of the 10th inning gave the Detroit Tigers a 4-3 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates in the second of a three-game interleague set.

With Brendan Donnelly (2-1) on the mound, Guillen drilled a 2-0 fastball over the right-field wall for the win.

Johnny Damon went 3-for-5 with a run scored for the Tigers, who have taken the first two games of this set. Phil Coke (4-0) got the win for throwing the top of the 10th while Jeremy Bonderman went seven innings in the start, giving up two runs on six hits with a walk and six strikeouts.

Garrett Jones hit a solo home run and scored twice while Ryan Church and Neil Walker each drove in a run for Pittsburgh, which has lost seven straight. Paul Maholm went six innings in the start and was charged with just one run on eight hits with three walks and two strikeouts.

The Pirates got on board in the second when Jones singled and came home on a Church double. The team blew a chance for more, as the next two batters got on to load the bases and Jason Jaramillo hit into an inning-ending double play.

Detroit got the run back in the bottom of the frame as, with the bases loaded and no outs, Gerald Laird hit a sac fly that scored Brennan Boesch, but also saw Guillen nailed trying to tag to third. Danny Worth followed with a double, but Austin Jackson grounded out to end the frame.

Jones led off the fourth by drilling a 1-2 pitch deep into the seats in right- center for a 2-1 lead.

The Tigers loaded the bases with one out in the fifth, but Guillen hit into a double play to end the frame.

With Evan Meek on the mound for Pittsburgh in the bottom of the seventh, consecutive singles from Jackson and Damon put runners on the corners. After Ryan Raburn struck out, Miguel Cabrera hit a grounder back to the mound and Meek got Jackson out in a run down. Boesch then hit a chopper back to Meek and his throw to first was missed by Ryan Doumit, allowing two to score for a 3-2 Tigers lead.

Pittsburgh, though, answered in the eighth off Joel Zumaya as Jose Tabata hit a one-out double, stole third and came home on Walker's single to tie the game.

Game Notes

The Tigers are 31-6 in their last 37 interleague games at home and are 126-108 all-time in interleague play...Detroit's Jose Valverde extended a scoreless streak to 25 outings spanning 25 1/3 innings. His earned-run average of 0.34 leads all AL relievers...The Pirates are a major league-worst 71-112 in interleague play...Detroit left 11 men on base.

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