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Detroit Tigers Team Notes

Setting Justin Verlander's pitch count in historic terms :
With the understanding that the standard eighth- and ninth-inning specialists couldn't pitch in an elimination game, it was imperative for Justin Verlander go to long, go strong and not relinquish the baseball until at least the eighth inning. And despite oodles of pitches, he made it there.

The total count was 133 pitches, which turns out was his career high.

This is where Baseball-Reference churns out a graph and mentions him in the same breath as Mark Prior. Yikes.

It's not so bad, though. Verlander is the first person to throw 133 pitches in a postseason game since Prior in the 2003 NLDS for the Cubs against the Braves. The last person to throw at least 133 in an American League setting was David Cone in the 1996 ALDS. It was also two shy of the Tigers postseason record (which goes back to about 1970 when they started tracking this stuff). Jack Morris threw 135 in a complete game against the Padres in Game 1 of the World Series. [B-R]

from Mlive
 
Detroit Tigers Team Notes

Ryan Raburn singled, Miguel Cabrera doubled, Victor Martinez tripled (sidenote: !!!) and Delmon Young homered in succession. That's what's known as a "natural cycle." According to the Elias Sports Bureau, that's the first time four consecutive teammates hit for a natural cycle in the postseason.
http://espn.go.com/blog/statsinfo/post/_/id/28578/tigers-go-deep-to-avoid-elimination
Tigers stats and information.
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Delmon Young hit two homers, becoming the fourth player in franchise history with a postseason multi-homer game. He also joins Hank Greenberg and Craig Monroe as the only Tigers to hit five homers in a postseason career. Monroe and Young both did it in a single postseason.

Justin Verlander got the win to keep the Tigers season alive, allowing four runs over 7
 
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