Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Detroit 6, Cleveland 2
When: 1:05 PM ET, Thursday, June 16, 2011
Where: Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan
Temperature: 68°
Umpires: Home - D.J. Reyburn, 1B - Ted Barrett, 2B - Tim McClelland, 3B - Brian Runge
Attendance: 37437

Jhonny Peralta and Ryan Raburn belted back-to-back homers in the fourth inning as the Detroit Tigers seized sole possession of first place in the American League Central with a 6-2 home triumph over the Cleveland Indians on Thursday.

Victor Martinez drove in a pair of runs and Miguel Cabrera and Don Kelly had RBI singles for Detroit, which claimed two of three from Cleveland to improve to 10-5 in June.

Brennan Boesch, who went 3-for-4 with three singles and a run scored, has 19 hits in his last 11 games for the Tigers.

The offensive outburst was more than enough for Max Scherzer (9-2), who secured his third straight victory. He allowed two runs on four hits in 5 2/3 innings.

Shin-Soo Choo and Michael Brantley both tripled in the first inning for Cleveland, which has dropped 11 of its last 14 games.

Mitch Talbot (2-4) permitted six runs on nine hits in four innings to suffer his fourth loss in five games since returning from the disabled list.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Cleveland   Detroit
Mitch Talbot Player Max Scherzer
Loss W/L Win
4.0 IP 5.2
3 Strikeouts 4
9 Hits 4
13.50 ERA 3.18
Hitting
Cleveland   Detroit
Michael Brantley Player Brennan Boesch
2 Hits 3
0 RBI 0
0 HR 0
4 TB 3
.500 Avg .750
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Cleveland 5 0 11 .152 15 8 1 3 1 0
Detroit 13 2 19 .394 15 4 6 3 1 2