Westbrook solid as Tribe edge Tigers

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06/01/2010 - Detroit, MI (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Jake Westbrook pitched 7 2/3 stellar innings to lift the Cleveland Indians to a 3-2 win over the Detroit Tigers in the opener of a three-game AL Central series at Comerica Park.

Westbrook (3-3) allowed one run on five hits for Cleveland, which won for only the fourth time in its last 15 games. Shin-Soo Choo and Russell Branyan both homered in the victory.

Jeremy Bonderman was solid in his eight-inning start, but suffered the loss for the struggling Tigers, who have dropped eight of their last 10 games. Bonderman (2-3) was charged with three runs on nine hits.

Miguel Cabrera posted two hits and scored for the Tigers, who left the tying run at third base in the final inning.

Kerry Wood got the first two outs of the ninth before Carlos Guillen reached first base on a fielding error by Branyan. Brandon Inge then walked, which brought the potential game-winning run to the plate in the form of Alex Avila. After fouling off several pitches with a full count, Avila ripped a single into the right field and Guillen scored to cut Detroit's deficit to 3-2.

However, with runners on the corners, Wood settled down and got Ramon Santiago to fly out to left field for his third save of the campaign.

The Tigers opened the scoring in the second inning. Cabrera led off with a double and scored on a base hit to center field by Guillen.

Branyan's seventh homer of the season led off the fifth and tied the score.

Bonderman was reached again in the next frame when Choo's one-out blast cleared the wall in right field for a 2-1 Indians lead.

Westbrook set the Tigers down in order in the bottom of the sixth before Bonderman escaped a bases-loaded jam in the top of the seventh that prevented the visitors from adding to their lead.

Once more in the bottom of the seventh, Westbrook was perfect.

Cleveland added an insurance run in the eighth via Mark Grudzielanek's single. Travis Hafner was hit by a Bonderman pitch with one out, moved to second on a base hit by Jhonny Peralta, advanced to third on a fly out by Branyan and scored on Grudzielanek's 11th RBI of the season.

The Tigers had runners on the corners with two outs in the bottom of the eighth. After Westbrook walked Johnny Damon to create the first-and-third situation, he was pulled from the mound in favor of Chris Perez, who induced an inning-ending foul out off the bat of Magglio Ordonez.

Game Notes

Earlier Tuesday, the Tigers traded left-handed pitcher Dontrelle Willis to the Arizona Diamondbacks in exchange for right-hander Billy Buckner. Willis was a two-time All-Star selection in his days with the Florida Marlins and also won the 2003 NL Rookie of the Year award. Willis landed in Detroit as part of a 2007 trade that also included Cabrera...Bonderman fell to 8-10 over 22 career starts versus Cleveland...Despite the loss, the Tigers have won 10 of their last 12 home contests against the Indians.

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Big Ten Conference odds

Teams that should be in: Michigan State, Indiana
Work left to do: Illinois, Purdue, Michigan, Iowa

Behind the big two, the pecking order might be in a bit of flux. Has Michigan State passed Indiana after handling the Hoosiers in East Lansing? Where is Illinois in that mix? What looked like a four-big league last week could be morphing into five -- and even six is not unthinkable at this point if everything breaks right.

Should be in:

Michigan State [21-8 (8-6), RPI: 20, SOS: 15] The Spartans made it four-for-four on the homestand, a gigantic accomplishment that leaves them in extremely good shape. MSU is only 1-6 on the road and is at Michigan and at Wisconsin to close things out, meaning the date with the Wolverines on Tuesday looms very, very large. Beating Texas early will hold up well, as will the rout of Bradley and the win over BYU, but will 8-8 be enough? It very well could be, as the computer numbers are good, but why chance it?

Indiana [18-9 (8-6), RPI: 24, SOS: 32] Hmm ... good thing the last two are at Northwestern and home to Penn State, because IU might want to get both to feel completely safe after dropping its third in the last four, fading after halftime at Michigan State. Who knew the best nonconference win would be over Southern Illinois, which is a gift that keeps on giving for the Hoosiers. The win over Wisconsin also looks good on the mantel.

Work left to do:

Illinois [21-9 (9-6), RPI: 31, SOS: 25] A good performance at Penn State leaves the Illini in pretty good shape. Can they go to Iowa and take care of business to really look on their way? That's a huge game, as there is a possible cluster of teams that will end at 9-7. Illinois beat Bradley, but has lost to Xavier. A 9-7 mark and a semifinals trip in Chicago could be enough with the computer profile hanging in there, but it would be better not to mess around, clinching at least a tie for third.

Purdue [18-10 (7-7), RPI: 47, SOS: 28] Couldn't get it done at Iowa, but did win at Northwestern to put 9-7 squarely in sight. Where does that leave the Boilermakers, though? Even if they beat Minnesota and Northwestern at home, that won't help the computer numbers. Nonconference wins over Virginia, DePaul and Oklahoma are solid, but not spectacular. The Boilers very well might need an upset in the B10 quarters to have a legit claim.

Michigan [19-10 (7-7), RPI: 55, SOS: 53] Well, Michigan did what it needed to do, winning at Minnesota to take control of its fate. The Wolverines have Michigan State and an already-wrapped-up-the-league Ohio State at home to close, so the chances are there. Win both and we can talk. There is no marquee win yet in the profile, and the Wolverines were splattered in several games against name opponents. A mediocre computer profile fueled by a lack of road wins isn't helping, either.

Iowa [16-12 (8-6), RPI: 80, SOS: 64] For the sake of being complete, we'll add Iowa, this season's Stanford. It's plausible that the Hawkeyes could get to 10-6 (at Penn State, vs. Illinois left), but where does that leave them after a gruesome nonconference performance where the best win was over ... Toledo? Iowa State? Cornell?? If they get to 10-6, we can start to look at what they need to do in the B10 tourney, although my gut sense is that they would need to make the final and have knocked off Ohio State or Wisconsin on the way to have any real claim.

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