Jeremy Bonderman finally came through for the Tigers. Too bad they couldn’t come through for him. The pitcher gave up just three runs in six innings, much improved from his previous outings. His big mistake came to Eric Byrnes, who has been slumping. He left a fastball up, and Byrnes made him pay jacking it into left field on a frozen rope. Byrnes had two hits in the game, a very positive sign for the Diamondbacks.
Dan Haren was strong for the Diamondbacks, throwing seven innings and allowing just six hits. Three runs were charged to Haren. He took the win after the Diamondbacks took advantage of a miscue by the Tigers defense.
Three Tigers were unable to make the play on a Chris Snyder foul pop up, extending his at bat. Snyder eventually walked to load the bases. Chris Young came up and drove in two runs on a single and put the Diamondbacks back in the game.
Miguel Cabrera had a two run bomb for the Tigers in the fourth. Zach Miner picked up a blown save and took the loss after coming in and allowing the Diamondbacks to take the lead.
Tony Pena earned his first save of the season working a scoreless ninth. Brandon Lyon had the night off after working consecutive nights.
