Granderson makes history as Tigers beat Mariners

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09/08/2007 - Detroit, MI (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Curtis Granderson made major league history by belting his 20th homer of the season as Detroit downed Seattle, 6-1, in the opener of a crucial three-game set at Comerica Park.

With the home run, Granderson became just the sixth player in major league history with at least 20 home runs, 20 doubles and 20 triples in one season.

Placido Polanco finished 1-for-3 with two runs scored and an RBI for the Tigers, who won their third straight game and vaulted above Seattle in the AL wild card race.

The Tigers are now 2 1/2 games behind New York for the wild card, pending the Yankees game against Kansas City.

Justin Verlander (16-5) was brilliant for eight innings. The flame-throwing righty allowed just one run on seven hits while fanning three.

Jose Vidro was 3-for-4 with a run scored for the reeling Mariners, who have dropped 12 of their past 13 games and are now 3 1/2 games behind the Yankees.

Miguel Batista (13-11) was touched for six runs on nine hits in 6 2/3 innings en route to the loss.

The Tigers jumped in front with a pair of runs in the first. Granderson led off with an infield single and quickly scored on Polanco's double. Polanco moved up a base on a wild pitch and Batista walked Gary Sheffield to put runners on the corners before Magglio Ordonez slapped an RBI single up the middle to make it a 2-0 game.

Detroit tacked on another run in the second. Timo Perez doubled to left and, a batter later, came around to score on Brandon Inge's run-scoring single.

The Mariners finally got on the board in the fourth. Vidro got on with a leadoff double, moved up 90-feet on Jose Guillen's ground ball and scored when Raul Ibanez lofted a sacrifice fly to right.

The Tigers got that run back in the sixth. Ordonez doubled to center, moved to third on Carlos Guillen's ground ball and crossed the plate on Ivan Rodriguez's single to right.

The Tigers then put the game away with two more runs in the seventh. Granderson's got things started with a one-out solo homer. Polanco followed with a walk and moved up a base on a wild pitch before crossing the plate on Carlos Guillen's RBI single.

Game Notes

The other players to have at least 20 home runs, 20 doubles and 20 triples in one season are George Brett, Willie Mays, Jeff Heath, Jim Bottomley and Frank Schulte...Granderson also has 19 stolen bases. If he reaches 20, he will join Mays and Schulte as the only players to have 20 in all four categories...Seattle's Ichiro Suzuki and Ordonez entered the game tied atop the AL batting chart. Suzuki was 0-for-4 and fell to .349 and Ordonez was 2- for-3 and is now hitting .354.

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