Weather: 83 degrees, cloudy (significantly
warmer where we were sitting!)
Time: 3:10
Attendance: 8,382
Section 118, Row 7, Seats 11-15 – just beyond
third base, and close enough that eternal vigilance could be seen as the price of
survival. While there was an occasional breeze going, the temperature display
above the scoreboard was in the 89-91 degree range all afternoon with a bright
sun, so sunscreen and copious beverage consumption were also essential. We
weren’t complaining one bit, however.
Food item of the day: rice bowl with chicken
(new this year) from Tijuana Flats. Quite good.
The game was pretty close throughout, tied
3-3 after 6 featuring a solo homer by Freddy Galvis and two by Detroit’s Justin
Upton. Verlander went 5-plus for the
Tigers, giving up the first 3 Philadelphia runs. The Phils used 9 relievers for
one inning each as they attempt to clarify their muddled bullpen situation.
(This led to the oddity of James Russell being the starting pitcher after
appearing in relief the night before.)
The Phils took the lead with two in the
bottom of the seventh, on singles by Galvis, Blanco, and Herrera, with the
second run scoring on a Ryan Howard fielder’s choice. The Tigers, however, cut
the lead to one in the top of the 8th, and won it with two more in
the 9th.
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