Tigers try to gain ground in wild card race versus Mariners

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09/08/2007 - (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Detroit Tigers go after their fourth straight win this evening when they play the second test of a three-game series against the struggling Seattle Mariners at Comerica Park.

In the opener of this set on Friday, Curtis Granderson made major league history by belting his 20th homer of the season to help Detroit to a 6-1 win. With his 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, though, are still three games behind New York for the wild card.

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 slipped four games behind the Yankees, who beat the Kansas City Royals on Friday.

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

Getting the call for the Tigers this evening will be left-hander Nate Robertson, who is 7-11 with a 4.95 earned run average. Robertson received a no-decision on Sunday against Oakland, as he surrendered two runs and four hits in six innings of an 8-7 loss.

Robertson lost to the Mariners earlier in the year and is 4-3 lifetime against them with a 3.26 ERA in seven starts.

Seattle will counter with righty Jeff Weaver, who is winless in his last two starts after stringing four straight wins together. Weaver was tagged with the loss on Sunday against Toronto, as he was hammered for five runs and eight hits in just three innings to fall to 6-11 on the year, while raising his ERA to 5.85.

Weaver, a first round pick of the Tigers back in 1998, lost to his former team earlier in the year and is just 1-4 in his career against them with a 5.46 ERA in five starts.

Detroit has won five of eight from the Mariners this season and is 21-14 in the series since the start of the 2004 campaign. Seattle has also lost four of its last seven in the Motor City.

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