Found July 22, 2009 on Bleacher Report:
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It certainly had the feeling of one of those games.  Too many times to count over the past several seasons the Detroit Tigers had raced out to six or seven run leads in the first couple of innings, only to sit idly by while the opponent began to chip away and eventually overtake the Tigers and win the game. Last night had all the makings of a similar ending. The recipe for disaster began with the rough performance from Tigers starter Rick Porcello (9-4).  The rookie, making his first start since July 5, was certainly anything but sharp in his five innings versus Seattle last night.  By the time he had recorded nine outs, the M’s already had posted seven hits.  A solo home run from former Tiger Jack Hannahan in the fourth, followed by a Ryan Langerhans two-run shot in the fifth, took a comfortable Tigers lead and whittled it down to just three.  A second Hannahan blast in the sixth, off Tigers lefty Fu Te Ni, and a lead that once stood at 8-1, was now 8...
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