Cold weather leads to postponement of Tigers vs. Blue Jays

The game between the Toronto Blue Jays and Detroit Tigers scheduled for Thursday afternoon was postponed because of cold weather. The game will be made up on Sept. 10 at 7:05 p.m.

Game 2 Recap: Detroit 10, Toronto 9

Wednesday, April 4, 2007 Recap

The Detroit Tigers got their AL championship rings, then treated thousands of hardy fans to the same roller-coaster experience of last October. Coming off their first pennant since 1984, the Tigers lost Monday's opener 5-3 in 10 innings, but took the second game in the 3 game series with the Blue Jays.

Kenny Rogers drew the loudest ovation from fans when players received their championship rings in a pregame ceremony. The 42-year-old left-hander, who won all three of his starts during the 2006 postseason, had surgery Friday to remove a blood clot from his pitching shoulder. He's not expected back until July.

Detroit built a nine-run lead Wednesday, and the Tigers held on for a 10-9 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays. Detroit chased A.J. Burnett (0-1) early in this one, and Granderson connected off Shaun Marcum for his first homer (first career grand slam) of the season, capping an eight-run third with a drive that landed on top of the wall in right-center, hitting the yellow home-run line, and bounced back onto the field. Granderson also had an RBI triple in the seventh off Victor Zambrano and tied his career high with five RBIs. He added a stolen base as well to round out his monster day.

Toronto closed with seven runs in the eighth off relievers Jason Grilli and Fernando Rodney but the potential tying run was stranded at third when Magglio Ordonez, who lost two fly balls in the swirling wind earlier in the inning, made a running catch of Troy Glaus' drive to right-center. The wind became a factor in the late innings, holding up several pop flies and carrying a handful of seemingly easy outs out of the reach of Ordonez.

Todd Jones worked the ninth for his first save. After Toronto put two on with one out, Jason Smith flied out and Reed Johnson popped out. Nate Robertson (1-0), who moved up to Rogers' spot in the rotation, allowed two runs and seven hits in 5 2-3 innings, leaving after Aaron Hill's two-run homer. He recorded 4 strikeouts.

A.J. Burnett gave up six runs, five hits and four walks in two-plus innings, leaving after Detroit's first six batters reached in the third. It was his shortest start since June 30, 2004, when he got three outs for Florida at Atlanta.

Pudge, who was hitless in the opener, went 4-for-5 for the Tigers. Carlos Guillen added two RBIs. Gary Sheffield singled in the fifth for his first hit with Detroit.

While a record crowd of 44,297 came to the opener, just 24,881 fans turned out on a day with a 43-degree temperature, chilly wind and a threat of snow.

Wednesday's Box score