Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Detroit 8, Washington 3
When: 1:05 PM ET, Thursday, June 17, 2010
Where: Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan
Temperature: 70°
Umpires: Home - Bill Miller, 1B - Mike Reilly, 2B - Chad Fairchild, 3B - Eric Cooper
Attendance: 33630
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Jeremy Bonderman pitched seven strong innings and Miguel Cabrera drove in three runs, leading the Detroit Tigers to an 8-3 win over the Washington Nationals on Thursday.

The victory gave the Tigers a sweep of the three-game series as they have now won six straight and 10 of 12.

Bonderman (3-4) allowed two runs and five hits in seven innings. He struck out seven and didn't walk a batter.

Cabrera had a two-run double in the fifth and an RBI single in the sixth to pace Detroit's 19-hit attack as eight different players had at least two hits apiece. Ramon Santiago was 4-for-4 with a run batted in. Alex Avila opened the Tigers' scoring in the second with a two-run double.

Washington starter Luis Atilano (5-4) allowed five runs in 4 1/3 innings.

Adam Dunn hit a solo homer in the seventh and drove in two runs for Washington, which has lost five of six.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Washington   Detroit
Luis Atilano Player Jeremy Bonderman
Loss W/L Win
4.1 IP 7.0
1 Strikeouts 7
9 Hits 5
10.38 ERA 2.57
Hitting
Washington   Detroit
Adam Dunn Player Ramon Santiago
2 Hits 4
2 RBI 1
1 HR 0
5 TB 5
.500 Avg 1.000
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Washington 8 1 12 .222 15 8 3 0 0 2
Detroit 19 0 23 .475 18 4 8 1 0 1