European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 14, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                June 2007 stars and stripes Page s3 Verlander throws co Mericas first Nono Gem against Brewers is tigers first in 23 years Duane Detroit tigers Pitcher Justin Verlander celebrates after pitching a no hit Ter against the Milwaukee Brewers on tuesday in by Dato Aguilar the associated press Detroit Justin Verlander threw 100 Mph crazy curves and a tantalizing no hit with a big assist from his Verlander pitched the first no hitter in com Erica Park leading the Detroit tigers Over the Milwaukee brew ers 40 tuesday it was the Best thing that Ever happened to he the 2006 Al Rookie of the year came Back with the game of his striking out he benefited from several Stellar defensive the Best by Seifi who turned a possible single up the mid dle in the eighth into an inning ending double about the fifth or sixth you cant help but think about it a Verlander everyone kept giving me High fives and nobody came and sat next to the no Centra leading Brewers didst have a Chance against we Only hit four or five balls hard All night that How dominant he said Craig twice called out on Verlander 72 worked around four walks in the tigers first no hitter since Jack Morris in the 24yearold trotted to the Mound for the ninth to a standing ovation from the crowd of i had Way too much to be Verlander camped he struck out Counsell and Tony Graf that brought up and Verlander had a momentary throwing a High breaking at that Verlander stepped off the i lets get it Back he Verlander then got Hardy to lift a High Fly Ball that right fielder Manglio Ordonez caught at the Edge of the warning Verlander didst even see the Ball Settle into or Donees i wanted to watch the but Pudge was yell ing in my he Catcher Ivan Rodriguez was already at the Mound and hugged Verlander As the Pitcher wheeled i think i was More excited than he Rodriguez this was the first no hitter in Detroit since Nolan Ryan of the Angels did it at Tiger stadium in com Erica opened in Milwaukee was last no hit on april by Scott Erickson at this was the third no hitter since inter league play began David Cone did it for the Yankees against Montreal and a set of Houston pitchers blanked the Verlander was greeted by manager Jim Leyland As he walked off the a lot of things go through your mind when some thing like this Leyland fighting Back in very Happy for Happy for the Happy for the fans to see something Verlandes Emily also was on the Field to he also got a shaving Cream pie to the face after his first no hitter since he was 12 years it was the second no hitter of the season in the a with Mark Buehrle of the Chicago White sox doing it against the Texas rangers on april bos tons Curt Schilling came within one out of accomplishing it at Oakland last Perez preserved this one with his after Biu Hall walked for the third Gabe Gross hit a hard grounder up the Perez skid ded to his left to Glove but the Force of the Ball knocked him Perez managed to make a backhanded flip to Sec Ond baseman Placido who completed the inning ending double Verlander pumped his fist near the Mound and was one of the first to congratulate Perez in the dug Seifi was right he Verlander himself made a Sharp jumping to snare Prince fielders one Hopper for the first out in the Corey Hart then hit a liner and Ordonez made a sliding catch while running Verlander had All of his pitches working in his Sec Ond career Complete game and first of the he finished with 112 pitches in the the Guy was throwing 99 with a great Hook and a Good Graffagnino that Tough to Brandon Inge homered and drove into Jeff Suppan 77 took the Suppan almost matched Verlander pitch for pitch the first five he Only allowed two hits in that Span and his Only mistake was to who hit his Lith Homer in the mariners slide past cubs in 13th by Andrew Seligman the associated press Chicago the Seattle Mari ners dont mind winning like no matter How stressful it Willie Bloomquist singled in the godhead run with two out in the 13th and the mariners beat the Chicago cubs 53 tues Day night for their season High fifth straight All of the wins in the Streak have come in their final and the latest occurred after Chi Cagos Michael Barrett drove in Derrek Lee with a single to tie it at 3 in the the great thing about it is its someone different every Bloomquist his turn came after Jose Vidro knocked a double off the Ivy in left Field with two out and will Ohman 04 intentionally walked Yuni Esky Bloom quist grounded a single to and Vidro ran through a Stop sign at third As Jacque Jones unleashed a two hop who was trying to Block deflected the Ball and Vidro scored the godhead run after initially missing the Ohman intentionally walked Ichiro and Jamie Burke lined a single off first baseman Lees Glove to drive in Vidro said he didst even come close to touching the plate but got it after the Ball rolled and there was no Way he was about to Stop at in my i thought if i have a Chance Ive got to Vidro i tried to get a big Lead so i could score on Barrett want sure if Jones throw arrived before i know that when he came run Ning it was going to be a ban bang he right before the Ball came i Felt like the Only Way we were going to get him out was to sacrifice my body and get everything on the Eric Oflaherty 30 pitched scoreless innings for the pitching with the worked the 13th for his 19th save in As Many but the cubs didst go Ryan Theriot and Felix pie singled with one putting run ners on first and Mike Fontenot then lined out softly to bringing up Alfonso Sori he loading the bases for Pinch hitter Moyie who grounded to Lee led off the eighth with a Dou ble off reliever Sean Green and Barrett tied it with a single off the Glove of diving second baseman Jose Mark Derosa Fol Lowed with a double to right Cen Ter that put runners on second and third and chased Brandon Morrow came in and intentionally walked Cliff Floyd to Load the before Theriot forced a runner at the plate for the first George Sherrill then caught pie looking at a 32 pitch on the inside Edge and struck out Mike Fontenot on four pitches to end the although Treyve played better since that meltdown against at Lanta a weekend half the cubs have not put together a Long winning there 64 since Carlos Zambrano left Barrett with a Black Eye and a Cut on the lip that required six stitches and manager Lou Piniella kicked dirt Spencer Chicago cubs Catcher Michael attempts a tag on Seattle mariners Jose Vidro without the Ball in his Glove during the 13th on an Umpire the following there showing the fight management envisioned the kind that brings teams Back in games like but there not where they want to this is a game we Shoul Dve Lee we need to do a better Job of that in these create the big were not worried about getting people to believe in