Tigers 4, Twins 2. [Boxscore]
Summary: Cold Cats outlast stubborn Twins.
As Conn_Chris said, all the elements except a HR.
Pitching: In an unusually inefficient start for him, Verlander threw 91 pitches in just 5 innings, surrendering just 3 hits and 2 walks while striking out 7. The numbers, except for the innings pitched, were vintage Verlander. Either the cold effected him, or a dodgy strike zone baffled him. I admit, some of those calls looked dodgy on TV, but that's prolly just me.
Smyly, on the other hand, as noted in the above posts, managed to channel both Todd "Gas Can" Jones and Jose Valderde at their worse. He went 1.1 innings, giving up 3 hits, 3 walks, and 2 runs, loading the bases twice. A shot of Skipper in the dugout showed him madly pacing, and I imagine he wished for a smoke at that moment - or a stiff shot of something strong.
Alburquerque came in to save the day, getting two Twinkies to strike out and end the threat. Bless you, Fireman Al.
Benoit and Coke came on after that, with Coke getting the save in a flawless performance.
Offense: Well, the Tigers opened up with a blast, scoring two runs in the first inning. It started out with Jackson getting a single, advancing to third on a single by Hunter. Cabrera hit into a fielder's choice that scored AJ, and Fielder followed that up with a double to score Miggy. Boom, the Tigers were up on top 2-0 before Verlander even took the mound.
They tacked on another run in the 2nd when Peralta singled, stole 2nd, and then came home on an Infante single.
After that, they had very little success until Fielder scored from third on a WP in the 8th by the Twin's Roenicke.
It was a nice tight game.
Next game: Wednesday, April 3rd, Detroit @ Minnesota, 4:10pm Eastern. TV: FS-D. Radio: 97.1 The Ticket.