Placido Polanco's big stick keeps thundering. Polly tripled, homered, scored three runs and drove in the game-winner with 2 outs in the 8th to lift the Tigers to a 7-6 win tonight over the Royals. Detroit blew a 5-2 lead as KC rallied for a 6-5 edge, but the Kitties kept clawing.
Maggs had 3 hits and 3 RBI while Marcus Thames homered. Sheffield's RBI double, scoring Polanco, tied the score at 6 in the 7th.
But back to our man, Polly. At the plate in the eighth, Tigs color analyst Rod Allen noted that since the start of the 2005 season, Polanco leads all active players with a .388 average with men in scoring position. One pitch later, Polanco lashed a single to drive home Infante with the winning run.
Polly batted .396 in 96 AB with RISP in 2006 and .380 in 100 AB in 2005.
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