Titans rebound to drub Clips 3-2

Updates for everyone's May records are here.

Game Four – Superior 18, Applegate 10. It all began innocently enough. Two outs in the top of the first, nobody on. Then, a walk to Brad Wilkerson, a groundball 2b (x) through the legs of D’Angelo Jimenez, and a three-run homer by Wily Mo Pena. In the second inning, the floodgates burst open on Ted Lilly, ignited by a leadoff error by Khalil Greene. A pair of doubles, a sac fly and a walk made it 5-0. Miguel Batista replaced Lilly, served up a single to Pena to load the bases, and then Troy Glaus unloaded them with a solid HR to make it 9-0. The Clips’ offense came too little, too late. Batista absorbed an 11-run, 15-hit relief outing. Brian Lawrence got the win despite allowing three homers (Ortiz, Chavez, Varitek.) Four players had three hits for Superior and Glaus and Jason Bay had five RBIs.

Game Five – Superior 8, Applegate 4. Kevin Millwood got his first Titan start and surrendered a homer, double and triple in the first inning as the Clips jumped out to a 3-1 lead. But a five-run third inning, capped by a Troy Glaus three-run homer, KO’d Brett Tomko and put Superior in control. Millwood, up 7-3, got out of a big jam in the fourth, as Applegate loaded the bases with one out and brought in Frank Thomas to pinch-hit, but Thomas fanned and D’Angelo Jimenez flied out to end the threat.

Miguel Cabrera hit .550 in the series (11 for 20) and scored 11 runs. Glaus drove in 10 while hitting just .238.

The Clips finish the month at 8-12:

2-3 home A series vs. Detroit
2-3 home B series vs. Superior
1-4 road A series at Tropical
3-2 road B series at Bushwood

We’ve now slipped below .500 to 29-31 through 60 games.