Detroit ace whiffs 11; Detroit earns 8-3 victory
DETROIT (AP) -- Justin Verlander's season-high 11 strikeouts and Brennan Boesch's three-run homer lifted the Detroit Tigers to an 8-3 win over the Washington Nationals on Wednesday night.
Detroit has won five straight, matching a season high.
Washington has lost four of five.
Verlander (8-4) gave up three runs - two on solo homers - seven hits and no walks over eight innings.
Livan Hernandez (5-4) allowed eight runs, doubling his season high, and seven hits and a season-high six walks over 6 2-3 innings.
Adam Dunn and Roger Bernadina hit solo shots in the first two innings to put Washington ahead 2-0.
Detroit scored its first run in the second on a bases-loaded walk. Gerald Laird's two-run single and Don Kelly's sacrifice fly made it 4-2.
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