Verlander shines in six shutout innings
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Justin Verlander pitched six scoreless innings, leading Detroit past the Washington Nationals 6-1 Sunday in a game in which Magglio Ordonez was scratched from the Tigers' lineup because of a sore left hamstring.
Verlander allowed six hits, struck out seven and walked one.
Nationals starter Tom Gorzelanny went five innings, allowing a two-run homer to Don Kelly in the third inning. Gorzelanny gave up four hits overall and struck out three and walked two.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Kelly, who had two hits, replaced Ordonez in the lineup.
Matt Stairs hit a solo home run in the seventh inning for the Nationals. Alberto Gonzalez was 4 for 4 for Washington, with four singles.
The Nationals made four errors and lost their seventh consecutive game.