DETROIT 4, MILWAUKEE 0
VER-IFFIC! Verlander fans 12, walks four in club's sixth gem
June 13, 2007
BY JON PAUL MOROSI
FREE PRESS SPORTS WRITER
Justin Verlander stood at his locker Tuesday night, already soaked with some initial celebratory spray, a bottle of Dom Pérignon in his hands. He fidgeted with the foil, untwisted the wire, then worked on the cork.
He needed a few moments to yank off the top and send a stream of champagne into the happy air.
That marked the first time he had struggled -- in any way whatsoever -- on a night for the ages.
Verlander, the Tigers' masterful young ace, became the fifth pitcher in franchise history to throw a no-hitter -- the first since Jack Morris in 1984 -- in a 4-0 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers before 33,555 at Comerica Park.
It was the first no-hitter by a Tiger at home since Virgil Trucks in 1952.
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