The Angels won a close one in the Motor City on Tuesday night, beating the Tigers 5-4. This win was propelled by Torii Hunter’s 3 hit, 3 RBI game. Joe Saunders pitched a strong ballgame, and the Angels took the go-ahead lead when Mark Teixeira drove in a run with a sac fly.

Torii Hunter delivered the Angels an early lead against Chris Lampert, who was making just his second career start. Hunter’s double drove in a pair, and the team with the major’s best road record was looking strong again. Miguel Cabrera drove in a run during the bottom of that inning to cut the Angels’ lead in half. Torii Hunter drove in his third run of the game to get that run back in the 3rd inning, but just like that, RBI doubles by Magglio Ordonez and Miguel Cabrera knotted up the game.

“After the third inning,” Mike Scioscia said, “that’s when Joe really got aggressive. That was good to see.”

Indeed, Saunders did. He ended up pitching 6 1/3 innings and at the time of his departure, had a 4-3 lead. That was until, Miguel Cabrera, a thorn in the Angels side all night, stepped up to the plate against Scot Shields in the 8th inning. Cabrera’s opposite-field drive with 2 outs knotted up the game, and the two teams headed into the 9th tied up.

The Angels wasted no time. A single and a steal of second base from Chone Figgins, a ground ball by Garett Anderson, and a sac fly by Mark Teixeira put them in front. By the way, the steal by Figgins was No. 30 of the season, who became the fourth player in the Majors to reach that total over the past five seasons.

*K-Rod Watch: K-Rod was the man again in the bottom of the 9th, earning his 54th save of the season. Not only that, but this save was the 200th of his fabulous career, a career that has still a long way to go.