the division-leading Cleveland Indians, as reliever Joaquín Benoit surrendered three eighth-inning runs in a 5–4 loss. The blazing hot Indians won their 13th straight home game on the season and ran their record to 19–8. It was the sixth straight loss for the Tigers, leaving them at 12–16, 7.5 games back in the AL Central. May 2: The Tigers lost their seventh straight game, dropping a 5–3 decision at home to the Yankees. The game was played 72 years to the day that late Yankee slugger Lou Gehrig's 2,130 consecutive games played streak ended in Detroit. May 3: The Tigers snapped their seven-game losing streak as Scott Sizemore, just recalled from the minors, went 3-for-4 with an RBI to help the Tigers to a 4–2 win over the Yankees. May 5: The Tigers took 3 of 4 from the Yankees, with Brennan Boesch leading the way in a 4–2 Tigers win. Boesch homered and drove in 3 runs, while starter Rick Porcello went seven strong innings. May 7: Justin Verlander took a perfect game into the eighth inning in Toronto before surrendering a leadoff walk to Blue Jays catcher J. P. Arencibia. Arencibia would be erased on a double-play, and Verlander completed his second career no-hitter in a 9–0 victory while facing the minimum 27 batters. The Tiger ace fanned four on the day, and helped his cause with a fine defensive play in the fifth inning. Edwin Encarnación hit a line drive that glanced off Verlander's forearm. The Tiger hurler scrambled to retrieve the ball and threw in the dirt to first base, but Miguel Cabrera scooped up the throw to just beat the runner. May 9: The Tigers twice sent 10 batters to the plate in an inning (the fourth and seventh) in a 10–5 rout over the Blue Jays that saw Max Scherzer go to 6–0 on the season. Detroit also evened its record again at 18–18. May 11: A 64-minute delay due to golf ball sized hail in Minneapolis could not stop the Tigers from again scoring 10 runs and defeating the Minnesota Twins, 10–2. Victor Martinez got three hits and drove in four runs. Twins starter Francisco Liriano had thrown a no-hitter in his previous start, but the Tigers chased him after just three innings in this affair. May 12: Jhonny Peralta hit a pinch-hit two-run homer in the top of the eighth inning to