Tigers romp to 15-2 victory over Pirates

Detroit pounded out 21 hits and five homers, including two by Craig Monroe.
BRADENTON, Fla. (AP) -- On a day Detroit's offense couldn't have been much better and Pittsburgh's defense couldn't have been much worse, the Tigers were most excited about another excellent start by Jeremy Bonderman.
Craig Monroe drove in five runs by hitting two of Detroit's five homers during a 21-hit game and Bonderman limited the Pirates to one hit over five scoreless innings in the Tigers' 15-2 romp Tuesday.
Bonderman, coming off a strong finish to the 2004 season that saw him win five of his final eight starts, has allowed only three hits over eight shutout innings in his last two starts. He has a 2.00 ERA in five starts.
"He was unbelievable," first baseman Carlos Pena said. "He was mowing people down. That was amazing what he did today. He just dominated."
Pirates have bad day
Despite his team's worst performance of the spring, Pirates manager Lloyd McClendon didn't seem overly upset about a miserable afternoon that featured several base running mistakes, dropped fly balls, botched pickoff plays and awful pitching.
Starting pitcher Mark Redman seemed more upset than his manager after allowing eight hits and five runs in five innings, saying, "Speaking for myself and the whole team, we have to be more aggressive. Errors cost runs, and runs cost ball games -- we have to nip it in the bud and get after it."
Redman didn't help himself, allowing opposing pitcher Bonderman's single to start a four-run third inning. Redman also was late covering first base after apparently picking off Nook Logan. After Rondell White singled in a run, Monroe hit a three-run drive to make it 5-0.
"I was ahead in the count ... and I went with my third pitch, a backdoor curveball, and just said, 'Hey, let me work on this,' " Redman said. "You know it's not your best pitch to throw in that count and you need to put him away."
Monroe, who was 3-for-6, also hit a two-run homer in the seventh off Joe Roa.
Redman allowed two homers, including White's solo shot in the first.