Essendon have decided who are they taking with the top AFL draft pick and will keep it to themselves until Friday night.Sandringhams Andrew McGrath and Hugh McCluggage from North Ballarat are the two most popular choice for the No.1 selection.Bombers coach John Worsfold said they are telling no-one - not even the successful player - until his name is announced at the Sydney draft.As a club, pretty much we know what were doing, Worsfold said.It would take a unique set of circumstances for that to change between now and Friday and hopefully that doesnt change.Worsfold said the top half dozen candidates were all worthy No.1 picks and that would become apparent over the next few years.Those top five or six names - its hard to split them all, he said.Were rapt we get the choice of all those guys, they all look like theyre going to be wonderful players.Worsfold compared it to the celebrated 2001 draft, which brought Luke Hodge, Chris Judd and Luke Ball into the AFL.The Bombers coach added that they were open about the clubs supplements debacle while talking to the families of prospective draftees.We raise it, we talk about it, Worsfold said. 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But he was sharp for the most part against Pittsburgh, allowing three runs and seven hits with two walks. Joaquin Benoit allowed two runs -- one earned -- in the eighth. Jose Valverde finished for his sixth save in seven chances, striking out a swinging Andrew McCutchen with a runner on first to end it. Verlander set a season high for strikeouts, although he said his fastball control still wasnt quite good enough. "Better? Yes. Where I want it? No," he said. "You have a couple bad starts, and the worlds on your shoulder -- Whats wrong? Whats wrong? -- but hey, that comes with the territory. Im OK with that. I can deal with it." Francisco Liriano (3-1) allowed four runs and eight hits in five innings. Pittsburgh third baseman Brandon Inge, who played for the Tigers for over a decade, was a late addition to the starting lineup. Outfielder Starling Marte was removed shortly before the game because of migraine-like symptoms, and the ensuing shuffling of the lineup gave Inge his first chance to play at Comerica Park as a member of the visiting team. Inge fielded Omar Infantes grounder with his bare hand and threw him out in the first inning, but he went 0 for 4 at the plate with three strikeouts. The Pirates had pulled within one in the eighth when Inge came to the plate, but pinch-runner Josh Harrison was picked off second, and Inge struck out looking against Benoit. Pittsburghs Neil Walker tripled in the first and scored on a sacrifice fly by McCutchen. Liriano was cruising along until Princee Fielder, Victor Martinez and Peralta opened the Detroit fourth with consecutive singles to tie it at 1.dddddddddddd Liriano allowed no more than a run in each of his first three starts -- the Pirates had to wait for him to return after he broke his right (non-throwing) arm in a freak accident on Christmas Day. 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Benoit gave up a double to Garrett Jones to start the eighth, and Russell Martins hard grounder got past Fielder at first for an error, allowing a run to score. Gaby Sanchez hit a one-out RBI double to make it 6-5 with Inge coming to the plate, but Harrison was picked off and Inge struck out. It was Peraltas first four-hit game since June 4, 2010, when he was playing for Cleveland. The Detroit shortstop is now hitting .341 -- 102 points higher than where he finished 2012. "Hes swinging a magic wand right now," Tigers outfielder Torii Hunter said. "He can poke the bat out and get a hit. He can swing hard and get a hit. Its a lot of fun to play the game like that." NOTES: Verlander is 20-2 in interleague play. ... Detroits Miguel Cabrera struck out three times and had his hitting streak snapped at 12 games. ... It started raining around the end of the fifth, but there were no delays. ... Detroits Rick Porcello (2-2) faces Pittsburghs Jeanmar Gomez (2-0) on Tuesday night. ' ' '
