Always A Tiger.

[mfbmike]

I waited till the end of the game and used the replay vault for the Ordonez HR video and got that game music in the vid. lol, lesson learned.

"I really wanna be in LA"

[Rylo]

Nice win dude.

[mfbmike]

Series Preview:

(4-6) @ (4-6)


Safeco Field In Seattle

Projected Matchups:

Game 1:


Justin Verlander 1-1 , 1.69 ERA | Felix Hernandez 0-2 , 9.31 ERA

Game 2:


Armando Galarraga 1-0 , 1.69 ERA | Erik Bedard 0-1 , 6.52 ERA

Game 3:


Jeremy Bonderman 0-2 , 7.36 ERA | Brandon Morrow 0-1 . 5.00 ERA

Mariners Lineup:

LF Endy Chavez
SS Yuniesky Betancourt
RF Ichiro
1B Russell Branyan
2B Jose Lopez
3B Adrian Beltre
C Kenji Johjima
DH Chris Shelton
CF Franklin Gutierrez

[The Messenger]

Even King Felix looks like he's getting killed. SWEEP TIME MIKEY!

[mfbmike]

boo, Why doesnt Willis and Verlander blow for you, but they get rocked for me?

I know why, you rigged my game MIke. Just how you rigged lupes team in the sim league.

lol, yeah, that's it.

And so much for the sweep.

[mfbmike]

Update coming.

[mfbmike]

Tigers Road Woes Continue, Drop To 0-5 Away From Comerica

(4-6) vs (4-6)


Marcus Thames went 3-3 and brought in a run in the Tigers loss.

Detroit stumbled against Seattle, losing in the non-divisional tilt. The Tigers couldn't deliver on the road lastnight, losing to the Mariners 7-4. Offensively, the club was led by Marcus Thames, who went 3-3 with 1 RBI after coming in to pinch hit for Adam Everett in the 4th. Miguel Cabrera also came in for 2 of the Tigers 4 runs. Justin Verlander took the loss in a mediocre outing, pitching 6 innings while allowing 5 runs on 6 hits to drop his record to 1-2. The series continues under the lights tomorrow night with Armando Galarraga (1-0, 1.69 ERA) going against Erik Bedard (0-1, 6.52 ERA). Carlos Guillen will look to build on his current 10-game hitting streak.



Tigers Pitching:
Justin Verlander (L, 1-2) 6 IP | 6H | 5ER | 0BB | 5SO | 3.27 ERA
Nate Robertson 2 IP | 4H | 2ER | 1BB | 2SO | 4.50 ERA

Mariners Pitching:
Felix Hernandez (W, 1-2) 6 IP | 14H | 3ER | 0BB | 8SO | 7.46 ERA
David Aardsma (H, 1) 1 IP | 2H | 1ER | 0BB | 2SO | 1.42 ERA
Tyler Walker (H, 1) 1 IP | 0H | 0ER | 0BB | 0SO | 1.42 ERA
Aaron Heilman (S, 2) 1 IP | 2H | 0ER | 0BB | 0SO | 0.00 ERA

Tigers Lineup:
CF Curtis Granderson 3-5 | 2K
2B Placido Polanco 3-5 | K
RF Magglio Ordonez 1-5 | 2K
1B Miguel Cabrera 2-4 | K
DH Gary Sheffield 2-4 | K
LF Carlos Guillen 2-3
3B Brandon Inge 2-4 | K
C Gerald Laird 1-4 | K
SS Adam Everett 0-1 | K
PH-SS Marcus Thames 3-3

RBI: , Laird , Thames , Inge 2
R: Ordonez , Guillen , Cabrera 2
SAC: Guillen
GIDP: Polanco , Ordonez

Mariners Lineup:
SS Yuniesky Betancourt 2-4
2B Jose Lopez 1-4 | K
RF Ichiro 1-4 | K
1B Russell Branyan 1-4 | 2K
3B Adrian Beltre 2-4 | K
C Kenji Johjima 0-3
DH Chris Shelton 0-3 | K
CF Franklin Gutierrez 2-4
LF Wladimir Balentien 1-3 | K

HR: Branyan , Beltre , Balentien
R: Branyan , Beltre , Balentien , Betancourt 2 , Gutierrez 2
RBI: Betancourt , Ichiro , Beltre , Branyan 2 , Balentien 2
2B: Lopez , Ichiro , Gutierrez
GIDP: Gutierrez

Player Of The Game:

Adrian Beltre

Beltre batted 2-4 including a home run.

[The Messenger]

Colors mixed up in box score.

What's up with you and Clutch against the Mariners? Should be easy pickings.

[mfbmike]

I got 18 hits.

18 HITS

WTF

all singles too. The god damn big hit just never came. I had bases loaded with Thames coming up and it hit the left field wall. I got so damn excited. Thought I was gonna get my first grand slam. It's dumb too, cause Safeco seems like such a hitters field. Seems much smaller imo.

[Rylo]

Ouch. Tough loss man. This game is brutal on visitors.

[mfbmike]

I messed up on a couple of bonehead baserunning plays. Got flustered with the baserunning controls on like two occasions and got caught in run down between 3rd and home. Didn't exactly help in that one. lol. Also got caught stealing twice or so. hahaha.

[Deviant]

So, you're just a natural at this chising thing, ain't ya'?

Well, we'll see about that... Michael. You may have survived those soft 82-game NBA seasons, BUT ARE YOU MAN ENOUGH FOR 162 POUNDING GAMES OF BASEBALL?!?!

...

...on a less Lupe-esque note, following.

[mfbmike]

Magglio's 2 Run Shot Gives Tigers 1st Road Win Of The Season

(4-7) vs (5-6)


Placido Polanco and Magglio Ordonez celebrate after a 2 run homer put the Tigers out in front, 2-1.

The Tigers pulled out a nail-biter in Seattle, nipping the Mariners on the road, winning 2-1 in front of 24,276 fans at Safeco Field. Armando Galarraga earned the victory, working 8 innings and allowing just 4 hits to record his 2nd win of the season. Magglio Ordonez only had 1 hit, but it was a big home run, as he knocked in 2 runs for the Tigers. Joel Zumaya came into the game in the 9th inning and struck out 3 straight batters to earn his 3rd save of the season. The series with an afternoon game tomorrow, with the Tigers starting Jeremy Bonderman (0-2, 7.36 ERA) and the Mariners turning to Brandon Morrow (0-1, 5.00 ERA). Carlos Guillen hopes to add to his 11 game hitting streak.



Tigers Pitching:
Armando Galarraga (W, 2-0) 8 IP | 4H | 1ER | 0BB | 7SO | 1.50 ERA
Joel Zumaya (S, 3) 1 IP | 0H | 0ER | 0BB | 3SO | 1.80 ERA

Mariners Pitching:
Erik Bedard (L, 0-2) 6 IP | 6H | 2ER | 0BB | 4SO | 5.17 ERA
Mark Lowe 2 IP | 2H | 0ER | 2BB | 1SO | 4.90 ERA
David Aardsma 1 IP | 2H | 0ER | 0BB | 2SO | 1.22 ERA

Tigers Lineup:
CF Curtis Granderson 1-5 | K
2B Placido Polanco 2-5 | 2K
RF Magglio Ordonez 1-3 | K
1B Miguel Cabrera 1-3 | BB | K
DH Gary Sheffield 0-4
LF Carlos Guillen 3-4
3B Brandon Inge 2-4
C Gerald Laird 0-3 | 2K
SS Adam Everett 0-2
PH-SS Marcus Thames 0-1 | BB

HR: Ordonez
RBI: Ordonez
R: Polanco , Ordonez
SAC: Ordonez, Laird
GIDP: Granderson

Mariners Lineup:
LF Endy Chavez 0-4 | 2K
SS Yuniesky Betancourt 1-4 | K
RF Ichiro 0-4 | 2K
1B Russell Branyan 1-4 | K
2B Jose Lopez 0-3 | K
3B Adrian Beltre 0-3 | K
DH Chris Shelton 1-3 | K
C Kenji Johjima 1-3
CF Franklin Gutierrez 0-3

HR: Branyan
R: Branyan
RBI: Branyan

Player Of The Game:

Armando Galarraga

Galarraga had a very solid outing, sitting down 7 batters on strikes in 8 innings of work.

[mfbmike]

So, you're just a natural at this chising thing, ain't ya'?

Well, we'll see about that... Michael. You may have survived those soft 82-game NBA seasons, BUT ARE YOU MAN ENOUGH FOR 162 POUNDING GAMES OF BASEBALL?!?!

...

...on a less Lupe-esque note, following.

lol, I sure hope so. 162 games is a fuckin ton. These games seem to go faster than the NBA games though.

then how do you get it to your computer?

Transfer via USB flash drive.

[mfbmike]

lol, yeah, he's good. Doesn't throw heat but has good command and movement with his pitches.

The layout now includes the crop of the in game box score. The tables were a pain in the ass. All previous updates have the new box scores as well. Credit to Rylo for the idea.