Always A Tiger

[mfbmike]

Granderson's Pinch Hitting Heroics Helps Tigers To Walkoff Win In Nailbiter

(25-18) vs (22-20)


Tigers 3B coach Gene Lamont waves Mike Hessman home after a Curtis Granderson line drive to right centerfield.

It was tight, but the Tigers prevailed over the Rockies, winning 5-4 in front of a crowd of 23,585 at Comerica Park. The club was helped bu Curtis Granderson, who drove in the game tying run off a pinch hit triple then coming in for the game winning run after an RBI single off the bat of Josh Anderson. Rick Porcello picked up a no-decision, working 7 innings and allowing only 3 runs, his 4th quality start of the season. Entering the game while tied at 3 runs a piece, Zach Miner looked like he was in position to earn the loss after giving up a solo shot to Jeff Baker in the top of the 9th. However, Granderon's heroics allowed Miner to earn his 3rd win of the season, firing off 2 innings of relief allowing 1 run on 3 hits.

The Tigers go to Kansas City tomorrow to start a new series with the Royals, with Dontrelle Willis (4-1, 4.21 ERA) set to take on Horacio Ramirez (2-2, 3.52 ERA) under the lights at Kauffman Stadium.



Tigers Pitching:
Rick Porcello 7IP | 9H | 3ER | 1BB | 6SO | 4.07 ERA
Zach Miner (W, 3-1) 2IP | 3H | 1ER | 0BB | 1SO | 3.79 ERA

Rockies Pitching:
Jason Marquis 7IP | 11H | 3ER | 0BB | 0SO | 3.58 ERA
Jason Grilli 1IP | 0H | 0ER | 0BB | 0SO | 4.74 ERA
Huston Street (L, 1-1) 0.2IP | 3H | 2ER | 0BB | 1SO | 2.53 ERA

Tigers Lineup:
LF Josh Anderson 2-4
2B Michael Young 1-4
RF Magglio Ordonez 2-4
1B Miguel Cabrera 1-4
DH Marcus Thames 1-4
C Gerald Laird 2-4 | K
3B Mike Hessman 2-4
CF Clete Thomas 0-3
SS Ryan Raburn 2-4

PH Curtis Granderson 1-1

2B: Ordonez (3) , Laird (2)
3B: Granderson (3)
RBI: Anderson (32) , Ordonez (31) , Cabrera (34) , Anderson (7) , Hessman (4)
R: Anderson , Thames , Hessman , Granderson , Raburn
GIDP: Ordonez , Cabrera , Young

SB: Anderson (10)

Rockies Lineup:
CF Ryan Spilborhs 0-5 | K
SS Troy Tulowitzki 1-5 | K
1B Todd Helton 2-5 | K
3B Garrett Atkins 2-4
RF Brad Hawpe 2-4
C Chris Iannetta 0-3 | BB | K
LF Seth Smith 1-4 | 2K
2B Jeff Baker 2-4
DH Yorvit Torrealba 2-4 | K

2B: Helton (13)
HR: Atkins (11) , Baker (2)
RBI: Atkins 2 (34) , Smith (10) , Baker (6)
R: Helton , Atkins 2 , Baker
GIDP: Spilborghs , Helton , Ianetta

Player Of The Game:

Curtis Granderson

Granderson brought in the game tying run with a pinch hitting triple and came in for the game winning run.

[chazmaniandevil]

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[mfbmike]

9th inning recap:

- Miner gives up a solo shot in top of the inning, i'm down 4-3.
- Bottom half of the inning, I lead off with Gerald Laird and strike out. 1 out.
- Mike Hessman, who has been kicking ass lately, drives through the infield to left for a base hit :D
- Clete Thomas up to bat after him, batting shitty, 0-3 for this game as well
- Fuck that, bring in Granderson to pinch hit, He shoots one right over the head of the Rockies 2B and into the infield for a triple. Hessman comes in, game tied 4-4 :D
- Raburn comes up to bat. All he has to do is get one airborne for a sac fly for the win. Instead, he hits an atom ball to the 2B for a fly out. 2 outs.
- Josh Anderson comes in and hits a lazy flare over Helton and Granderson comes home for the win.



DON"T COUNT OUT THOSE TIGERS SON

[mfbmike]

Series Review:



For hitting .337 over the course of the series, we only managed to bring in 13 runs. That's a lot of stranded runners out there. We are still hitting into ground plays way too often.

I think I underestimated the Rockies though. I thought this series would be an easy sweep coming into it. Both games I won, were decided by only 1 run and the one that they took, they demolished me.

[mfbmike]

League Roundup:





- Placed SS Jose Reyes on the 60-day disabled list (Fractured Forearm)
- Recalled RF Fernando Tatis from Triple-A Buffalo





- Placed RP Mark Lowe on the 15-day disabled list (Shoulder Inflammation)
- Recalled RP Tyler Walker from Triple-A Tacoma





- Placed RP Santiago Casilla on the 15-day disabled list (Shoulder Inflammation)
- Recalled SP Justin Duchscherer from Triple-A Sacramento





- Activated RP Julian Tavarez from the disabled list
- Optioned LF Willie Harris to Triple-A Syracuse



- Activated C Michael Barrett from the disabled list
- Optioned C Michael Barrett to Triple-A Las Vegas
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[mfbmike]

Division Rival Series Preview:

(26-18 , 1st in AL Central) @ (21-23 , 4th in AL Central)


Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City

Projected Matchups:

Game 1:


Dontrelle Willis 4-1 , 4.21 ERA | Horacio Ramirez 2-2 , 3.52 ERA

Game 2:


Justin Verlander 4-2 , 2.16 ERA | Zach Greinke 1-5 , 4.50 ERA

Game 3:


Edwin Jackson 3-1 , 3.18 ERA | Gil Meche 4-3 , 2.55 ERA

Royals Lineup:

CF Coco Crisp
LF David Dejesus
2B Mark Teahen
RF Jose Guillen
1B Mike Jacobs
SS Mike Aviles
DH Billy Butler
3B Alex Gordon
C Miguel Olivo

Division Standings/Wild Card Race:
[IMG]will be up later.[/IMG]

[Justo]

good luck against the Royals, i just played against them and Ramirez was pitching, he sucks lol

[mfbmike]

Hahah, sweet. Hopefully I can avoid leaving runners stranded against him.

[Justo]

usually he'll throw fastballs on the first pitch. he barely used his slider against me

[T.Dot]

your busy, good luck

[goDawgs1433]

I really like that new Kauffman. And Greinke at 1-5? Wow.

Hopefully you can take a couple from KC.

[Miggy]

I want to see you FUCK THOSE ROYALS UP!

[mfbmike]

Runs Come At A Premium In Tigers Victory

(26-18) @ (21-23)


Dontrelle Willis led the Tigers to a win, despite the lack of run production.

Playing at night and on the road, the Tigers secured a 2-0 win in front of 20,782 fans in Kansas City tonight. Dontrelle Willis went the first 8 innings, giving up no runs on 7 hits to not his 5th win of the season. It wasn't a great day offensively for the team, who were "led" by Miguel Cabrera and his 1 RBI and 1 for 4 performance.

The Tigers will look to take advantage of a struggling Zack Greinke (1-5 , 4.50 ERA) tomorrow night in game 2 of the series as they counter with Justin Verlander (4-2 , 2.16 ERA)



Tigers Pitching:
Dontrelle Willis (W, 5-1) 8IP | 7H | 0ER | 0BB | 10SO | 3.60 ERA
Fernando Rodney (S, 14) 1IP | 3H | 0ER | 0BB | 1SO | 1.08 ERA

Royals Pitching:
Horacio Ramirez (L, 2-3) 7IP | 6H | 1ER | 1BB | 3SO | 3.23 ERA
Robinson Tejada 2IP | 0H | 0ER | 0BB | 0SO | 5.19 ERA

Tigers Lineup:
LF Josh Anderson 1-3
CF Curtis Granderson 0-2 | K
2B Michael Young 1-3
1B Miguel Cabrera 1-4
DH Marcus Thames 0-4 | K
RF Ryan Raburn 0-4 | K
3B Brandon Inge 1-4
C Gerald Laird 1-4
SS Adam Everett 1-4

2B: Cabrera (7)
RBI: Young (13) , Cabrera (35)
R: Anderson , Young
HBP: Anderson , Young
SAC: Granderson

SB: Anderson (11)
CS: Laird (3)

Royals Lineup:
CF Coco Crisp 2-4 | 2K
LF David Dejesus 1-4 | K
2B Mark Teahen 1-4
RF Jose Guillen 1-4 | 2K
3B Alex Gordon 0-4 | K
1B Mike Jacobs 1-4 | K
SS Mike Aviles 2-4 | K
DH Billy Butler 1-4 | K
C Miguel Olivo 1-4 | 2K

E: Aviles (4) , Teahen (11)

SB: Crisp (10)

Player Of The Game:

Dontrelle Willis

The D-Train looked back on track in this one, pitching 8 shutout innings while sitting down 10 Royals batters down on strikes.

[Mit]

Pitching battle much? Nice to see you pull out that win despite being outhit.

[Miggy]

The D-TRAIN is rolling again!