Always A Tiger

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Damn, Thames continues to struggle.

Tough loss in extras.

Tell me about it. Thames busted out of the gates this year but has since fallen off the map. I remember him busting a grand slam in that season opening series against the Blue Jays and thought to myself, "Oh yeah, this guy is going to fucking rule this year."

Such is not the case obviously.

I sat Hessman because he is battling the flu right now.

All good though, Guillen returns tonight!

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Guillen Set To Return From DL Tonight



Carlos Guillen is on target to return from the Tigers disabled list as scheduled tonight.

He passed what he called the final test by running the bases on Thursday prior to the Tiger's first game against the Angels.

"It was good," Guillen said with a smile.

Manager Jim Leyland said Guillen will return in Friday's lineup against the Angels as the designated hitter. He went on the disabled list nearly a month ago after inflammation in his right hip.

"He hasn't had any setbacks," Leyland said.

Guillen has played in 29 games so far this season, notching 30 hits in 107 at-bats (.280), with 3 dingers and 12 RBI's.

The Tigers have to make a roster move to make room for Guillen, and did so by optioning Clete Thomas back to Triple-A Toledo.

Thomas was hitting .189 with no homers and 4 RBI's in 37 at-bats.

The Tigers are also expecting 2B Placido Polanco to return from the DL within the next week after being sidelined for the past month with a broken forearm.

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Tigers Bounce Back As Verlander Spins Gem

(32-23) vs (28-27)


Carlos Guillen hit 1 for 3 in his 1st game back from injury, including this RBI double in the 4th.

Sending the hometown fans home happy, the Tigers defeated the Angels lastnight 3-0 , in front of a crowd of 34,393 at Comerica Park. It was a solid start for Justin Verlander, who worked 8 scoreless innings to pick up his 5th win of the season. Curtis Granderson gave the club a spark offensively, getting 2 hits (including a solo shot), and coming in for 2 of the Tigers 3 runs in 4 at-bats.

The series ends tomorrow afternoon, and toeing the rubber for the Tigers will be Edwin Jackson (3-1 , 3.54 ERA), who will face the Angels' Joe Saunders (4-4 , 5.26 ERA).



Tigers Pitching:
Justin Verlander (W, 5-4) 8IP | 5H | 0ER | 0BB | 9SO | 2.55 ERA
Fernando Rodney (S, 15) 1IP | 1H | 0ER | 0BB | 2SO | 1.37 ERA

Angels Pitching:
Jered Weaver (L, 4-6) 6.1IP | 6H | 2ER | 0BB | 3SO | 3.65 ERA
Scot Shields 1.2IP | 1H | 1ER | 0BB | 1SO | 4.93 ERA

Tigers Lineup:
CF Curtis Granderson 2-4
2B Michael Young 0-4 | 2K
RF Magglio Ordonez 0-4 | K
1B Miguel Cabrera 1-4 | K
DH Carlos Guillen 1-3
LF Ryan Raburn 1-3
3B Brandon Inge 1-3
C Matt Treanor 0-3
SS Adam Everett 1-3

2B: Guillen (7) , Inge (4)
HR: Granderson (13)
RBI: Granderson (34) , Cabrera (48) , Guillen (13)
R: Granderson 2 , Cabrera

SB: Granderson (17) , Everett (2)

Angels Lineup:
3B Chone Figgins 1-4 | 2K
SS Erick Aybar 2-4 | K
LF Bobby Abreu 0-4 | K
DH Juan Rivera 1-4 | K
CF Gary Matthews Jr. 2-4 | 2K
1B Robb Quinlan 0-3
2B Maicer Izturis 0-3
RF Reggie Willits 0-3 | K
C Jeff Mathis 0-3 | 2K

2B: Aybar (8) , Matthews Jr. (6)
GIDP: Abreu

Player Of The Game:

Justin Verlander

Verlander took care of business once again, pitching 8 shutout innings while sitting down 9 Angels' batters down on strikes.

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Yep, it seems like everytime Verlander starts though, my run production sucks. rofl. I mean, he's 5-4 with a sub 3 era. He could easily be 7-2/8-1/9-0 if the bats would come alive when he's on the mound.

Last time I checked, Verlander was the AL leader in strikeouts. ;)

Miggy and Granderson for the ASG!

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Tigers Get Out In Front Early Of Injury-Plagued Angels And Never Look Back

(33-23) vs (28-28)


Timeout was called as Josh Anderson picks up what the Tigers were swinging at all afternoon.

The Tigers blasted the Angels 11-1 today, providing some cheer to the 30,904 fans on hand at Comerica Park. Edwin Jackson was terrific in the win, allowing 1 run on 8 hits, to claim his 4th win (and 1st complete game) of the season. Curtis Granderson was a force offensively, going 3 for 5 with a home run and 2 RBI to lead the charge.

The Tigers and Jeremy Bonderman (3-3 , 2.19 ERA) take on the White Sox and Jose Contreras (6-5, 3.28 ERA) under the lights tomorrow night in southside Chicago, the first of 10 games in a row away from home for Detroit.



Tigers Pitching:
Edwin Jackson (W, 4-1) 9IP | 8H | 1ER | 0BB | 3SO | 3.18 ERA

Angels Pitching:
Joe Saunders (L, 4-5) 3IP | 9H | 6ER | 0BB | 0SO | 5.83 ERA
Darren Oliver 3IP | 6H | 4ER | 0BB | 1SO | 2.80 ERA
Scot Shields 2IP | 3H | 1ER | 0BB | 0SO | 4.91 ERA

Tigers Lineup:
LF Josh Anderson 3-5
CF Curtis Granderson 3-5
RF Magglio Ordonez 3-5
1B Miguel Cabrera 2-5
2B Michael Young 2-4
DH Carlos Guillen 1-4
3B Brandon Inge 2-4
C Gerald Laird 1-4
SS Adam Everett 1-4

2B: Granderson (10)
HR: Granderson (14) , Young (4) , Laird (8)
RBI: Granderson 2 (36) , Ordonez (41) , Cabrera (49) , Young 2 (24) , Laird 3 (19) , Inge 2 (22)
R: Anderson 2 , Granderson 2 , Ordonez 2 , Cabrera , Young , Guillen , Inge , Laird
GIDP: Anderson , Young

SB: Anderson 2 (17)

Angels Lineup:
3B Chone Figgins 2-4
2B Howie Kendrick 1-4
LF Bobby Abreu 1-4
C Mike Napoli 0-4 | K
1B Kendry Morales 0-4
CF Gary Matthews Jr. 2-4 | K
SS Erick Aybar 0-3 | K
DH Maicer Izturis 1-3
RF Reggie Willits 1-3

2B: Willits (4)
RBI: Kendrick (10)
R: Willits
GIDP: Willits

E: Aybar (9)

SB: Figgins (13)

Player Of The Game:

Curtis Granderson

Granderson homered in his 2nd straight game and was a triple away from hitting for the cycle.

[Miggy]

Another Venezuelan in the line-up. hopefully he can produce...

Granderson is hitting like a beast... he better keep hitting like this for the whole year or you're going to be going down in the standings

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Another Venezuelan in the line-up. hopefully he can produce...

Dude, Guillen hit a bomb in the 3rd inning to straight center. Too bad fuckin Comerica straight center is 420 feet and it didn't make it over the wall.

[T.Dot]

RAPPPE

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Series Review:



Them being without Torii Hunter and Vladimir Guerrero (for games 2 and 3) for this series really tipped the scales in my favor. Imo, we did everything we needed to do to win. Pitched well, hit well, ran the basepaths well. I kick off a 10 game road trip now so hopefully the momentum carries over. So happy to have Carlos Guillen back.

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League Roundup:





- Avtivated RP Mark Lowe from the disabled list
- Activated 1B Russell Branyan from the disabled list
- Optioned CP Shawn Kelley to Triple-A Tacoma
- Optioned 1B Bryan Lahair to Triple-A Tacoma





- Activated RP Santiago Casilla from the disabled list
- Optioned SP Sean Gallagher to Triple-A Sacramento





- Activated 3B Edwin Encarnacion from the disabled list
- Optioned Rp Daniel Ray Herrera to Triple-A Louisville





- Placed SP John Maine on the 15-day disabled list (Head Contusion)
- Recalled SP Tim Redding from Triple-A Buffalo





- Activated LF Pat Burrell from the disabled list
- Optioned RF Gabe Kapler to Triple-A Durham





- Activated CF Brett Gardner from the disabled list
- Optioned SS Ramiro Pena to Triple-A Scranton/WB

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Division Rival Series Preview:

(34-23 , 1st in AL Central) @ (28-30, 3rd in AL Central)


U.S. Cellular Field in Chicago

Projected Matchups:

Game 1:


Jeremy Bonderman 3-3 , 2.19 ERA | Jose Contreras 6-5 , 3.28 ERA

Game 2:


Rick Porcello 4-3 , 3.59 ERA | Bartolo Colon 1-3 , 5.40 ERA

Game 3:


Dontrelle Willis 6-1 , 3.78 ERA | Mark Buerhle 5-3 , 4.44 ERA

Game 4:


Justin Verlander 5-4 , 2.55 ERA | John Danks 4-3 , 3.82 ERA

White Sox Lineup:

CF Dewayne Wise
2B Chris Getz
LF Carlos Quentin
1B Jim Thome
RF Jermaine Dye
DH Paul Konerko
C A.J. Pierzynski
SS Alexei Ramirez
3B Josh Fields

Division Standings/Wild Card Race:

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Tigers Tear The Leather Off The Ball In 2nd Straight Game

(34-23) @ (28-30)


Curtis Granderson leaps up and robs the White Sox of a home run. How's that for an Upper Deck ad?

The Tigers took it to Jose Contreras tonight, scoring 6 runs off of him in their victory as they went on to win by 10-2 count before a crowd of 27,369 fans at U.S. Cellular Field. Carlos Guillen carried the club, going 4 for 5 with a home run and 5 RBI. Jeremy Bonderman picked up his 4th win of teh seaosn, going 7 uinnings, allowing 2 runs on 7 hits.

Game 2 is tomorrow evening, with Rick Porcello (4-3 , 3.59 ERA) taking the mound for the visiting Tigers and Bartolo Colon (1-3 , 5.40 ERA) getting the nod for the White Sox.



Tigers Pitching:
Jeremy Bonderman (W, 4-3) 7IP | 7H | 2ER | 0BB | 6SO | 2.22 ERA
Joel Zumaya 2IP | 1H | 0ER | 0BB | 3SO | 4.87 ERA

White Sox Pitching:
Jose Contreras (L, 6-6) 5IP | 11H | 6ER | 0BB | 0SO | 3.79 ERA
Franklyn German 1IP | 3H | 2ER | 0BB | 0SO | 7.47 ERA
Octavio Dotel 0IP | 2H | 2ER | 0BB | 0SO | 4.40 ERA
Mike Macdougal 0.2IP | 1H | 0ER | 0BB | 0SO | 2.77 ERA
Matt Thornton 2.1IP | 2H | 0ER | 0BB | 1SO | 3.00 ERA

Tigers Lineup:
LF Josh Anderson 2-4 | K
CF Curtis Granderson 3-4
RF Magglio Ordonez 3-5
1B Miguel Cabrera 2-5
2B Michael Young 2-5
DH Carlos Guillen 4-5
3B Brandon Inge 0-5
C Gerald Laird 2-5
SS Ryan Raburn 1-5

2B: Ordonez 2 (5) , Cabrera (9) , Young (10) , Guillen (8)
HR: Guillen (4)
RBI: Granderson (37) , Ordonez (42) , Anderson (8) , Young (25) , Laird (20) , Guillen 5 (18)
R: Anderson , Ordonez , Cabrera 2 , Young 2 , Guillen 2 , Laird 2
SF: Granderson , Anderson

E: Raburn (3)

SB: Granderson (18) , Laird (9) , Raburn (1)
CS: Anderson (5)

White Sox Lineup:
CF Dewayne Wise 0-4 | 2K
2B Chris Getz 2-4
LF Carlos Quentin 0-4 | K
1B Jim Thome 0-4 | K
RF Jermaine Dye 1-4 | 2K
DH Paul Konerko 4-4
C A.J. Pierzynski 1-4 | 2K
SS Alexei Ramirez 0-4 | K
3B Wilson Betemit 0-3

2B: Pierzynski (10)
HR: Konerko (15)
RBI: Konerko 2 (34)
R: Konerko , Dye

E: Ramirez (9)

Player Of The Game:

Carlos Guillen

Don't call it a comeback. He's been here for years. 4 hits, 1 home run, 5 RBI.

[chazmaniandevil]

damn, ive been playing ncca 10, but now this is making me want to play more

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DONT CALL IT A COMEBACK, BITCH I BEEN HERE FOR YEARS.

[chazmaniandevil]

YouTube - L.L.Cool J - Mama said knock you out

DONT CALL IT A COMEBACK, BITCH I BEEN HERE FOR YEARS.

im calling it a fail