Always A Tiger

[goDawgs1433]

Damn dude, Dontrelle has been nice for you. Awesome win.

[chazmaniandevil]

willis = cpoty

[goDawgs1433]

Agreed, chaz.

[mfbmike]

So many god damn K's.

Why'd you steal with Laird? lol

Because I can.

Man, I'm really missing Polanco and Guillen right now. Fuck, can't wait till they come back.

[mfbmike]

Lack Of Run Production A Cause For Concern? Tigers 2 Runs Not Enough This Time

(27-18) @ (21-24)


Miguel Cabrera got this drive down the right field line to stay fair for his 7th dinger of the month, 15th of the season.

It was a close game, but the Tigers were clipped on the road tonight, losing 4-2 to the Royals in an AL Central Contest. Miguel Cabrera smacked a solo home run and a double and came in for both of the Tigers runs to "carry" the offense. Justin Verlander wasn't particularly effective in a losing effort, pitching 5 innings and yielding 3 runs on 7 hits.

In the series finale tomorrow night at Kauffman Stadium, the Tigers will send Edwin Jackson (3-1 , 3.18 ERA) to the mound while Gil Meche (4-3 , 2.55 ERA) gets the call for the Royals.



Tigers Pitching:
Justin Verlander (L, 4-3) 5IP | 7H | 3ER | 0BB | 4SO | 2.38 ERA
Nate Robertson 3IP | 2H | 1ER | 0BB | 2SO | 4.39 ERA

Royals Pitching:
Zack Greinke (W, 2-5) 8IP | 6H | 2ER | 0BB | 2SO | 4.18 ERA
Joakim Soria (S, 16) 1IP | 0H | 0ER | 0BB | 0SO | 2.11 ERA

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

2B: Granderson (7) , Cabrera (8)
HR: Cabrera (15)
RBI: Cabrera (36) , Young (15)
R: Cabrera 2
GIDP: Inge

CS: Anderson (4)

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

2B: Jacobs (11) , Olivo 2 (9)
3B: Gordon (2) , Teahen (2)
HR: Guillen (12)
RBI: Aviles (14) , Dejesus (18) , Guillen (22) , Teahen (15)
R: Dejesus , Guillen , Gordon , Olivo

Player Of The Game:

Zack Greinke

Greinke held the Tigers to just 2 runs in 8 innings of work.

[Miggy]

Miguel Cabrera

now you guys see why I love this guy!??!

[mfbmike]

Royals Win In Walkoff Fashion After Inge Error In Extras

(26-19) @ (22-23)


Ryan Perry shows his frustration after being saddled with the loss after an unearned run.



I had a whole update typed out. IE crashed. Not in the mood to type it all back out. It was the bottom of the 10th inning and Coco Crisp bunted down the 3rd base line. Brandon Inge tried to bare hand it and ended up overshooting Cabrera at 1st. Crisp makes it all the way to 3rd. Then Alberto Callaspo hits one into shallow right and they walk off with the win. :headbang:

[T.Dot]

Come on Perry, step up brah, can't be givin up walk offs to KC

[mfbmike]

Read the short recap. He didn't do shit wrong. He pitched 2 innings with 1 hit and 0 earned runs. :/

D12, tell me something I don't know.

[mfbmike]

Series Review:



Needless to say, it looks like we left our bats in the hotel room. Pitching staff did it's job. We just didn't bring in enough runs to put us in a position to get wins.

[mfbmike]

League Roundup:





- Placed RP Edward Mujica on the 15-day disabled list (Inflamed Hip)
- Recalled SP Cha Seung Baek from Triple-A Portland





- Placed SP Jon Garland on the 15-day disabled list (Strained Pectoral)
- Recalled SP Max Scherzer from Triple-A Reno



- Placed RP Sean Burnett on the 15-day disabled list
- Recalled SS Brian Bixler from Triple-A Indianapolis

[Miggy]

Inge is a P.O.S

I never liked him

[mfbmike]

He's good but he's cold right now. I just think he was tired or something and considering the game headed into extras he just got lazy and messed up.

He makes amazing defensive plays for me pretty often. But like I said, his bat is lacking right now. Well, he obviously isn't the only one.

[mfbmike]

Series Preview:

(27-20 , 1st in AL Central) @ (25-22 , 3rd in AL East)


Camden Yards in Baltimore

Projected Matchups:

Game 1:


Jeremy Bonderman 2-2 , 2.03 ERA | Mark Hendrickson 5-2 , 3.50 ERA

Game 2:


Rick Porcello 3-3 , 4.07 ERA | Adam Eaton 1-4 , 5.77 ERA

Game 3:


Dontrelle Willis 5-1 , 3.60 ERA | Rich Hill 0-1 , 4.09 ERA

Game 3:


Justin Verlander 4-3 , 2.39 ERA | Jeremy Guthrie 5-3 , 4.94 ERA

Orioles Lineup:

2B Brian Roberts
CD Felix Pie
RF Nick Markakis
1B Aubrey Huff
DH Luke Scott
3B Melvin Mora
LF Ty Wigginton
C Gregg Zaun
SS Cezar Izturis.


Division Standings/Wild Card Race:

[goDawgs1433]

Gotta hold that lead over the White Sox, mike!