Always A Tiger

[mfbmike]

Tigers Leave Their Bats In The Hotel Room In Series Finale

(49-32) @ (36-46)


Miguel Cabrera makes a diving stop and throws out a Twins baserunner at 1st by the seat of his pants.

Today's game was close, but in the end the Tigers could not push across enough runs, losing to the Twins in a 3-1 AL Central contest. Justin Verlander (6-6) took the loss, despite another solid outing, allowing only 3 runs in 7 innings of work. Giving the offense a mild boost, was Placido Polanco who went 2 for 3 on the day and scored the only Tigers run.

Edwin Jackson (7-1 , 3.22 ERA) toes the rubber for the Tigers against the Royals and Gil Meche (6-6 , 2.94 ERA) tomorrow night, in the first game of a 6 game homestand for the Tigers.



Tigers Pitching:
Justin Verlander (L, 6-6) 7IP | 7H | 3ER | 0BB | 3SO | 2.45 ERA
Ryan Perry 1IP | 1H | 0ER | 0BB | 0SO | 1.40 ERA

Twins Pitching:
Nick Blackburn (W, 5-5) 6.2IP | 5H | 1ER | 0BB | 1SO | 4.28 ERA
Matt Guerrier (H, 4) 1IP | 0H | 0ER | 0BB | 2SO | 2.96
Jesse Crain (H , 6) 0.1IP | 1 | 0ER | 0BB | 0SO | 4.05 ERA
Joe Nathan (S, 16) 1IP | 0H | 0ER | 0BB | 0SO | 1.03 ERA

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

LF Ryan Church 0-3

RBI: Young (30)
R: Polanco

CS: Granderson (11)

Twins Lineup:
CF Carlos Gomez 1-4 | K
2B Alexi Casilla 2-4
1B Justin Morneau 2-4
3B Joe Crede 1-4 | K
DH Jason Kubel 1-2
LF Delmon Young 0-3
RF Jason Pridie 0-3 | K
SS Nick Punto 0-3
C Mike Redmond 1-3

2B: Morneau (15) , Kubel (17) , Crede (18)
RBI: Kubel 2 (39)
R: Gomez , Casilla , Morneau
SF: Kubel
GIDP: Morneau

E: Punto 2 (9)

SB: Gomez (24)

Player Of The Game:

Nick Blackburn

The Tigers couldn't solve Blackburn in this one.

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Series Review:



Feels like it's been a while since I've lost a series. Run production wasn't where it should've been to win consistently.

[T.Dot]

At least Verlander was good... lol

[mfbmike]

He's always good. Fucking bats always disappear when he's on the mound.

[chazmaniandevil]

you put justin morneau as potg and im pretty sure its a picture of blackburn

[mfbmike]

you put justin morneau as potg and im pretty sure its a picture of blackburn

without you, every 1 of my updates would go with unnoticed errors.

you complete me

[chazmaniandevil]

without you, every 1 of my updates would go with unnoticed errors.

you complete me

[mfbmike]

rofl. nah for real, trying to put up updates at work sucks.

[Woy]

Tough series mike.

[mfbmike]

haha.

Jarrod Washburn is 2-10 with a 5.73 ERA in my chise.

And there is no Luke French or the other guy in my chise either for some reason. I guess I'll give Seattle two of my top pitching prospects out of AAA-Toledo sometime in the near future.

[mfbmike]

Updates coming.

[mfbmike]

League Roundup:





- Activated CF Shane Victorino from the disabled list
- Optioned 2B Michael Cairo to Triple-A Lehigh Valley





- Activated SP Rich Harden from the disabled list
- Activated 1B Micah Hoffpauir from the disabled list
- Optioned SP Angel Guzman to Triple-A Iowa
- Optioned RF Sam Fuld to Triple-A Iowa





- Activated SP Aaron Cook from the disabled list
- Optioned SP Jason Hammel to Triple-A Colorado Springs



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- Pirates acquire RP Trever Miller from Cardinals for RP John Grabow.

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Series Preview:

(49-33 , 1st in AL Central) vs (37-44, 4th in AL Central)


Comerica Park in Detroit

Projected Matchups:

Game 1:


Edwin Jackson 7-1 , 3.22 ERA | Gil Meche 6-6 , 2.94 ERA

Game 2:


Dontrelle Willis 6-1 , 3.16 ERA | Juan Cruz 3-3 , 3.44 ERA

Game 3:


Jeremy Bonderman 6-5 , 2.56 ERA | Kyle Davies 3-6 , 5.94 ERA

Royals Lineup:

SS Mike Aviles
2B Mark Teahen
LF David Dejesus
RF Jose Guillen
3B Alex Gordon
1B Mike Jacobs
C Miguel Olivo
DH Alberto Callaspo
CF Willie Bloomquist

Division Standings/Wild Card Race:

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Tigers Get Back To Winning Ways As Jackson Wins 7th Straight

(49-33) vs (37-44)


Edwin Jackson's dominating performance on the mound today included 8 strikeouts.

The Tigers came out on top of a close one with the Royals tonight, winning a tough 3-2 decision and sending the home crowd away with a few more smiles on their faces in game 1 of this 3 game series. Edwin Jackson allowed 2 runs and 7 hits over 7 innings of work to collect his 8th win of the seaosn and extend his current winning streak to 7 in a row. Miguel Cabrera was a catalyst on offense, going 2 for 4 with 1 RBI.

Tomorrow night is game 2 of the series as the Tigers send Dontrelle Willis (6-1 , 3.16 ERA) to the hill against Juan Cruz (3-3 , 3.44 ERA) and the Royals.



Tigers Pitching:
Edwin Jackson (W, 8-1) 7IP | 7H | 2ER | 0BB | 8SO | 3.17 ERA
Joel Zumaya (H, 10) 1IP | 0H | 0ER | 0BB | 1SO | 3.37 ERA
Fernando Rodney (S, 20) 1IP | 1H | 0ER | 0BB | 1SO | 2.19 ERA

Royals Pitching:
Gil Meche (L ,6-7) 6IP | 7H | 3ER | 0BB | 2SO | 3.02 ERA
Ron Mahay 2IP | 4H | 0ER | 0BB | 0SO | 5.32 ERA

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

PH Ryan Church 0-1

RBI: Cabrera (66) , Laird 2 (31)
R: Anderson , Cabrera , Guillen
SAC: Anderson
GIDP: Ordonez

SB: Granderson (26)
CS: Anderson 8

Royals Lineup:
SS Mike Aviles 0-4 | K
2B Mark Teahen 0-4 | 3K
LF David Dejesus 3-4
RF Jose Guillen 1-4 | K
3B Alex Gordon 0-4 | K
1B Mike Jacobs 1-4 | 2K
C Miguel Olivo 1-3 | K
DH Alberto Callaspo 1-3
CF Willie Bloomquist 1-3 | K

RBI: Callaspo (5) , Bloomquist (5)
R: Jacobs , Olivo
GIDP: Gordon , Teahen

E: Aviles (7)

Player Of The Game:

Edwin Jackson

Jackson continues to emerge as a force in the Tigers pitching rotation.

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"ROIDals" Unleash Barrage On Tigers Pitching

(50-33) vs (37-45)


Dontrelle Willis got into a lot of deep counts early on which led to signs of fatigue.

The Tigers lost an AL Central contest as Dontrelle Willis and the rest of the Tigers pitching got roughed up. Kansas City won by the final of 11-7. Magglio Ordonez provided the offense in the losing effort, collecting 3 hits, including a home run and 3 RBI. Reliever Zach Miner took the loss after coming into a 6-6 tie game, getting lit up for 4 runs and 1 and two thirds innings in relief of starter Dontrelle Willis.

Jeremy Bonderman (6-5 , 2.56 ERA) of the TIgers will oppose Kyle Davies (3-6 , 5.94 ERA) and the Royals in the finale of the series at Comerica Park.



Tigers Pitching:
Dontrelle Willis 5.2IP | 12H | 6ER | 0BB | 4SO | 3.54 ERA
Zach Miner (L, 4-4) 1.2IP | 4H | 4ER | 0BB | 1SO | 4.56 ERA
Ryan Perry 1.1IP | 3H | 1ER | 0BB | 1SO | 1.64 ERA

Royals Pitching:
Juan Cruz 5IP | 7H | 6ER | 0BB | 2SO | 3.82 ERA
Doug Waechter (W, 8-5) 2.1IP | 3H | 0ER | 0BB | 0SO | 3.53 ERA
Kyle Farnsworth 1.2IP | 2H | 1ER | 0BB | 1SO | 5.48 ERA

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

PH Ryan Church 0-1

2B: Ordonez (13) , Inge (7)
HR: Ordonez (13) , Inge (7)
RBI: Ordonez 3 (63) , Inge 3 (33), Guillen (30)
R: Anderson , Granderson 2 , Ordonez 2 , Cabrera , Inge
HBP: Cabrera
SF: Guillen

SB: Granderson (27)

Royals Lineup:
CF Coco Crisp 1-5 | 2K
2B Mark Teahen 3-5 | K
LF David Dejesus 2-5
RF Jose Guillen 2-5
3B Alex Gordon 3-5 | K
1B Mike Jacobs 4-4
SS Mike Aviles 1-4 | K
C Miguel Olivo 1-4
DH Willie Bloomquist 2-5

2B: Crisp (21)
3B: Gordon (4)
RBI: Teahen 2 (32) , Dejesus (31) , Guillen 2 (52) , Gordon (38) , Jacobs 2 (28) , Aviles (32) , Olivo (21), Bloomquist (6)
R: Crisp , Teahen 2 , Dejesus , Guillen , Gordon 2 , Jacobs , Aviles , Olivo , Bloomquist
HBP: Aviles
SF: Jacobs , Olivo
GIDP: Aviles

SB: Aviles (8)

Player Of The Game:

Alex Gordon

Gordon was just 1 of the Royals hitters who had a great night at the plate. Gordon racked up 3 hits with a triple and an RBI.