Always A Tiger

[chazmaniandevil]

nice trade

 

[albidnis]

Nice one man.. Very legit on your part...

 

[mfbmike]

nice trade

You kept bringing it up everytime I tried looking at someone else. lulz.

Good trade, Church should give you some batting help.

I hope so.

Nice one man.. Very legit on your part...

Thanks dude. Thought the deal made sense for both teams. Was nerve-racking. I really liked all 3 of the guys I gave up. Even Thames, but things just weren't working out this time around.

 

[mfbmike]

Update coming. :irked:

 

[mfbmike]

Tigers And Cubs Combine For 18 Runs/29 Hits; Cubs Take Finale

(43-29)

vs

(36-35)

Carlos Guillen's solo shot in the 4th put the Tigers out in front 3-1.

Despite bringing in 8 runs on 13 base hits, the Tigers ended up on the losing end of a 10-8 decision, as the Cubs claimed the narrow interleague victory. Going 4 for 5 and driving in 2 runs, Magglio Ordonez was the catalyst offensively. The game changed when Bobby Seay came on with the score tied, as he promptly allowed 2 runs on 3 hits and was pinned with the loss in relief of starter Zach Miner.

Curtis Granderson was forced to leave the game after sliding into homeplate and straining a finger. Granderson is listed as day-to-day and will likely miss a couple games. Newest Tigers Ryan Church will likely find his way into the lineup in Granderson's absence.

The Tigers head to Houston tomorrow night to take on the Astros, behind Dontrelle Willis (6-1 , 3.63 ERA) as he takes on Brian Moehler (7-3 , 3.59 ERA) in the series opener.

Tigers Pitching:
Zach Miner 5.1IP | 8H | 5ER | 0BB | 3SO | 3.91 ERA
Bobby Seay (L, 2-1) 1,2IP | 3H | 1ER | 0BB | 3SO | 4.18 ERA
Juan Rincon 0.1IP | 3H | 0ER | 0BB | 0S0 | 3.06 ERA
Ryan Perry 1IP | 1H | 1ER | 2BB | 0SO | 1.66 ERA
Joel Zumaya 0.2IP | 1H | 0ER | 0BB | 0SO | 3.85 ERA

Cubs Pitching:
Ryan Dempster 4.2IP | 11H | 8ER | 0BB | 1SO | 3.26 ERA
Aaron Heilman (W, 3-1) 2.1IP | 1H | 0ER | 0BB | 1SO | 2.80 ERA
Carlos Marmol (H, 16) 1IP | 0H | 0ER | 0BB | 0SO | 4.97 ERA
Kevin Gregg (S, 21) 1IP | 1H | 0ER | 0BB | 0SO | 4.76 ERA

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

CF Ryan Church 0-2

2B: Ordonez 2 (8) , Inge (5)
3B: Granderson (4)
HR: Guillen (5)
RBI: Granderson (41) , Ordonez 2 (53) , Cabrera (57) , Young (27) , Guillen (25) , Inge 2 (29)
R: Anderson , Granderson 2 , Ordonez , Young , Guillen 2 , Laird
SAC: Anderson

E: Young (5) , Polanco (3)

SB: Laird (10)

Cubs Lineup:
LF Alfonso Soriano 4-5
SS Ryan Theriot 1-5 | K
RF Milton Bradley 1-5 | K
3B Aramis Ramirez 1-4 | BB
1B Derrek Lee 2-5 | K
C Geovany Soto 1-4 | 2K
CF Kosuke Fukudome 2-5 | BB | K
2B Mike Fontenot 3-5
DH Sam Fuld 2-4

2B: Soriano (21) , Ramirez (12)
HR: Soriano (10) , Bradley (11)
RBI: Soriano 4 (40) , Theriot (23) , Bradley (31) , Fukudome (14) , Fuld 2 (2) , Fontenot (14)
R: Soriano , Bradley , Ramirez , Lee , Soto , Fukudome 2 , Fontenot 2 , Fuld
GIDP: Soriano , Theriot , Fontenot

E: Fontenot

Player Of The Game:

Alfonso Soriano

Soriano led the Cubs offensive charge, with 4 hits including a home run and 4 RBI.​

 

[mfbmike]

Both errors were on balls that they hit into double plays on. issed: 10 runs total scored by them, only 7 earned. God that was brutal. They made contact with everything.

Oh yeah, and Ryan Church went 0-2 in his debut after coming in for Granderson after an injury. He will be starting in the next couple games. Hopefully we can see some of his skillzzzzzz.

 

[goDawgs1433]

Yikes, that's rough.

 

[mfbmike]

Series Review:

They just did a much better job of stringing hits together to bring in runs. I hit for a significantly higher average but a whole lot of guys got stranded out there. Got to get back to getting into hitter's counts and waiting for pitches I can do something with. We take on the Astros in Houston next. And seeing as how that's a hitter's park, hoping we can shake off the long ball funk we've been in.​

 

[mfbmike]

League Roundup:

- Placed LF Fred Lewis on the 15-day disabled list (Torn Hamstring)
- Recalled C Steve Holm from Triple-A Fresno

- Optioned SP Livan Hernandez to Triple-A Buffalo
- Optioned CF Jeremy Reed to Triple-A Buffalo
- Released 3B Jonathan Malo
- Released 3B Shawn Bowman

- Activated RP Sean Burnett from the disabled list
- Optioned SP Phil Dumatrait to Triple-A Indianapolis​

 

[mfbmike]

Interleague Play Series Preview:

(43-30 , 1st in AL Central)

@

(50-22, 1st in NL Central)

Minute Maid Park in Houston

Projected Matchups:

Game 1:

Dontrelle Willis 6-1 , 3.63 ERA | Brian Moehler 7-3 , 3.59 ERA

Game 2:

Jeremy Bonderman 5-4 , 2.27 ERA | Mike Hampton 7-3 , 3.19 ERA

Game 3:

Rick Porcello 5-5 , 3.26 ERA | Russ Ortiz 3-2 , 3.81 ERA

Astros Lineup:

2B Kazuo Matsui
C Ivan Rodriguez
1B Lance Berkman
LF Carlos Lee
SS Miguel Tejada
RF Hunter Pence
CF Jason Michaels
3B Jeff Keppinger
Pitcher

Division Standings/Wild Card Race:

​

 

[chazmaniandevil]

Tigers And Cubs For 18 Runs/29 Hits; Cubs Take Finale

nice verb usage brah

 

[mfbmike]

Rodney Does It Again; Tigers Take Series Opener In Houston

(43-30)

@

(50-22)

Gerald Laird congratulates rookie Ryan Perry on his 1st career save. Perhaps, the 1st of many to come.

The visiting Tigers and Astros went into extras in their interleague matchup tonight at Minute Maid Park, with Detroit eventually prevailing 3-2 in 10 innings. Josh Anderson launched a solo home run off the 1st pitch of the game and collected 2 other hits in the victory, including a double in the 10th that put Anderson into scoring position that led to the game winning RBI single off the bat of Magglio Ordonez. Dontrelle Willis pitched 7 shutout innings, but he didn't factor into the decision after Carlos Lee blasted a 2 run shot in the bottom of the 9th off of Fernando Rodney. However, in what doesn't seem like such a rare occurence anymore, Rodney was able to pick up his 3rd win of the season, after blowing the save.

The Tigers and Astros play game 2 tomorrow night, with Jeremy Bonderman (5-4 , 2.27 ERA) and Mike Hampton (7-3 , 3.19 ERA) the probable starters.

Tigers Pitching:
Dontrelle Willis 7IP | 5H | 0ER | 0BB | 6SO | 3.31 ERA
Joel Zumaya (H, 9) 1IP | 1H | 0ER | 0BB | 1SO | 3.72 ERA
Fernando Rodney (W, 3-0) 1IP | 2H | 2ER | 0BB | 1SO | 2.10 ERA
Ryan Perry (S, 1) 1IP | 0H | 0ER | 0BB | 2SO | 1.58 ERA


Astros Pitching:
Brian Moehler 7IP | 7H | 2ER | 0BB | 3SO | 3.51 ERA
Latroy Hawkins 1IP | 1H | 0ER | 0BB | 0SO | 1.89 ERA
Geoff Geary (L, 5-2) 2IP | 4H | 1ER | 0BB | 1SO | 0.97 ERA

Tigers Lineup:
CF Josh Anderson 3-5
2B Placido Polanco 0-5
RF Magglio Ordonez 3-5
1B Miguel Cabrera 1-5
SS Michael Young 1-5 | K
LF Ryan Church 1-4
3B Brandon Inge 1-4 | 2K
C Gerald Laird 2-4
P Dontrelle Willis 0-3 | K

PH Carlos Guillen 0-1 | K

2B: Ordone (9) , Anderson (4)
HR: Anderson (2)
RBI: Ordonez (54) , Anderson (12) , Laird (27)
R: Anderson 2 , Church

Astros Lineup:
2B Kazuo Matsui 0-4 | K
C Ivan Rodriguez 1-4 | 2K
1B Lance Berkman 1-4 | K
LF Carlos Lee 2-4 | 2K
SS Miguel Tejada 1-4
CF Jason Michaels 0-4
RF Michael Bourn 1-4 | 2K
3B Jeff Keppinger 1-2
P Brian Moehler 1-2

3B Jason Smith 0-1
PH Hunter Pence 0-1 | K
PH Reggie Abercrombie 0-1
PH Humberto Quintero 0-1 | K

HR: Lee (13)
RBI: Lee 2 (45)
R: Lee , Berkman
GIDP: Michaels , Rodriguez

Player Of The Game:

Josh Anderson

Anderson kicked this game off with a bang, hitting his 2nd dinger of the year on the very 1st pitch.​

 

[goDawgs1433]

Wait wait wait...Astros are 50-22? What is going on here? are they paying the umps?

 

[mfbmike]

No idea how they are 50-23. But they are. lol. They might even be the winningest team in the league right now.

 

[goDawgs1433]

That is...shocking

 

[chazmaniandevil]

lawl the stros, nice win

 

[Miggy]

LMAO @ the Astros being the winningest team in the league. wtf is wrong with Miggy he's in a huge slump

 

[mfbmike]

LMAO @ the Astros being the winningest team in the league. wtf is wrong with Miggy he's in a huge slump

Tell me about it. He's descending back to earth apparently. He's been hitting 350 for the season, tearing it up but has slowed down drastically.

Magglio is now batting a better percentage and is about to catch him in RBI. I don't know what's going on. I got two solid hits with Miggy but their outfielders were able to make plays on the ball.

One should've been a homer but it went just left of that extended deck out in left field. Right where the outfield extends a little further out. :irked:

It's funny how I talked about breaking out of the long ball slump in the last series review.

Josh Anderson leads off the game and drills a homer on the 1st pitch so I'm thinking I was gonna kill shit in this game. Such was not the case.

At least Church got his first hit (and run) in a Tigers uniform.

 

[goDawgs1433]

Church is a beast, Mike.

 

[Miami Flash15]

Really like your 'chise, I'm following!