April 2007

Rochester 4 Toledo 1
Jack Hannahan and Mike Hessman each had 2 hits. Chris Shelton struggled going 0 for 4 with 3 K’s. Brent Clevlen doubled and walked. Yorman Bazardo took the loss on a fine effort. He was 2 outs shy of a complete game an it only took him 100 [...]

{ 1 comment }

This is something that I actually started tracking a few days ago, but Placido Polanco is off to quite the start this year making contact. Polanco has always been a tough strike out, and for his career he’s made contact with 91% of his swings. For some context, the average is 80%. [...]

{ 5 comments }

PREGAME: It’s a beautiful night here in Detroit and a pretty good pitching match-up.
Daniel Cabrera stymied the Tigers the last time they met allowing only 2 runs and no walks as he pitched into the 8th.
Jeremy Bonderman has pitched very well for most of the season, save for the first couple innings of his [...]

{ 65 comments }

Baseball Musings: Scoring on Homers
David Pinto notes that the Tigers rank 11th in the AL in percent of runs scored off homers.
(tags: stats)

Beck’s Blog: Sunday extra: Zumaya gets advice
Kenny Rogers and Todd Jones to the resuce
(tags: zumaya kenny-rogers todd-jones)

D-Town Baseball - A Detroit Tigers Blog » Mesa likely to come off DL to Toledo
Mesa might [...]

{ 4 comments }

Rochester 9 Toledo 6
Kevin Hooper went 4 for 5 with 2 doubles. Chris Shelton added 2 doubles and 2 walks and is now sporting a 301/422/458 line. Dennis Tankersley went 7 2/3 innings allowing 3 runs on 7 hits.
Erie 1 Bowie 2
Mike Hollimon walked twice. Despite a 242 batting average he has [...]

{ 0 comments }

PREGAME: The Tigers look to stave off the sweep and they’ll have their hands full with Johan Santana.
He’ll be opposed by Mike Maroth. Maroth has struggled with consistency this year, and couldn’t make it the 5 innings to qualify for the win last week in LA.
Maroth told Mario Impemba that he’s [...]

{ 34 comments }

Rochester 3 Toledo 1
Brent Clevlen tripled and walked, and that was the extent of the offense. Ron Chiavacci had a nice start going 6 1/3 innings allowing 7 hits and 3 runs while fanning 5.
Erie 6 Bowie 2
Jackson Melian and Brent Dlugach each homered amongst their 2 hits. Erie knocked out 3 triples, [...]

{ 0 comments }

PREGAME: The Tigers take on the Twins in an afternoon tilt today. The pitching match-up is Justin Verlander taking on Carlos Silva.
Last year the Tigers rocked Silva, as did many teams. The torched him for 9 runs on 3 homers in 3 2/3 innings. Of course Silva has been much better [...]

{ 66 comments }

1_b_070424_zumaya.wmv (video/x-ms-wmv Object)
Joel Zumaya talks yoga, guitar hero, and Todd Jones in an 8 minute video interview
(tags: zumaya)

The Baseball Analysts: That Sinking Feeling
Studying the sinker with enhanced gameday data
(tags: gameday pitching)

Rogers plays catch, eyes return - MLive.com blog: Tigers Insider
Kenny Rogers threw for the first time today since his surgery
(tags: kenny-rogers injuries)

{ 0 comments }

Rochester 2 Toledo 6
Mike Hessman and Jack Hannahan each went deep for the Mud Hens. Chris Shelton was 0 for 3 with a walk and his average has dipped to .289. Virgil Vasquez had another strong start allowing 2 runs on 7 hits and no walks while striking out 6.
Erie 2 Bowie 3
With [...]

{ 0 comments }

PREGAME: The Tigers return home from their 2 city, 3 game road trip to take on the Twins. The Tigers found some offense on the road while the Twins went into a funk. Over the last 5 games Minnesota has only managed 12 runs.
It is a battle of sub 3.00 ERAs tonight [...]

{ 92 comments }