PREGAME: The Tigers kick off their last homestand of the season with a couple of rookies doing battle.
For the Royals it will be Billy Buckner making his 4th start. Buckner has as many walks has as many walks as strikeouts in games he’s started. But he also hasn’t been hit really hard in his last two.
Jair Jurrjens is coming off his best start, a 2 hitter with 6 K’s in 5 1/3 innings. Looking at his strikeout numbers overall, he’s been fairly lucky to have the results he’s had so far – that being only 13 hits allowed in 25 innings. But the results have been very impressive nonetheless.
Game Time 7:05
KCR @ DET, Friday, September 21, 2007 Game Preview – Baseball-Reference.com
POSTGAME: The 9 game win streak began tonight! Right! Maybe? Okay, probably not. But on a night when Sean Casey homers and gets an infield single, maybe there is some magic left in this season. Even Brandon Inge came up with the winning hit, going down and getting an 0-2 curve ball and hooking it through the hole on the left side.
Jair Jurrjens had his first rough outing, and didn’t last through the 3rd inning. Fortunately Tim Byrdak was exceptional in relief and went 4 innings allowing only a walk while fanning 5 and giving the Tigers a chance to claw back in. Fernando Rodney pitched through a runner on 3rd and 1 out situation after Marcus Thames lost a ball in the lights, and Jonesy had a fairly uneventful 9th for a routine save.
It was nice to have an off day…
Let’s see if our offense can score 7 runs.
Sorry, but Granderson should be stealing just about every time he’s on base.
Instead of a double play, you’d have one out, man on third with Sheff and Maggs coming up.
Ridiculous.
Casey!
CASEY!
Cripes, we better win now.
An infield hit and a homer for Casey in the same game? Who said the magic was gone?
I say he hits for the cycle.
Inge comes through with the bases loaded on an 0-2 count?
Who said the magic was gone?
Yankees are getting shut out.
And the Yankees are trailing 2-0 now.
It seems this is the Adam blog tonight.
I am watching and blogging till the end, it’s still baseball.
Wow Scott Olsen pitching for Florida has given up eight unearned runs, it would be nice if te pitcher was not creditted with the loss in those situations.
Nice job by Byrdak. I think he and Seay have done a pretty decent job this year. I wouldn’t mind seeing both of them come back next year.
Marlins have the worst defense in baseball – 122 errors before tonights game.
Yeah, Vince they are on my roster for next year as well
BTW Toronto is up 4-0 on the Yanks in the 8th
Don’t count us out esp if you check out the Yanks pitching matchups.
boom:
Marlins are almost as bad as the ’04 Tigers, who made 144 errors that year and were last in baseball. Doesn’t it seem longer ago than that? Man, am I glad those days are over.
Hearty job by Rodney there 😉
No hits since the third for the Royals.
Anyone see that play on Pudge’s double? How do you hit it to the wall and not get a double? Ha.
If someone had told me Tim Byrdak would ever throw 4 scoreless IP in a game, I’d tell you that you was caaarazy!
So, that proves it. When Sean Casey plays, magic can happen.
And Jones does it again (saves the game, I mean)!
Byrdak has been pretty consistent all year.
Not just scoreless – HITLESS!
I have been wondering why Casey hasn’t been starting lately. I know he does not have a lot of power but I would rather see him at the plate than Thames.
Yankees are trying to do to Halladay what we did to him last week.
Yanks are coming back on the Jays via the same way the Tigers did against Halladay.
Read my mind Adam
And…succeeding?
Next year:
Were gonna get AROD
Inge is gonna shorten his stroke and hit .280
Curtis will learn to lay off a low curve and hit lefties
Adam Dunn will hit 45 and play LF
Sheff will come back with somthing to prove
Verlander: 20 wins
Bondo: 16
Kenny: 17
Robertson: 14
Jair: 16
Solid bullpen and polly/mags will be great.
162-0 here we come!
I’d be happy with 150-12.
Yes, I’m sober btw.
Tying run on third base…Giambinator up.
Kinda fun night for the fans. Wish I was there.
Yanks tie it! WTF.
Deja Vu
Halladay and Robertson must be two of the most unlucky pitchers ever made.
Hi gang, I’m home. The fans were just terrific tonight. It looked a little thin at first and I was worried that people would not show up but it was a sea of orange and everyone was just screaming and chanting from the beginning. It was beautiful.
And Bill, in your honor I tried the fajita wrap and it was very good!!!
Greg Zaun just hit a solo shot in the 14th, jays are up 1.
4.5 back now I keep saying if we go 9-0 (8-0) now we will at least tie
DONT COU NT US OUT
Ok, 4 1/2 back now…hey we can still hope for a miracle right?
great game tonight! Everyone was friendly and cheering and on their feet. The wave was awesome!
BTW, why did no one tell me about section 135? I think I just found my favorite spot in the park.
You guys, remember when Sean Casey Homered??? I think our whole row was in shock.
yes i can, every single pitcher the yanks will face b4 baltimore is either really hot l8ly or semi-hot.
oh and btw blowing a extra inn. game should demoralize them for awhile
we just need to keep winning, take 1 game at a time
they need to go 4-5 now
its possible boys, its possible.
If we go 162-0, I would hope Robertson would win more than 14 games.
If we go 162-0, add ten wins to all the starters totals that Jim gave and it would be more realistic.
Nice to see the guys hitting now who did’nt hit when we really needed them.