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June 2011

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Game 2011.67: Indians at Tigers

14.06.2011 47 comments

First place on the line and Justin Verlander on the mound, it doesn’t get much better than that. Although last night will be tough to top:  tense, tight game, close plays on the bases, the rare night when the calls were going Detroit’s way, and a dramatic walk-off triple (the first career walk-off hit for [...]

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Minor League Wrap 6.13.2011

14.06.2011

Toledo 2, Rochester 1 (Twins) Andy Oliver (LHP)  allowed only an unearned run in the 2nd inning en route to his 5th win of the year. In 6 innings he only gave up 2 hits and walked 5 while striking out 9 in an impressive effort. Lester Oliveros got save number 4 after an inning [...]

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Game 2011.66: Rays at Tigers

13.06.2011 40 comments

Well, after a forgettable performance to close the Seattle series, we are still sort of tied for first with Cleveland.  As it so happens, there are only two American League games scheduled for today, the Cleveland and Detroit games, so all eyes will be upon the Tigers. Just kidding–Cleveland plays the Yankees, and Derek Jeter [...]

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Minor League Wrap 6.12.2011

13.06.2011

Toledo 6, Rochester 3 (Twins) LJ Gagnier (RHP) earned the win after 5 innings as the starter. He gave up 3 ER on 6 hits and 4 BB’s while striking out 2. Ryan Perry got his 3rd save of the year after 2 scoreless innings. Will Rhymes homered and drove in 2. Bryan Pounds (3B) [...]

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Game 2011.65: Mariners at Tigers

12.06.2011 20 comments

Well they did it!  The Tigers battered the tough Michael Pineda, and in doing so gained a first-place tie with Cleveland.  Time to break out one of the bottles of ’68 Stroh’s that I save for such occasions. Except…hmm, now that I look at it, the Tigers are tied as in they are 0 games [...]

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Game 2011.64: Mariners at Tigers

11.06.2011 13 comments

Well, Brad Penny was a Good Enough Penny;  unfortunately the Tigers ran into Cy Bedard and couldn’t muster any offense.  Jim Leyland said “Tonight felt like one of those games that you just aren’t supposed to win.”  OK, to me it felt like the opposite, but hey, that’s just me. At least Cleveland lost.  And [...]

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Minor League Wrap 6.10.2011

11.06.2011

Toledo 3, Gwinnett 4 (Braves) The Mud Hens spoiled a tremendous start from Duane Below and wound up losing after Gwinnett put up a run in the top of the 14th inning. Below’s line: 8 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 2 BB. Oliveros, Wise, and Hoffman combined to throw 5 scoreless innings of [...]

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Game 2011.63: Mariners at Tigers

10.06.2011 17 comments

There’s not much to say about Justin Verlander that hasn’t been said;  he just keeps turning in one excellent performance after another.  OK, maybe one thing:  he must lead AL pitchers in weird plays.  The weirdest is still the strange hop-jump-chuck-the-ball-at-the-batter thing he did, which was so confusing it even started a thread on umpire.org. [...]

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Game 2011.62: Mariners at Tigers

09.06.2011 20 comments

Well, that was forgettable.  Still, the Tigers came away with their 2nd consecutive road series win, and that against a first-place team, so things are looking good (in fact for the season the Tigers are just one notch under .500 in road games). Don Kelly provided a brief highlight with a rare home-run, only to [...]

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Minor League Wrap 6.8.2011

09.06.2011 1 comment

Toledo 5, Gwinnett 10 (Braves) Andy Oliver got knocked around in 3 2/3 innings as the starter. He allowed 7 ER on 10 hits including 2 homers. The only pitcher that had a nice outing was Fu Te Ni who pitched 3 1/3 scoreless innings while striking out 2. Toledo made a run at a [...]

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Game 2011.61: Tigers at Rangers

08.06.2011 9 comments

More hits than Lady Gaga.  More hits than, um, some fighter in some fight [look this up later].  More hits than…oh, nevermind. The Tigers had 20 hits yesterday.  That is more hits than Magglio Ordonez has this season. They have 38 hits already in the first 2 games of the series.  That is more hits [...]

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Game 2011.60: Tigers at Rangers

07.06.2011 22 comments

14:  Home runs by Detroit so far in June (leads the majors) 13:  Number of runs scored by Detroit yesterday against the Rangers 10:  Number of runs given up by the Rangers over their previous 6 games 0:  Number of games won by Cleveland, at home, against the Rangers 1: Number of games won so [...]

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