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June 2011

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Minor League Wrap 6.6.2011

07.06.2011

Toledo 4, Scranton 1 (Yankees) Thad Weber (RHP) became the winning pitcher after holding Scranton to 1 ER, on 5 hits, over 7 innings. Weber K’ed 6 without giving up a walk. Matt Hoffman and Ryan Perry held the opposition scoreless in 2 innings of relief. Thorman, Pounds, Iorg, Perez, and Rhymes all had multiple [...]

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Game 2011.59: Tigers at Rangers

06.06.2011 41 comments

92.5% That’s the current number for the Rangers on the ESPN poll of who will win tonight’s game. The Rangers are one of the hottest teams in baseball right now, having won 11 of their last 14.  They just completed a 4-game sweep of Cleveland (thank you very much).  We all know the Rangers can [...]

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Game 2011.58: Tigers at White Sox

05.06.2011 37 comments

Today is the rubber game of the 3-game series with the White Sox, after which Detroit bounces off to Texas to take on the Indian-destroying Rangers, who will be already underway in Cleveland by game time.  If all goes well Detroit could be 2 1/2 games out of first when today’s game ends. So, yes, [...]

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Minor League Wrap 6.4.2011

05.06.2011

Toledo 7, Scranton 3 (Yankees) Duane “lookout” Below (LHP) struck out 9 batters in 6 innings of work en route to a win. He allowed just 2 ER on 6 hits and 2 walks. On the year, Below has a 3.52 average with 57 K’s in 69 IP. Ryan Perry threw two innings of 1-run [...]

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Game 2011.57: Tigers at White Sox

04.06.2011 15 comments

Well, so a bunch of streaks ended yesterday:  the Tiger winning streak, the Tiger winning streak against the White Sox, Charlie Furbush’s career scoreless streak, and Adam Dunn’s 0-for-40 against LHP. The way the Tigers’ season has gone, one could expect a losing streak to follow.  Not so fast!  Tonight we get Justin Verlander, who [...]

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Minor League Wrap 6.3.2011

04.06.2011

Toledo 3, Scranton 4 (Yankees) Scranton won on a soft fly walk-off single in the bottom of the ninth. Lester Oliveros gave up the run, and became the losing pitcher, after allowing 3 hits and 2 walks in one inning. Phil Coke made his rehab start and threw 5 1/3 innings. He gave up 8 [...]

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Game 2011.56: Tigers at White Sox

03.06.2011 25 comments

Well, they did it:  the Tigers finished off the 3-game home series against the Twins with a sweep, which makes them 5-0 against the Twins this season.  Hopefully the home series was good for cash flow–the Tigers appear to be one of 9 MLB teams that have unacceptable debt loads. The last time the Tigers [...]

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Minor League Wrap 6.2.2011

03.06.2011 4 comments

Toledo 0, Rochester 8 (Twins) Villarreal gave up 4 runs, 2 earned, in 3 2/3 innings to take the loss.  Ryan Perry pitched a scoreless 9th inning, but allowed a walk. It was a miserable night offensively.  Although, Will Rhymes had a decent night as he went 1-3 with a  walk. Erie 8, Binghamton  2 [...]

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Game 2011.55: Twins at Tigers

01.06.2011 27 comments

Tonight is the closet game of the Twins series, as the Tigers look to break out the brooms.  Last night’s game was filled with glove-clownery on both sides, and a phantom tag at home, but the Tigers again came out with the one-run victory. After the game, Leyland had this to say of Ryan Raburn:  [...]

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Minor League Wrap 5.31.2011

01.06.2011 3 comments

Toledo 5, Rochester 0 (Twins) Thad Weber (RHP)  looked terrific as the Mud Hens starter. He threw 7 scoreless innings and scattered 7 hits and a walk while striking out 5. Weber took the win. Matt Hoffman struck out 2 over two perfect innings of relief. Timo Perez (LF) had the top night offensively. Perez [...]

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