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Game 2013.44: Tigers at Indians

21.05.2013 90 comments

24-19, 1.5 in back of Cleveland, JV on the rebound vs. Jimenez the Menace coming up. Well, what do you know – Tui got a start against a righty. Nothing to show, took the ball for a ride the first time and struck out twice after that, but I’m still all for it. Is there [...]

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Game 2013.43: Tigers at Indians

20.05.2013 29 comments

The Detroit Tigers (23-19) travel to Cleveland (28-15) for a two-game set and a veritable rematch in several ways beyond the obvious: The Indians are hot (still); the Tigers are coming off two consecutive losses to another “red team” (again), and; the pitching matchups are also reruns. This time, the Tigers find themselves looking up [...]

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Game 2013.35: Indians at Tigers

11.05.2013 44 comments

20-14, 1st place, 1 game up on Cleveland. Hypotenuse game of the series coming up, and it will be for all the marbles. Or at least half of them. ********* Get Al Alburquerque out of Detroit. At least for a while. Please. This has gone on long enough. Game 34 was Tigers 6, Indians 4, [...]

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Game 2013.34: Indians at Tigers

10.05.2013 48 comments

20-13, in first place by 1.5 games. Is this the first Saturday night game of the year? Seems like it. Phil Coke has been activated, and Luke Putkonen has been optioned back to Toledo. I was thinking Alburquerque was next in line for Toledo, but instead the Tigers may opt for the ever-popular retroactively injured [...]

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Game 2013.33: Indians at Tigers

10.05.2013 47 comments

Were you disappointed by the short series against the Nationals? I sure was. Sweep the Astros, fall flat against the Washington National Angels (can’t they beat teams that wear red?)…what does that spell? It spells O-V-E-R-R-A-T-E-D. Until the next bout of euphoria, anyway. The recently somewhat deflated and first place by a nose Detroit Tigers (19-13) [...]

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Game 2013.26: Twins at Tigers

01.05.2013 38 comments

15-10, in first place and leading K.C. by half a game still, and the win streak is at 5 games and counting. Anibal Sanchez got this thing rolling with a career outing against the Braves last Friday, and while we won’t see 17 strikeouts from him today, we might see a more subtle masterpiece here [...]

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Game 2013.25: Twins at Tigers

29.04.2013 24 comments

One pitch, one hit, one Prince, and the Tigers are 14-10 and atop the division by a half game over the Royals going into this game. They’ve won 4 straight for the second time this season. Now it’s Verlander vs. Worley, also for the second time this year, and this time it’s in Detroit.  In [...]

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Game 2013.24: Twins at Tigers

29.04.2013 24 comments

Wow!! That bad omen rain made me sooooo nervous. The Detroit Tigers (13-10) wrap up their 9-game (less one postponed) home stand with three against the Minnesota Twins (11-10). The Tigers are coming off an exhilarating sweep of the Braves, while the Twins are coming off the AL equivalent, 2 convincing wins in a row over the Texas Rangers. [...]

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Game 2013.18: Tigers at Angels

21.04.2013 31 comments

After two resounding losses to the Angels and three consecutive overall, the Detroit Tigers are on their heels trying to salvage one win in the series and end their road trip on a positive note with a positive record (for the trip and the season both). We don’t want to see .500 again, do we? [...]

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Game 2013.17: Tigers at Angels

20.04.2013 20 comments

After last night’s deflating loss, of a type we’ve seen before this season and would rather not see any more of, the Tigers send out RHP Rick Porcello against Angels RHP Garrett Richards. Porcello missed his last start due to an off-day shuffle type thing; instead, he turned in a perfect two innings in what [...]

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Game 2013.16: Tigers at Angels

19.04.2013 74 comments

The Detroit Tigers (9-6) finish their one and only West Coast road trip, a successful one so far, by paying a visit to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (4-10) for a three-game series. Friday, April 19, 10:05 ET start Saturday, April 20, 3:05 ET start Sunday, April 21, 3:35 ET start Today’s starters: Current [...]

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Game 2013.9: Blue Jays at Tigers

10.04.2013 46 comments

Victor Martinez back in the lineup already, what a trooper. Martinez is on the unlucky side of BAbip at the moment. Ain’t nothin’ but a thang. How about that bullpen? Abysmal with inherited runners. 6 of 6 scored… in one game?? But it’s early, much too early to contemplate Villareal and Alburquerque being sent to [...]

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