Scranton 1 Toledo 2Timo Perez homered again and Mike Hessman tripled and singled. Brandon Inge was 0 for 4 with 2 K’s. Virgil Vasquez went 7.1 innings fanning 5 and walking none in allowing 1 run. Francisco Cruceta went 1.2 innings with 2 K’s and no baserunners. Erie 6 Reading 1Wil Rhymes and Wilkin Ramirez … Continue reading Tigers Minor League Wrap 7-9-08→
Toledo 6 Columbus 4 Erick Almonte was the star tonight with a 3 for 4 night including 2 doubles. Timo Perez added a homer and a walk. Lauren Gagnier fanned 6 and walked 2 allowing 2 runs in 6 innings. Francisco Cruceta allowed an unearned run in 1.2 innings fanning 2. Akron 6 Erie 5 … Continue reading Tigers Minor League Wrap 6-30-08→
Toledo 4 Syracuse 3 Fernando Seguignol and Erick Almonte had 2 hits each. Aquilino Lopez went 3 innings in his start, striking out 5 against no walks. He allowed 3 hits and 2 runs. Francisco Cruceta allowed 2 hits and a walk in 2 innings while fanning 3. Ian Ostlund struck out 4 in 2 … Continue reading Tigers Minor League Wrap 6-23-08→
Last year Sam Hoff started breaking down the season into 18 games segments, each representing 1/9th of the season, or an “inning.” Here is the 4th inning report. The 4th Inning is over. Each. 18 games represent 1 inning of a baseball season. The Tigers record for the first 4 innings in 2008: Starters: Bullpen: … Continue reading The 4th Inning – 2008→
Syracuse 4 Toledo 5Fernando Seguignol walked twice, homered, and doubled. Freddy Guzman had 2 singles and 2 walks and 3 stolen bases. Anastacio Martinez allowed 3 runs in 5 innings of work. Francisco Cruceta allowed a run in 1 inning on 2 hits a walk and a strike out. Erie 1 Binghamton 10Deik Scram had … Continue reading Tigers Minor League Wrap 6-17-08→
Syracuse 1 Toledo 4Erick Almonte homered and doubled. Wilkin Ramirez went 0 for 4 with 4 K’s and is batting .100 since moving to Toledo. Lauren Gagnier allowed just 1 run on 3 hits, 2 walks and 3 K’s in 6 innings. Joel Zumaya, Francisco Cruceta, and Blaine Neal all pitched scoreless, hitless innings. New … Continue reading Tigers Minor League Wrap 6-14-08→
Joel Zumaya pitched a scoreless inning fanning 1 batter. He threw 11 pitches, 8 of which were strikes. He’s set to do back to back outings on Monday and Tuesday and if all goes well he’ll be back for the Padres series. On another note, Francisco Cruceta also pitched a scoreless inning striking outtwo. Nine … Continue reading Another good outing for Zumaya→
The Tigers have called up Casey Fossum from Toledo. A corresponding roster move hasn’t been announced yet. Fossum was signed as a minor league free agent this spring and has pitched very well for the Mud Hens. In his last 3 starts he has 31 strike outs and 6 walks in 20.2 innings with only … Continue reading Casey Fossum called up→
PREGAME: I know this is a Tigers blog and all. And I usually try to stay pretty much on topic. But there’s kind of a big hockey game tonight. And I figure many people who frequent here are Detroit sports fans. So GO WINGS! And along with Ian, in the interest of blogger solidarity, a … Continue reading Game 57: Tigers at Athletics→
PREGAME: The Tigers are in a 3-way battle for AL suckitude with the Rangers and Mariners. It would be nice to not be in that position. It’s Armando Galarraga and Clay Bucholz if the rain holds off. Bucholz has been money with only 3 runs allowed total over his last 3 starts since a shellacking … Continue reading Game 35: Red Sox at Tigers→
The curse of Jason Grilli? A couple days after the Tigers had to clear a spot in the bullpen to make room for Francisco Cruceta the Tigers place Denny Bautista on the DL with the ambiguous shoulder tendinitis. He’s expected to be able to throw again in a week. Just ask Fernando Rodney about those … Continue reading Freddy Dolsi? Really?→
PREGAME: Nate Robertson takes the mound looking to earn a 3rd straight quality start for the rotation. Robertson pitched well his last time out working 7 innnings on only 89 pitches. But the Angels bunched their baserunners in the 4th inning when 4 runs scored. He’ll be opposed by Ian Kennedy who has struggled so … Continue reading Game 29: Tigers at Yankees→
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