The Tigers are only a game out of 3rd (that is, in draft pick terms). Just a random fact I ran across: Nick Castellanos now has a 17-game hitting streak. The last Tiger with one longer was Magglio Ordonez, who ended his career with an 18-game hitting streak active. Today’s Lineup: Ian Kinsler 2B Jeimer … Continue reading Game 2017.153: Twins at Tigers
Justin pitched masterfully again, the bullpen did their part, Victor showed up with the game winning home run, but still I think the tone of yesterday’s games was set by Ian Kinsler, who led off the game with a single, stole second, stole third, and was able to score on a ground out. Starting off … Continue reading Game 2016.110: Mets at Tigres
All’s well that ends well. So the Detroit Tigers are now: SP Verlander SP Scherzer SP Lobstein SP Porcello SP Price RP Nathan RP Alburquerque RP Chamberlain RP Coke RP Hardy RP Johnson RP Reed RP Ray RP McCoy RP Farmer RP Ryan C Avila C Holaday C McCann 1B-DH Cabrera 2B Kinsler SS-2B Romine … Continue reading 2014: The 9th Inning (11-7)
Howdy, friends and neighbors. The Tigers (5-3) try to get back on the righteous path tonight against the Padres (4-6), with our hero Justin Verlander carrying the bulk of our hopes for putting up a W to counter the L. He’ll be facing Ian Kennedy, who has the possible misfortune of facing a lineup thoroughly … Continue reading Pregame 9: Detroit Tigers at San Diego Padres
Detroit Tigers, 25-28, 5 games behind Chicago. Day-to-Day injuries: 3–Add Benoit, with forearm tightness. Dirks officially to the 15-day DL. Matt Young called up from Toledo. He had only been on the team a couple of days, and had been having a nightmare of an evening, committing 2 errors and seeing 5 runners steal on … Continue reading Game 2012.54: Yankees at Tigers
Note: The Sunday game has been postponed, and will now be played (presumably) Monday at 4:19 EST, because 4:15 is just too early and 4:30 is just too darn late. **Breaking News** Magglio is out for the rest of the postseason. He refractured the ankle he broke last season, when or how is unclear (he … Continue reading Game 2011 Playoffs.7: Tigers at Rangers
Time for round two, and what better way to start than with Justin Verlander, who will pitch games 1 and 5 of the series (and what better way to end than with Doug Fister, who will once again pitch the deciding game of the series if this one goes 7). The experts seem to agree … Continue reading Game 2011 Playoffs.6: Tigers at Rangers
(Note: tonight is a combined Coleman/Kevin In Dallas post, kind of like the Verlander/Fister Game 1 start–hopefully with better results). On March 31st, Curtis Granderson hit an insurance home run in the bottom of the 7th off of Phil Coke (who was brought in to just face Granderson), while Austin Jackson went 1-4 and Alex … Continue reading Game 2011 Playoffs.5: Tigers at Yankees
The start of Game 1 was a mess, and then it ended badly. Gene Lamont did what Gene Lamont does. Fister pitched well but for a couple of bad pitches, but those gave the Yankees enough runs to win the game. The Alburquerque magic failed, and, after facing 182 career batters, he gave up his first … Continue reading Game 2011.Playoffs.2: Tigers at Yankees
The Tigers take the field for game 161 a single game behind the Rangers for 1st round home field advantage in the ALDS. That’s nice to write. Because we hold the tiebreaker, our magic number is 3. The Rangers will have to lose at least once tonight or tomorrow. Scherzer looks to notch win #15 … Continue reading Game 2011.161: Indians at Tigers
The Tigers try to even the series with Baltimore using the time-tested strategy of starting Brad Penny in a day game. In theory, he could even show that he is worth keeping on the playoff roster. Player of the Pre-Game: Brandon Inge You wouldn’t think it, but Inge is actually hitting .355 since his return … Continue reading Game 2011.159: Orioles at Tigers
Justin Verlander looks to become the first MLB 25-game winner since Bob Welch in 1990. Either that or he will just mess around, with the intention of giving future playoff opponents false hope that they can beat him. Verlander will also look to finish off the pitching triple crown–he has a lock on the win … Continue reading Game 2011.158: Orioles at Tigers
