75-67, 2nd place, 1 game behind CWS. Scherzer was spectacular again, and with his team leading 16th win, he’s got an outside shot at 20 wins this year. “So that gets us to tonight. Regular season games don’t get any better. Division rival. Ace v. Young Phenom. Win and we’re tied for first. My plan is … Continue reading Game 2012.143: Tigers at White Sox→
67-54, 2nd place, 2 games behind CWS, 1.5 games behind WC. Scherzer had his best start of the season last time out, allowing only 4 hits and 2 walks over 7 innings. That was only the second time all season that Max did not allow a run. Scherzer has been good at home as of … Continue reading Game 2012.122: Blue Jays at Tigers→
23-26, 3rd place, 5 games behind Cle. The Boston Red Sox, who started the season 0-3 after being swept by the Tigers, crept above .500 for the first time all year after yesterday’s 6-3 victory. JV had his worst outing since May 2011, allowing 5 ER in 6 IPs. He’s now 0-2 following a Tigers … Continue reading Game 2012.50: Tigers at Red Sox→
2-0, 1st place, 1 game up over Chi and KC We’re only two games into the season, and the Tigers have already played what could be their most complete game of the season. After Doug Fister left with a strained left side (it’s is costochondral muscle if you must know) min the 4th, the bullpen came … Continue reading Game 2012.3: Red Sox at Tigers→
Winning! The Tigers are now a winning baseball team. Thanks to an outstanding effort by Bad Brad Penny (to be distinguished from Brad “Bad” Penny), some timely hitting by about everyone, and a hint of clown show by the White Sox, this afternoon is now the closet game of the 3-game series. The Tigers send … Continue reading Game 2011.22: White Sox at Tigers→
The boys look to take a series and get to .500 today. Chris Tillman was pretty darn good in his first outing, throwing 6 innings of no-hit ball against the Rays, but was pulled after 101 pitches. Tillman is young and promising, but his first two years in the bigs have been disappointing, at best. … Continue reading Game 2011.6: Tigers at Orioles→
It appears that Justin Verlander seems to have found some of that rhythm that had proven so elusive this season. Unfortunately the Tigers bats couldn’t muster enough against Ryan Rowland-Smith and the Tigers dropped their 3rd game in a row.
With the end of the 2009 season looming, the Tigers have some roster cutting to do. They currently have 44 protected players between the 40 man roster and disabled lists. They have to get that number down to 40 in the short term and well under 40 eventually to protect minor leaguers.
PREGAME: There was a time when the Blue Jays looked like they may be a surprise team. That was April when they took 3 of 4 from the Tigers and generally were winning with regularity. They even spent 44 days in 1st place. They played a lot of AL Central teams back then and there … Continue reading Game 2009.140: Blue Jays at Tigers→
PREGAME: Aubrey Huff makes his Tigers debut tonight and he’ll be batting 5th in the lineup. I don’t know if Daniel Fields will make an appearance tonight or not, but he’s in town. As for the pitching match-up it will be a rehabilitated Rick Porcello. Rehabilitated in the sense that he has done time for … Continue reading Game 2009.118: Mariners at Tigers→
PREGAME: Not that there isn’t any pressure on Rick Porcello today, but Edwin Jackson’s struggles and some extra innings have thinned out the bullpen a little. Fortunately Jim Leyland made sure that only Brandon Lyon would be unavailable today with everybody else working relatively short outings. And things haven’t been easy for Porcello lately. Maybe … Continue reading Game 2009.102: Tigers at Indians→
PREGAME: Oh boy, the Tigers are on the road again. That hasn’t exactly been their forte this summer. It should be hot and steamy at the Ballpark in Arlington (I always liked this place for the shout-out to Tiger Stadium with the upper level in right field). This is the 3rd time this season the … Continue reading Game 2009.098: Tigers at Rangers→
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