Rick Porcello will try to rack up the Tigers 4th consecutive quality start. Of course it would help with the Tigers could solve the mystery of that elusive RISP success. It’s been bad the last few games, but it is unsustainable.
The Tigers .369 team OBP may also be unsustainable, but in the short term they are facing Scott Kazmir. Kazmir allowed 11 baserunners in 4 innings against the Yankees. Maybe that short term RISP issue will continue though because Dan Dickerson tweets-out that tonight’s lineup has hit .153 against Zazmir, but with 26 walks in 40 innings.
That 15-98 against Kazmir is:
- Jackson, CF
- Damon, LF
- Ordonez, RF
- Cabrera, 1B
- Guillen, DH
- Inge, 3B
- Raburn, 2B
- Laird, C
- Everett, SS
Detroit Tigers at Los Angeles Angels – April 20, 2010 – MLB.com Gameday
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66 responses to “Game 2010.014: Tigers at Angels”
The Wings rocked the house tonight……..it would be nice if the Tigers could do the same!!!!!
I don’t like JL’s selections for the bottom third of tonights line-up!
We need players who have the chance to get us some runs…..anybody but those three!
The Tigers are just every-othering, that’s all…
Maggs is hitting rockets, Miggs is hitting squibs; Maggs is off-balance, Miggs is hitting rockets…Ajax is swinging like a rookie, Damon is getting on base, Ajax is driving the ball in the gaps, Damon is whiffing; Maggs and Miggs are hitting, Carlos is whiffing; Sizemore is hitting, except every other time when Inge is getting on base. In other words, a lot of bad luck.
I’m also getting frustrated with JL’s platooning!
You play your best players every game, and give them a day off only when they need one…..no wonder there is so much inconsistency.
I don’t mind JL playing the match-ups. Raburn crushed lefties last season. He had 12 HR’s in 133 ABs, with a .976 OPS vs LHP’s. Laird and Everett are significantly better vs LHP’s also.
Although lifetime 1 – 7 with 3 strikeouts vs Kazmir.
That’s makes things even better. That means he’s due for a few hits.
Darn…now he’s no longer due.
On the other hand, who better to have up with R3L2O than Laird, because…DUE
Are we going to have to buy a run tonight? It is quite obvious that the clutch hits aren’t going to be present tonight either. And yes, I can say that after one inning. It is just a feeling. I hope I am wrong.
Classic every-othering
How many strike-outs for the Tigers tonight? I’m going with nine.
Raburn!
Grr!
Is the 2nd inning too soon to pinch-hit for Gerald Laird? Where’s Brad Ausmus when you need him?
Laird ripped that ball. Nothing you can do about that. Much like the 2 double plays in Seattle that Avila and Guillen hit into. They’ve had a number of hard hit balls, just at people. It’ll even out.
Ah ok thanks for the info. Only following the game on GameCast, so I mistakenly figured the Laird out was as meek as most of his other ones.
How about where is our offense when you need it, good crap this is getting ridiculous.
If Laird would hit the ball that hard every third time at the plate, we wouldn’t be complaining about his hitting.
Mario: “That’s some bad luck for the Tigers, they also had some bad luck last night”
Rod: ‘They also had bad luck in Seattle”
Well, that kinda sums it up, doesn’t it.
We’re hitting Kazmir awefully hard. I bet we score 4 or 5 runs the next time threw the order.
It might be time for R3L3O-Fail drinking games
By “R3L3O” I meant “R3L2O” of course…just wait until you see the typos once the drinking game is in order…unless things are editable by then…,
Ha! Nice try, Johnny. Almost sold it!
Reminded me of my softball days in Canton — great comedy! Nothing wrong with having a little fun out there.
Unbelievable… It was going to be hard to win with the Angels scoring no runs, now with three, ring that one up as a loss…
Well, this is depressing; yet on the bright side, it’s impressive how composed Porcello stays when things aren’t going well…you never really have to worry about the Porcello Melt.
I think he melted tonight. Yes, cool as a cucumber on the outside. But the reality is that there are no statistical categories for “appearing to remain composed.” There is, however, a category called “hits” and he gave up a prodigious number tonight. Runs, too.
Why are all the Tigers swinging at that chin high fastball?
I like Johnny Mohawk better than Johnny Damon
I know a lot of little kids who have problem laying off the pitch at their eyes. It looks like it’s a good pitch to them. Don’t ask me what the hell Magg’s excuse is.
A couple of hypothetical questions:
Is it possible for Jackson to hit .300 and strike out 200 times in his rookie year? What if it is the last day of the seasn and he is hitting .299 with 199 Ks – do you bench him to avoid the possible scarring of his young ego, or does he play him to boost his confidence? YOU be the manager.
I’d play him. But the Angels have obviously scouted him and come to the conclusion that he can’t catch up to a good fastball. They’re willing to deal him nothing but heaters, and so far, it looks like it’s working. He has to adjust.
Again!!! Why do they keep swinging at that chin high pitch!?!?! Unbelievable! I swear this team is trying to set the record for most scoreless innings!
The umpire is calling high pitches, so they have to swing at pitches they don’t usually swing on. The real question is why they are swinging so late on a 88-90mph fastballs.
He’s not calling pitches above the letters strikes. They’ve swung at a number of pitches that are objectively WAY out of the zone.
I can only think of one word to describe the Tigers trying to drive in runs: impotent.
Uh oh, somebody is on his way to his first career Golden Sombrero
Man…Laird looks awful at the plate and behind the plate so far this year…
when the goin’ gets tough…
This year, Minnesota is going to be up a nice, comfy 15 games on us by July 31st.
All these guys are swinging WAY LATE at this medium-fast fastball Kazmir’s tossing at them. What gives? Nobody’s got the timing right. Even Cabby was late on that high fastball.
What was Kazmir’s pitch count? I didn’t hear… But pulling him was a nice favor to the Tigers. This team has feasted on bullpen arms.
Tigers’ RISP woes made the back page of today’s Journal. Ouch.
No worries friends, it’s a long season.
The reality is…this is a very bad lineup and a poor fielding team…They have only scored the past few years mainly on the long ball and they have less power than ever. They do draw more walks and that is good..but, it appears the advance scouts are catching up to AJ. I hope he adjusts quickly. In any event..we are 7-7 need a big outing from Bondo.
I am not sure what we can do,,,Everett, Inge, Laird and two rookies in your everyday lineup. That is difficult…especially when you lead the league in errors and your starters are last in the league in IP/game. It is only the first few weeks,yet, it is scary taht through 14 games..we have only hit two of the worst bullpens in the league..other than that if Miggy or Maggs don’t hit a HR..we have been held down by all starters and good relievers. Its starting to be scary
2Binge! woohoo, RUNS!!
Eye, eye, EYE, STOP SWINGING AT BS, LAIRD!!!!!!
I believe Miguel Cabrera is an above-average baseball player.
Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell no!
Umm…Germans? Might want to check that one, lol.
Forget it, he’s rolling.
Mmmmm, yumm, bullpen pitchers
Like french fries, they taste better with “catch-up”
Animal House. Please Brendan tell me that line is not lost on your generation.
It’s Brenden, with an E, for the record. And I have seen Animal House, it’s just been a little while, lol.
Zumaya looks 2006-esque this year. Knock on wood, I know a DL trip is probably right around the corner..
Raburn needs to be slapped after that at-bat. What the heck was he swinging at?
Everything.
Wow! A great AB by Jackson. See if Damon can get the tying run on…
Nope (rats)
That pitch was most definitely outside…oh well…what can ya do…
Frustrating. There’s always tomorrow. See everyone then, after the Mavs game.
Rodney sure does look better. Looks like he lost about 30 lbs or so.
You know I really used to enjoy reading the comments here after a game that I missed to try and understand what happened. But lately it’s been so negative, and whiny. It’s really a drag to read. I don’t know if it’s specific to anyone or what, but it’s just a bummer. I come looking for insight into a game I missed, and the majority of what I read is name calling, complaining, and whining. The insight into the game is few and far between. Even last year was pretty good. What happened to: “Verlanders fastball is really moving”, or “Mags has two groundouts, but he ripping the ball”, or “Valverde’s not throwing his splitter”, or whatever. There are 60 some comments on this game, and about 8 of them are worth reading, and half of those come from Bilfer himself. I guess guys need to vent, but every game? It’s just a bunch of rif raf I have to sort through. It’s depressing.
The Tigers are a .500 team. That’s that. So don’t get your panties all in a bunch when they lose a few games. It’s gonna happen. Sheesh.
Go Tigers!
To each their own.
To me when the Tigers lose it’s equivalent to losing a pillow fight with a bunch of sorority chicks.
Well, of course the discourse was good last year. We were in first place almost all season. I will agree that some people get carried away, but Damon was safe, the strike zone was high and this road trip has not been much fun so far. Also, many people don’t believe this is a .500 team or refuse to accept it. I’ll put myself in that group.