Line ups:
Royals
Crisp, CF
DeJesus, LH
Teahen, 3B
Jacobs, DH
Butler, 1B
Callaspo, 2B
Aviles, SS
Olivio, C
Maier, CF
Greinke, P
Tigers
Granderson, CF
Polanco, 2B
Ordonez, RF
Cabrera, 1B
Guillen, DH
Laird, C
Inge, 3B
Anderson, LF
Santiago, SS
Porcello, P
Here's hoping that last night's ugly was left on the west coast and that Detroit plays better in the Midwest. All of those errors killed the Tigers last night.
*Teahen just hit one out with a man on. Royals up by two in the first :(
Wednesday's game was ugly too, but it was ugly in Detroit's favor. Thursday went against the Tigers.
Just as a reminder, last year the Royals swept the Tigers in their first series together. Here's hoping this year is different!
***Update***
The sadness continues. Royals 6 Tigers 1
Well, at least the Tiger sort of ended Greinke's scoreless streek. Laird manufactured a run out of nothing and kind of ended Greinke's scoreless streak, but the run was un-earned and didn't really end his streak. None-the-less the Tigers did score an unearned run against him. I guesss that is something.
Final score Tigers 1 Royals 6
Ughhh
Friday, April 24, 2009
Monday, April 20, 2009
Defense!
Bilfer posted a very interesting and encouraging analysis of the Tigers' defense so far this year. Enjoy.
Sunday, April 19, 2009
Games 11 & 12: Detroit at Seattle
Game 11 Detroit 2- Seattle 0
Edwin Jackson pitched just over 7 innings and allowed only 2 runs on Saturday while pitching through the flu. Just an amazing performance all around by Jackson. Rodney finished it out for his 3rd save in 3 opportunities. (I must admit, I am becoming a believer in Rodney).
Brandon Inge continued hit greatly improved hitting with 2 more hits and another RBI. His single actually accounted for both runs when Ichiro threw high to home plate, allowing Laird and Cabrerra to score.
Game 12 Detroit 8- Seattle 2
Porcello also had a great day on Sunday as the Tigers took the series from the Mariners at Safeco Park. Porcello was not as dominating with K's as Jackson was on Saturday, but he went 7 innings and only allowed on solo home run to score. From what I saw it looked like mostly ground outs from him today.
He ended up getting a ton of run support from the 4,5,6 & 7 slots in the line up today. Inge had ANOTHER RBI for 11 on the year, almost one per game. The only Tiger to not get a hit was Trenor (the back up catcher).
I must admit, after only 12 games I am pretty excited about this team:
They have a winning record (7-5).
They just took 2 games at home from the team that was the best in the AL when the weekend started.
In the last 5 games the Bullpen has allowed only 3 runs over 12 1/3 innings with 11 appearances. That seems to be a pretty good streak so far.
Just like in 2006 the bottom half of the lineup is making significant contributions to the wins.
The only starting pitcher I see trouble with is Verlander (with his 7.88 ERA).
They are in 1st place (along with the White Sox and the Royals).
Edwin Jackson pitched just over 7 innings and allowed only 2 runs on Saturday while pitching through the flu. Just an amazing performance all around by Jackson. Rodney finished it out for his 3rd save in 3 opportunities. (I must admit, I am becoming a believer in Rodney).
Brandon Inge continued hit greatly improved hitting with 2 more hits and another RBI. His single actually accounted for both runs when Ichiro threw high to home plate, allowing Laird and Cabrerra to score.
Game 12 Detroit 8- Seattle 2
Porcello also had a great day on Sunday as the Tigers took the series from the Mariners at Safeco Park. Porcello was not as dominating with K's as Jackson was on Saturday, but he went 7 innings and only allowed on solo home run to score. From what I saw it looked like mostly ground outs from him today.
He ended up getting a ton of run support from the 4,5,6 & 7 slots in the line up today. Inge had ANOTHER RBI for 11 on the year, almost one per game. The only Tiger to not get a hit was Trenor (the back up catcher).
I must admit, after only 12 games I am pretty excited about this team:
They have a winning record (7-5).
They just took 2 games at home from the team that was the best in the AL when the weekend started.
In the last 5 games the Bullpen has allowed only 3 runs over 12 1/3 innings with 11 appearances. That seems to be a pretty good streak so far.
Just like in 2006 the bottom half of the lineup is making significant contributions to the wins.
The only starting pitcher I see trouble with is Verlander (with his 7.88 ERA).
They are in 1st place (along with the White Sox and the Royals).
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