Game 51: Tigers (21-29) at Angels (30-22)
by BigAl on May 26, 2008 6:01 PM EDT
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After a 4-2 homestand (though losing 2 of 3 to the Twins left a sour taste in our mouths), the Tigers head out on a west coast road trip that could make or break their season.
The Tigers play 3 games each against the California/Anaheim/Los Angeles Angels, the Seattle Mariners and Oakland A's. We were witness to how awful the M's are, but the Angels and A's are fighting for 1st place in the AL West. No matter the teams you play, any west coast trip is fraught with danger. For a Tigers team struggling to right their ship, that last place I want them is on the left coast. Bad things happen out there man, bad things...
Unfortunately, the trip begins with what's not exactly a comforting pitching matchup.
Hoping to stave off bad things for the Tigers will be Kenny Rogers (4-4, 6.66) (6.66?! Talk about a bad omen...) Rogers is 3-1 in his last 5 starts, but his ERA has been above 6 for most of the season (it's actually gone up over his past 3 starts), and he has yet to pitch more than 6.2 innings in '08. Expect the Tigers' pen to get getting ready by the 5th inning.
Facing The Gambler is Jon Garland (5-3, 4.34), who always seems to be tough on the Tigers, as his career 13-6 record (8-2 since 8/04) against them attests. Garland has pitched well recently, as he's 2-0 with a 2.25 ERA for the month of May.
Hope everyone is having a wonderful Memorial Day! Oh yeah, one more thing. Go Wings! Go Pistons!
Short hops:
For the POV of the opposition, visit SB Nation's Halos Heaven.
The Freep's Tiger beat writer, Jon Paul Morosi , illuminates us to the fact acquiring high priced veterans isn't the only way to build a World Series winner. He thinks the Tigers may have made a few mistakes in putting together this season's roster. My thoughts? Duh!
At the News, Lynn Henning delves into the Tigers' pitching staff's biggest issue. They are issuing walks at a disturbing rate.
With MLB's amateur draft drawing near, Baseball America has posted their first mock draft. They have TCU pitcher Andrew Cashner going to the Tigers at 21st overall. Cashner fits the Tigers' mold: Big (6' 5"), with a high 90's fastball.
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Tonight's lineups
Detroit Tigers:
C. Granderson cf
P. Polanco 2b
G. Sheffield dh
M. Ordonez rf
M. Cabrera 1b
C. Guillen 3b
M. Joyce lf
E. Renteria ss
I. Rodriguez c
California/Anaheim/Los Angeles Angels:
M. Izturis ss
G. Matthews Jr. cf
V. Guerrero rf
T. Hunter dh
G. Anderson lf
M. Napoli c
C. Kotchman 1b
B. Wood 3b
S. Rodriguez 2b
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i'm not watching the game...
Raburn replacing Sheff? What’s up with that?
damn these nailbiters
the Angels’ bullpen is better than the Tigers’ they need to get a lead quickly…
Take it easy on him
As Big Al pointed out a few days ago, the guy has switched positions twice in 12 months. Besides, the game is still scoreless so the errors haven’t cost them.
Miner, auditioning to save his job when the unnamed twosome return from Lakeland, comes up huge. Somebody hit one out, please. For Detroit. Just wanted to clarify.
Miner's no 8th inning pitcher
in my mind, but he has done a decent job. He’ll be a good 7th inning guy if if the lakeland twins ever come back north.
by Kurt Mensching on May 26, 2008 11:49 PM EDT up reply actions
Finally watching the Tigers after Wings & Pistons both win
I flip to the game in the 8th, and it’s 0-0?
My God, can’t anyone hit the God damn ball? Jesus, watching the Tigers is becoming a form of torture.
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It has been beyond torture tonight. Rogers and Miner have fought hard, but we have had three runners standing on third with less than two out (one with none out) and couldn’t get them home.
Garland was excellent as well.
I respect your ability to watch the whle game
I was on the pistons for most of the night, flipping over on commercials and halftime.
by Kurt Mensching on May 27, 2008 12:00 AM EDT up reply actions
I have to say you guys watching this all the way thru deserve some sort of recognition for going above and beyond the call of fandom.
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The look on Miner's face
was priceless. Talk about a sigh of relief…. Nice play by Magglio.
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And he goes down swinging...
I have a bad feeling about this game.
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true
the mighty mighty santiago was available!
by Kurt Mensching on May 27, 2008 12:16 AM EDT up reply actions
How to you throw a wild pitch on an intenional walk?
HOW?
Jesus, I hate this team.
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I tell you Al
I PMed “Does Leyland want to lose this game?” when I saw Dolsi warming up. Nothing against the kid. But wow, he was way over his head tonight.
by Kurt Mensching on May 27, 2008 12:29 AM EDT up reply actions
The Tigers didn't dodge a bullet
They dodged a missile.
That was just…bizarre..
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this game is crazy
although, if the Tigers were going to lose in a wacky way, last inning would’ve qualified. Not crazy about inning #2 for Dolsi…
well, I say this
I don’t blame Dolsi for this. 6 outs should have been his task for the night.
by Kurt Mensching on May 27, 2008 12:56 AM EDT reply actions
I don’t blame any of the pitchers for this, not even Seay for what may happen.
This would go directly on the offense who can’t execute getting a runner home from 3rd with less than 2 outs.
Good point...
You can’t really blame the pitching staff one bit when they throw 11 shutout innings.
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Christ almighty
Seay walks in the winning run. I really hate this team right now.
Despite the ending, this game is all on the offense.
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you summed it up.
I’m really really disliking this year’s version of the Tigers
by Kurt Mensching on May 27, 2008 1:02 AM EDT up reply actions
That's the worst part
Save for the return of Zoom and Rodney, this IS our Tigers. And their return isn’t going to do a bit of good when the offense is this stinking bad.
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Structurally flawed
This team was built to hit doubles and homers. When it doesn’t, it’s a bad baseball team, as those runs were supposed to mask the flaws-particularly defensively.
What's even worse...
is this is all we’ll have to look forward to once the Wings and Pistons finish their playoff runs.
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Leyland
made a number of tactical errors in this game, but he’s not responsible for getting runners home from 3rd. My only real gripe is leaving Raburn in to face K-Rod in a clutch situation. Raburn is out 99 times out of 100 in that situation.
Terrible
Lack of scoring with men on base kills me. Giving up 3… 3!!!! 4 pitch walks (not even including intentional walks) is ridiculus near the end of a game… Im pissed that I let myself believe the Tigs could win this game…
What do you Tell Kenny? or Verlander?
Two guys who couldn’t be asked to pitch much better… only to get completely let down by our offense… just pisses me off as a fan of this team.
It appears
that all sensible people have called it a night. Only thng to say about this is that for two excellent starting pitching performances in a 48 hour span, we have no wins to show for them.
That pretty much tells us where we’re at with this team.
We’re one Bondo explosion from officially being back in a tailspin.
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