Debut Destroyed: Indians 10, Tigers 4

by Ian Casselberry on Aug 26, 2008 11:35 PM EDT in Detroit Tigers News

Tonight's recap will be told in pictures. Chris Lambert began his major league debut looking great, getting out the first six batters he faced with just 18 pitches. He was cruising.

Then the game got to the third inning. Holy geez, that third inning...

Lambert served up back-to-back home runs to the first two hitters in the inning, one of which was to the pop-gun hitting Jamey Carroll. That was his first homer of the season. The other long ball was from Kelly Shoppach, who's blasted a Tiger-killing five home runs against Detroit this year. Throw in errors from Ryan Raburn and Marcus Thames, along with a misjudged fly ball by Curtis Granderson in center field and 49 pitches from Lambert, and it led to a six-run detonation.

Game over. (Lambert's stay in the majors could be, as well.) And Ben Francisco hadn't even hit his two home runs yet. Those came when Aquilino "Run Per Inning" Lopez took over for Lambert. (Why was Francis Beltran designated for assignment instead of him? Maybe Lopez plays the mop-up/fall guy role better.)

With all that, the Cleveland Indians overtake your Detroit Tigers for third place in the AL Central. Can the Motor City Kitties salvage some pride (and regain their standing) tomorrow night?

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Could this season get any more depressing?

Once the game fell apart in the 3rd, I changed the channel and watched the DNC. When I pick (God forbid) politics over baseball, that pretty much says it all.

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by BigAl on Aug 27, 2008 12:14 AM EDT reply actions

at least we can’t fall far enough to be behind the royals….2 weeks into the season, that seemed like a worthy first hill to climb, and at least the Tigers managed that….

by ahtrap on Aug 27, 2008 2:49 AM EDT reply actions

Lopez as bad guy

I’ve always thought that Lopez looked like a Bond villain’s thug lieutenant. Maybe I’m not the only one, after all.

by cherub_daemon on Aug 27, 2008 10:10 AM EDT reply actions

Lambert's debut...

was better than Bonderman’s debut. I don’t think that means much of anything, but at my site I’ve got a pretty interesting list of MLB debut’s by Tiger starters. Some weird names pop up.

Dan Gakeler anyone?

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by spotstarters on Aug 27, 2008 10:13 AM EDT reply actions

IRL

I would respectfully request that, in the future, you use Indy Car shots rather than F1/A1GP. They need the publicity! They will also be cruising around the Isle of Belle this weekend for the Detroit GP. I will be there. It will be fun.

Sorry for the rant, but I can’t type anything about the kittens at this point.

by Zappatista on Aug 27, 2008 5:27 PM EDT reply actions