Game 138: Angels (83-53) at Tigers (66-71)
by Ian Casselberry on Sep 2, 2008 5:30 PM EDT
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PrintLos Angeles Angels at Detroit Tigers, Sep 2, 2008 7:05 PM EDT
Joe Saunders (14-7, 3.67) vs. 
Chris Lambert (0-1, 6.75)
With 25 games remaining, the Detroit Tigers have to go 15-10 just to finish with a .500 record. There's a sentence I didn't think I'd be typing this season.
I can't remember if I've written about this at BYB before, but in high school, I played on a recreation league basketball team that was absolutely terrible. Awful. We were so bad that a couple of us would be on the bench at the beginning of the game (we weren't so bad that I was a starter) wondering how far we should fall behind before calling time-out. 10-0? 20-0? 25-0?
I have similar feelings before this series begins. How long can the Tigers hang with the Angels? And at what point does the TV get switched to another channel?
But if the Tigers are going to win at least one game in this series, Joe Saunders might give them a chance tonight. He's winless in his last five starts, and in his last two appearances, he's given up 12 runs and 17 hits in 6 2/3 innings. And of the two games Detroit has won against the Angels this season, Saunders was the losing pitcher in one of them.
Chris Lambert returns after a quick roster accommodation trip to the minors for his second major league start. The first one didn't go so well, though some inept play by the Tigers' defense was a significant factor in a decisive, destructive third inning vs. the Indians. Barring a complete meltdown or Dontrelle Willis and/or Freddy Garcia being added to the rotation, it's difficult to imagine Lambert not starting games for the Tigers for the rest of this season.
Halos Heaven has your SB Nation opposing view for this three-game series.
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Starting Lineups
LA ANGELS
1. Chone Figgins, 3B
2. Garret Anderson, DH
3. Mark Teixeira, 1B
4. Vladimir Guerrero, RF
5. Torii Hunter, CF
6. Juan Rivera, LF
7. Mike Napoli, C
8. Brandon Wood, SS
9. Sean Rodriguez, 2B
DETROIT
1. Curtis Granderson, CF
2. Placido Polanco, 2B
3. Magglio Ordonez, RF
4. Miguel Cabrera, 1B
5. Gary Sheffield, DH
6. Marcus Thames, LF
7. Edgar Renteria, SS
8. Brandon Inge, C
9. Ryan Raburn, 3B
I was hoping the kid would have a good outing
I guess that was too much to ask
Hussle!
He showed some hussle getting back to 2nd also
I think close games against good teams are really all we have left to hope for this season. It’s cool when we play well against competative teams even when we are ten plus out, and seeing your team play well is always nice. Let’s see if we can take two or three against LA. It’s still close.
Eat 'em up!
I agree about close games!
I would love them to win a couple from L.A. They sure seem like they are trying to do just that tonight!
Did not get it.
Way to go, Captain Crookedhat. Give up the winning run without the benefit of a hit.
The difference....
One team had a closer. The other had Rodney.
If DD thinks we are going to win with this guy as our closer, he is sorely mistaken. Once the leadoff walk came, we were toast. Rodney is incapable of holding ANY runner, much less Figgins.
It is very hard to like this team right now.
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