Game 140: Angels (84-54) at Tigers (67-72)
by Ian Casselberry on Sep 4, 2008 12:30 PM EDT
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PrintLos Angeles Angels at Detroit Tigers, Sep 4, 2008 1:05 PM EDT
Ervin Santana (14-5, 3.31) vs. 
Kenny Rogers (9-12, 5.23)
Following an impressive 9-6 victory over the Angels last night (the kind of effort that makes you wonder what really could have been, had this team gotten its act together), the Tigers have an opportunity for a series win this afternoon in what has become a new day for the city of Detroit.
Up until this season, you probably could've chalked up today's game as a win for the Tigers because Ervin Santana had some of the most brutal home-road splits you've ever seen. This year, however, Santana is actually better on the road, with a 9-2 record and 3.30 ERA (with 103 strikeouts in 101 innings). Against the Tigers over his career, he's 4-2 with a 4.62 ERA in six starts.
In his last two appearances, Kenny Rogers has looked like a pitcher who's just trying to get to the end of the season so he can hang it up. But maybe he just needs to face a team other than the Kansas City Royals, who knocked him around for 13 runs and 18 hits over his last 12 innings of work. It seems like a long time ago when you see Rogers now, but he threw one of his best games of the season against the Angels back in May, shutting them out over seven innings at Anaheim.
After his heroics (a two-run homer, along with some stellar defense) last night, Mike Hessman is back in the lineup at third base and batting eighth. Brandon Inge is also catching a day game after a night game, while Magglio Ordonez gets a break from the field at DH.
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Starting Lineups
LA ANGELS
1. Gary Matthews, Jr., RF
2. Robb Quinlan, 3B
3. Mark Teixeira, 1B
4. Vladimir Guerrero, DH
5. Torii Hunter, CF
6. Juan Rivera, LF
7. Brandon Wood, SS
8. Jeff Mathis, C
9. Sean Rodriguez, 2B
DETROIT
1. Curtis Granderson, CF
2. Placido Polanco, 2B
3. Magglio Ordonez, DH
4. Miguel Cabrera, 1B
5. Matt Joyce, RF
6. Edgar Renteria, SS
7. Marcus Thames, LF
8. Mike Hessman, 3B
9. Brandon Inge, C
by Ian Casselberry on Sep 4, 2008 12:31 PM EDT reply actions
Inge! Part Deux
How many catchers can snag a foul pop-up, then throw to third on the run for a double play? Seriously athletic play.
Just make the routine catch more often, Brandon…
The end of Kenny
It feels mean to say this, but how done is he now? He can’t beat a bad team, he can’t beat a good team. He can’t stay in the game.
This is the first time in almost a week...
That I’ve been able to sit down and watch a game, and then there’s this. Once again, this feels like an abusive relationship.
by Ian Casselberry on Sep 4, 2008 2:10 PM EDT up reply actions
well, this game’s another fine how do you don’t succeed….
how much of that third inning was Kenny’s fault, and how much on Lopez? because Lopez’s stat line (4 hits in 4 innings, 5 k’s) doesn’t look too bad, unless he let in some inherited runners….
I’m trying to read into Ian italicizing the word “really” in his post from an hour ago….
It's a multi-layered "really," really
Lopez did let in two runners Rogers put on, so he didn’t get charged with those runs.
But it’s not just that Lopez is virtually guaranteed to let his inherited runners score; it’s that him coming into the game means that the starting pitcher was awful and had to leave the game early.
by Ian Casselberry on Sep 4, 2008 3:10 PM EDT up reply actions
Torii takes Nate DEEP
Far up into the shrubs in center field, almost up near the Hall of Fame names on the brick wall.
What a shot.
The lone shining light
Curtis Granderson continues to hit very well, crushing a ball of his own to deep right-center.
When the broadcast is more interested in a squirrel in the shrubs...
than the game itself, you know it’s a stinker.
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