Game 7: Rangers at Tigers
by Ian Casselberry on Apr 12, 2009 12:00 PM EDT
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Texas Rangers at Detroit Tigers, Apr 12, 2009 1:05 PM EDT
Kevin Millwood (1-0, 1.29) vs. 
Edwin Jackson (1-0, 1.23), 1:05 p.m. EST
I hesitate to say what the Tigers could do with a win today, for fear of invoking the jinx, but you know what I'm talking about. Rhymes with "leap"?
Edwin Jackson was flat-out robbed on Tuesday night, after pitching one of the best games we've seen from a Tigers starting pitcher in quite a while. Hopefully, the bullpen does a better job of supporting him today. Jackson faced the Rangers once last season, holding them to one run and five hits in six innings at The Ballpark in Arlington.
Kevin Millwood also started off his season strong, holding the Indians to one run and five hits over seven innings in the Rangers' home opener. In two starts against the Tigers last season, he went 1-0 with a 2.81 ERA,. However, he wasn't great on the road last year, posting a 5.05 ERA in 16 starts.
No matter what happens today, I think I'll miss seeing Elvis Andrus and Josh Hamilton wear those downflap hats. (Are those available to the public yet? Our ears get cold, too.)
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Starting Lineups
RANGERS
1. Ian Kinsler 2B
2. Michael Young 3B
3. Josh Hamilton CF
4. Hank Blalock DH
5. Nelson Cruz RF
6. David Murphy LF
7. Chris Davis 1B
8. Jarrod Saltalamacchia C
9. Elvis Andrus SS
TIGERS
1. Curtis Granderson CF
2. Placido Polanco 2B
3. Magglio Ordonez RF
4. Miguel Cabrera 1B
5. Carlos Guillen LF
6. Jeff Larish DH
7. Gerald Laird C
8. Brandon Inge 3B
9. Adam Everett SS
by Ian Casselberry on Apr 12, 2009 12:26 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
One nice thing about six straight day games...
Leyland’s not doing that “day game after a night game” thing, and resting some regulars.
by Ian Casselberry on Apr 12, 2009 12:27 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Will have to wait to later to watch...Easter with the In-laws
Get Millwood’s pitch count up and attack the Ranger bullpen, and let Mr Jackson work his mojo
http://www.fromthecopa.blogspot.com/
by rock n rye on Apr 12, 2009 12:58 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Apparently...
Josh Hamilton likes this particular day game. He crushed that ball.
by Ian Casselberry on Apr 12, 2009 1:14 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Crowd
Looks very sparse. I remember going to an Easter Sunday game after church a few years ago (although it’s arguable that baseball/comerica is my real church) and we were able to walk up to the netting behind home plate and sit down with no problems. I hope the Tigers don’t expect to feed off the crowd today….
by Packey on Apr 12, 2009 1:19 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
pitching?
The way the Tigers have been blasting away at Texas all weekend, I’m sure the Tigers can put up a couple of runs, but will the pitching keep Texas under 20?
by goombieking on Apr 12, 2009 1:26 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I gotta get a kid
So I can run on the field before or after a game. Or use him or her to score a handshake with a Tiger.
Maybe I start recruiting an honorary stand-in kid for BYB this season.
by Ian Casselberry on Apr 12, 2009 1:27 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I got out there....
with my nephew last season. But they were pretty adamant about letting me nowhere near the diamond and had to wait behind home plate. Still great to be down there, though.
by rook34 on Apr 12, 2009 1:37 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
No adults on the field?
Well, then #@$% that.
To those kids that have already applied to be the honorary BYB stand-in kid, your services are no longer required.
by Ian Casselberry on Apr 12, 2009 1:40 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh, boy...
Ian Kinsler with a two-run homer. This definitely won’t be Edwin Jackson’s day.
by Ian Casselberry on Apr 12, 2009 1:45 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Nice job by Guillen
Running into the left field gap to catch a ball near the fence by Hamilton.
(It sounded like Hamilton was going to have his second homer of the day, judging by the crack of the bat.)
by Ian Casselberry on Apr 12, 2009 1:48 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
this game is going not so well….the Rangers’ luggage containing the bats they used against Cleveland seem to have finally made it to Detroit….
by ahtrap on Apr 12, 2009 1:52 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Sorry everyone
If this game doesn’t turn around, it’ll be on me. The Tigers are 0-2 in games I’ve been able to watch, and 3-1 in games I haven’t seen.
by ThaWalrus9 on Apr 12, 2009 1:58 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
This just might not be their day
Polanco looked safe on that play at second.
by Ian Casselberry on Apr 12, 2009 1:59 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
This appears....
to be the stinker of the season so far. Not sharp.
by rook34 on Apr 12, 2009 2:01 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Nice
Miggy really does look pretty good at first.
by ThaWalrus9 on Apr 12, 2009 2:05 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Miggy...
starting to figure it out at 1st.
by rook34 on Apr 12, 2009 2:05 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Jackson's curveball
can just be nasty
by ThaWalrus9 on Apr 12, 2009 2:07 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Is Carlos' bat still in Lakeland?
Dude looks downright bad so far.
by rook34 on Apr 12, 2009 2:13 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I have to say
I love watching Brandon Inge play third.
by ThaWalrus9 on Apr 12, 2009 2:25 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I'm surprised
they pitched to Hamilton with 1B open
by Packey on Apr 12, 2009 2:25 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Making Millwood look like Walter Johnson.
by rook34 on Apr 12, 2009 2:30 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Hat tip
for name dropping the Big Train
by ThaWalrus9 on Apr 12, 2009 2:31 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
And one to you
for dropping one of the all-time great nicknames.
by rook34 on Apr 12, 2009 2:37 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Millwood is just starting to mow hitters down
Do the Tigers’ hitters have an Easter dinner to attend?
by Ian Casselberry on Apr 12, 2009 2:31 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
dinner?
they’re aiming for easter lunch
by MackAveKurt on Apr 12, 2009 2:32 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
wow
Edwin wasn’t messing around that inning.
by ThaWalrus9 on Apr 12, 2009 2:35 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
All right
Top of the order coming up. Tigers need to get something going here.
by Ian Casselberry on Apr 12, 2009 2:35 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Jackson
minus the 2 difference maker mistakes, is turning in another fine outing in my book. Verlander plummets after those two bombs. Jackson meanwhile has done a great job of minimizing the damage
by Packey on Apr 12, 2009 2:35 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
totally agree
Edwin occasionally struggles with control, so it was unfortunate that there were runners on base for both homers, but I really don’t feel like Jackson has pitched badly.
by ThaWalrus9 on Apr 12, 2009 2:37 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ah...Grandy.
Same pitch he got Guillen on with our only threat earlier.
by rook34 on Apr 12, 2009 2:38 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
man
do any rangers pitchers have a clean hat?
by MackAveKurt on Apr 12, 2009 2:40 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
just got the broom out
I think they forgot the goal, so hopefully this will remind them.
by wepri31 on Apr 12, 2009 2:42 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
and if not
you can get a little tidying up done between innings! win-win!
by MackAveKurt on Apr 12, 2009 2:42 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
In non-Tigers matters...
flipped to the Masters to prepare for my upcoming nap. There’s a dude wearing purple pants and a purple checked shirt. I hope he wins just to see how the green jacket looks with that getup.
by rook34 on Apr 12, 2009 2:44 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, just the outing he needed.
Can’t help but wonder if Jackson was thinking, “Well, he can’t blow this one.”
by Ian Casselberry on Apr 12, 2009 2:47 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Miggy played 160 last year?
Wow. Had no idea. Would’ve place him between 145 and 150.
by rook34 on Apr 12, 2009 2:51 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
and that kids
is why we back up our teammates,
by wepri31 on Apr 12, 2009 2:55 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Larish is going to hurt himself
swinging that hard.
by rook34 on Apr 12, 2009 2:55 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
well
least the tigers should have two innings against their bullpen to see what happens
by MackAveKurt on Apr 12, 2009 2:58 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Miguel to his teammates:
“Come on guys, I can’t win every game by myself!”
by wepri31 on Apr 12, 2009 2:59 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
OT
Phil Mickelson is playing out of his mind right now… he’s stealing all of Tiger’s magic playing with him. Don’t call it a comeback.
by Packey on Apr 12, 2009 3:00 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
tough lip out
on the birdie putt for Tiger. Not a good day for athletes with the word Tiger in their name.
by ThaWalrus9 on Apr 12, 2009 3:03 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Rod Allen: “You know he ain’t gonna walk him…”
moments later: “That woulda walked him.”
by MackAveKurt on Apr 12, 2009 3:02 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Wake up!
Inge goes opposite field for a homer!
by Ian Casselberry on Apr 12, 2009 3:08 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Someone...
drug test Inge, please. Opposite field jack!
by rook34 on Apr 12, 2009 3:08 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
woooooooooooooooooooooo! #100 :) Yay Binge
by wepri31 on Apr 12, 2009 3:08 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
That puts him on pace for 93 this year.
I love doing early season pace calculations.
by TennesseeYooper on Apr 12, 2009 3:10 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I think we're seeing
why Texas isn’t as serious threat to win the West despite having some scary bats
by MackAveKurt on Apr 12, 2009 3:12 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Yep
the bullpen sucks real bad.
"It doesn't look like he's trying. It kinda pisses me off," "He could throw 110 if he tried. The way it explodes out of his hand is really something special." ~ B-Mac on Feliz.
by Kinslerhomer on Apr 12, 2009 3:13 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
No one hits 'em down the line...
quite like Polly!
by rook34 on Apr 12, 2009 3:12 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Ugh, ugh, ugh.
Bad AB by Magglio. No way on earth they pitch to Miggy.
by rook34 on Apr 12, 2009 3:14 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
i do believe
Carlos is trying out for the Masters in this AB
by wepri31 on Apr 12, 2009 3:16 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Man oh man
I was ready to be pissed at Guillen for swinging at those low pitches.
by Ian Casselberry on Apr 12, 2009 3:19 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
The bat came in from Lakeland...
at precisely the right time.
by rook34 on Apr 12, 2009 3:19 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I think this broom is going to be a permanent fixture in the living room now.
by wepri31 on Apr 12, 2009 3:19 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
and here I was, just going to celebrate the fact that the Tigers didn’t get shut out….
by ahtrap on Apr 12, 2009 3:19 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Country Strong is stepping in.
Time for a long fly ball.
by rook34 on Apr 12, 2009 3:19 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Not just for this game...
But this is big, because if Guillen wasn’t going to start hitting, Cabrera was going to see himself walked to first base a lot more often.
by Ian Casselberry on Apr 12, 2009 3:19 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
maybe jackson can help Millwood
work through his feelings after that gem was wasted.
by MackAveKurt on Apr 12, 2009 3:20 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
maybe he could talk to Edwin Jackson, what with the way the Tigers bullpen wasted his first start…
by ahtrap on Apr 12, 2009 3:21 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
i totally misread that somehow…and then ended up posting a reply to the exact same point….
my only excuse, I’m at work on a gorgeous sunday….
by ahtrap on Apr 12, 2009 3:21 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Pinch Hitting the DH.
Only Jim Leyland.
by TennesseeYooper on Apr 12, 2009 3:20 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
and it brings josh anderson into the game. yessssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss
by wepri31 on Apr 12, 2009 3:21 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
HOLLER!
Right around the same time as Tiger Woods makes an eagle too. GO TIGERS
by Packey on Apr 12, 2009 3:21 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Handle With Care
Guillen is becoming Mr. Glass. Geez.
by Ian Casselberry on Apr 12, 2009 3:21 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
doesn't look too serious
fingers crossed its mostly a precautionary thing. It IS cold out there today.
by ThaWalrus9 on Apr 12, 2009 3:22 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
now the tigres have a
pair of glasses
by MackAveKurt on Apr 12, 2009 3:23 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
thanks, folks!
I’ll be here all season!
by MackAveKurt on Apr 12, 2009 3:23 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yes, Glass Joel
Currently holds the trophy.
Maybe we have to call Guillen “Creaky Carlos,” or something like that.
by Ian Casselberry on Apr 12, 2009 3:24 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think Guillen's always been fragile
his games played sometimes deceives us though
by Packey on Apr 12, 2009 3:23 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
What'd Guillen do?
Did he walk off on his own?
by TennesseeYooper on Apr 12, 2009 3:22 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I wouldn't swing at a thing Madrigal throws
After the game he had on Friday, they’re making him load the bases?
by Ian Casselberry on Apr 12, 2009 3:23 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
DAMMIT
Laird let Madrigal off the hook there.
by Ian Casselberry on Apr 12, 2009 3:25 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Curse the lag between here and Detroit!
The long tubes running here must be clogged today.
by Juskimo on Apr 12, 2009 3:26 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
INGE!
With a piece of professional hitting. Well done!
by rook34 on Apr 12, 2009 3:26 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Time for Crookedhat to close 'er out!
Can’t believe I just typed that.
by rook34 on Apr 12, 2009 3:27 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
and I believe he can do it!
Can’t believe I just typed that
by MackAveKurt on Apr 12, 2009 3:28 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
thank you
Elvis Andrus. Let’s not forget that crucial error.
by ThaWalrus9 on Apr 12, 2009 3:30 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Five-tool player!
Nice barehand pick up and throw by Inge!
by Ian Casselberry on Apr 12, 2009 3:30 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Holy crap!
Brandon Inge is Superman today!
by ThaWalrus9 on Apr 12, 2009 3:30 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
there's your comment of the day Ian
in my own self serving opinion.
by ThaWalrus9 on Apr 12, 2009 3:32 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Perhaps there is something to
Inge playing third after all. A lot of guys give themselves a hernia making that play.
by rook34 on Apr 12, 2009 3:30 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Anyone else notice
How everyone cleared out when Miggy came charging in? He would blow you up.
by rook34 on Apr 12, 2009 3:31 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I’d run the other way if Miggy was coming at me.
by wepri31 on Apr 12, 2009 3:32 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
AAGH
the top of the 9th hasn’t started here.
by Juskimo on Apr 12, 2009 3:32 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Improbable Tiger winning pitcher of the day . . .
Brandon Lyon.
by TennesseeYooper on Apr 12, 2009 3:33 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Is it an exaggeration to say...
There’s no way they win this game last year?
by Ian Casselberry on Apr 12, 2009 3:33 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
The best part is that the rally started with the bottom half of the order.
Which is supposed to be where we are going fall off in production this year.
by TennesseeYooper on Apr 12, 2009 3:34 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
The bottom is exceeding expectations. by a lot.
by wepri31 on Apr 12, 2009 3:35 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
And if the Twins lose today...
Check out those AL Central standings, folks.
by Ian Casselberry on Apr 12, 2009 3:34 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Great team win!
Loved every second of it!
"It's designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring, when everything is new again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains come, it stops, and leaves you to face the fall alone". A. Bartlett Giamatti
by densogirl on Apr 12, 2009 3:35 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Let's not forget
The nice work done by Edwin Jackson. He wasn’t as sharp as his first outing, but he really battled and kept the Tigers in it.
by ThaWalrus9 on Apr 12, 2009 3:35 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
And you are off the hook
Free to keep watching, sir.
by Ian Casselberry on Apr 12, 2009 3:36 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
nice
looking forward to watching them tomorrow
by ThaWalrus9 on Apr 12, 2009 3:40 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
We are the champions, my friends
I just had a celebratory QUEEN moment.
by wepri31 on Apr 12, 2009 3:37 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
2 days in a row
Bullpen gets the job done. I’m fully expecting some X-Files shenanigans to start happening, this is just creepy.
by handsomerob1 on Apr 12, 2009 3:39 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
year to year
bullpens can be very volatile. 2006 Indians bullpen was a trainwreck, 2007 it was one of the best in the league.
Good starting pitching (like Jackson gutting it out for 6 innings) can help shield a bullpen.
by ThaWalrus9 on Apr 12, 2009 3:41 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Jackson
Got the win he should have gotten Toronto!
"It's designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring, when everything is new again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains come, it stops, and leaves you to face the fall alone". A. Bartlett Giamatti
by densogirl on Apr 12, 2009 3:43 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
looks like he got his ERA down to single digits, too!
by ahtrap on Apr 12, 2009 3:45 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
ah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
“Behold the power of the soul patch”
oh, Mickey.
by wepri31 on Apr 12, 2009 3:44 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
that’s a pretty sweet win, no two ways about it…saved it all for the last at bats, and Rodney shutting ’em down 1-2-3 for the second straight day….
Is it safe to say Brandon Lyon isn’t getting his closer’s job back any time soon?
by ahtrap on Apr 12, 2009 3:44 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I sure hope so
I don’t really care who it is, I just want the closer to inspire a little confidence. We all know Rodney has great stuff, hopefully he can keep things going.
by ThaWalrus9 on Apr 12, 2009 3:45 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
RODNEY!!!!!
…..WILL BE THE CLLOSER FOR 162 GAMES THIS YEAR!!!!!! GO TIGS!!!!
by BennieBladesFan on Apr 12, 2009 4:59 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
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