Game 11: Tigers at Mariners
by Ian Casselberry on Apr 18, 2009 8:00 PM EDT
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PrintDetroit Tigers at Seattle Mariners, Apr 18, 2009 9:10 PM EDT
Edwin Jackson (0-0, 3.38) vs. 
Erik Bedard (1-0, 2.03), 9:10 p.m. EST
I'm sure I said this plenty of times last year, but one of the great things about baseball and its everyday schedule is that a team has to pick itself up off the mat after a tough loss and get back at it. Forget about it and move on. (Same goes for us fans, really.) The Tigers have looked like a mentally tougher team so far this season, and tonight could provide an indication of whether or not that's actually true.
As impressive as Edwin Jackson was in his first start of the season, he may have shown something more by toughing it out through six innings after giving up four runs. (Could that have been pointed out as an example to Justin Verlander?) Jackson has faced the Mariners twice in his career, winning both starts and posting a 0.60 ERA. He pitched once at Safeco Field last season, giving up just one run in seven innings.
After his first two starts, Erik Bedard looks more like the pitcher Seattle hoped it was getting, rather than the bust he appeared to be last season. (In fairness, he was hurt, eventually requiring surgery for a torn labrum.) Last time out, he was dominant against the A's, giving up no runs and three hits in 8.1 innings. For the season, Bedard has struck out 15 batters in 13.1 innings. In three career starts against the Tigers, he has a 1-1 record and 6.32 ERA.
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Starting Lineups
TIGERS
1. Curtis Granderson CF
2. Placido Polanco 2B
3. Magglio Ordonez RF
4. Miguel Cabrera 1B
5. Carlos Guillen LF
6. Marcus Thames DH
7. Gerald Laird C
8. Brandon Inge 3B
9. Ramon Santiago SS
MARINERS
1. Ichiro Suzuki RF
2. Endy Chavez LF
3. Ken Griffey Jr. DH
4. Adrian Beltre 3B
5. Mike Sweeney 1B
6. Jose Lopez 2B
7. Rob Johnson C
8. Yuniesky Betancourt SS
9. Franklin Gutierrez CF
by Ian Casselberry on Apr 18, 2009 8:18 PM EDT reply actions
Glad I was half-drunk last night and didn’t get to experience the agony of last night’s fifth inning.
wow....did anybody else see the yankees/indians score?
22-4 Cleveland…how does that happen? hahahahaha!!! Welcome home, Yankees!
Wang was not right
haha someone had to say it
by Kurt Mensching on Apr 18, 2009 9:08 PM EDT up reply actions
oh and did you notice who relieved him?
part of the Sheffield trade!
by Kurt Mensching on Apr 18, 2009 9:09 PM EDT up reply actions
Ha
Exactly. Looks like Placido will let Magglio handle that job in the first inning tonight.
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by spotstarters on Apr 18, 2009 9:16 PM EDT up reply actions
Lather?
What the hell was that, Rod?
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Maybe Miggy left some lather on the treadmill afterwards. Gotta wipe that off!
by Ian Casselberry on Apr 18, 2009 9:19 PM EDT up reply actions
gross
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by spotstarters on Apr 18, 2009 9:19 PM EDT up reply actions
What were you looking for, Young M.C.?
Has that name been used yet?
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I like it...
then we can find more instances to say, “bust a move”
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by spotstarters on Apr 18, 2009 9:20 PM EDT up reply actions
Oooh...Mike Sweeney.
Remember his fight with Weaver, I believe?
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Better days....
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by spotstarters on Apr 18, 2009 9:26 PM EDT up reply actions
At least tonight's home plate ump
seems to be consistent with his strike zone. Thus far.
by Ian Casselberry on Apr 18, 2009 9:28 PM EDT reply actions
an im from my sister:
“itchy” just ran a little far away for the one pitch though. it wasn’t that close…but he does act like a complete girl in the box
like his knees come together and he swings his hips….plus i’ve always thought his butt looked like a middle-aged mother’s….
Luckily...
Griffey should have retired three years ago.
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Did he throw that from his knees?
Oh, okay – not quite. But wow, what a throw by Beltre.
by Ian Casselberry on Apr 18, 2009 9:37 PM EDT reply actions
First warm Saturday night.
Lots of laws are probably being broken tonight.
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Hopefully Carlos
snaps out of it tonight
by dettigionswings'stons on Apr 18, 2009 9:50 PM EDT reply actions
Migs is swinging
at every first pitch
by dettigionswings'stons on Apr 18, 2009 9:54 PM EDT reply actions
Sadly...
…the ball girl tonight does not have the, um, skills of last night’s.
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Don't want to jinx it...
Edwin Jackson at 84 pitches through 7. I’d love to see him go all the way.
I don't want to hear any weak sh*t from Jason Grilli.
From what I've seen of the game
Hell yes he has looked that good!
by explosivo2k2 on Apr 18, 2009 11:20 PM EDT up reply actions
I missed it
But he got on base this inning..
Crowd’s a little sparse today
by explosivo2k2 on Apr 18, 2009 11:34 PM EDT up reply actions
but I am le tired.
an insurance run or two would be nice, but I really just want the game to be over so i can go to bed.
le tired, indeed
Yeah, I conked out there for about 5-6 innings.
by Ian Casselberry on Apr 18, 2009 11:38 PM EDT up reply actions
I just rode it off....
It was way to nice outside! Had a little fire, river side. There are plenty more games.
Anyone here remember.......
when Griffey grabbed his crotch towards Sparky Anderson and the Tigers dugout many many years ago while rounding third base after a home run?
I do, but...
as a kid in little league, we went to the “new” Comiskey park and got to meet KGJ before the game. He was wearing his hat backwards while snagging flies and what not….he was the coolest mofro back then….so, he’s got that going for him.
That was a bit of a scary drive by Beltre. Or I could just be sleepy.
by Ian Casselberry on Apr 18, 2009 11:49 PM EDT up reply actions
Don't know about that but
it sure feels good to say “shutout” and we got 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
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