Game 105: Orioles at Tigers
by Ian Casselberry on Aug 4, 2009 6:00 PM EDT
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PrintBaltimore Orioles at Detroit Tigers, Aug 4, 2009 7:05 PM EDT
Brian Matusz (0-0, -.--) vs. 
Jarrod Washburn (8-6, 2.64), 7:05 p.m. EST
Welcome to Detroit, Jarrod Washburn. And welcome to a playoff race. The Tigers' shiny new acquisition makes his debut in the Old English D this evening. We should find out pretty quickly how good he can be against a strong Orioles lineup. (Baltimore is a bit less fearsome against lefties, however, batting .260/.319/.384.)
Washburn has faced the Orioles twice this season (both times in Seattle), giving up just one run in 16 innings. One of those games was a complete game one-hitter. He won that one. The other start was a 1-0 loss. Hopefully, Washburn gets a little better run support tonight.
As excited as we are to watch Washburn make his Tigers debut tonight, Orioles fans are equally, if not more, excited to see Brian Matusz pitch his first major league game. The left-hander was 11-2 with a 1.91 ERA in 19 starts, including a 7-0 mark with Double-A Bowie. Overall, he's posted 121 strikeouts and 32 walks in 113 innings.
The Tigers' record against Orioles rookie pitchers isn't so flashy, by the way. Back in May at Baltimore, the two games Detroit lost were to Brad Bergesen and David Hernandez. Of course, they also beat Jason Berken, so I guess that makes them 1-2 against O's first-timers.
I forgot to mention last night that Camden Chat has your SB Nation opposing view for this series. Sorry about that.
UPDATE: If you didn't catch the news earlier, the Tigers called outfielder Wilkin Ramirez up from Toledo this afternoon. He's in left field and batting leadoff this evening.
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YAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAY YAY! Game soon :D I’m gonna watch! And participate fully in the thread! I’ve missed you people!
Welcome back!
The late innings have had a stunning lack of puns.
by Ian Casselberry on Aug 4, 2009 6:02 PM EDT up reply actions
Starting Lineups
ORIOLES
1. Brian Roberts 2B
2. Nolan Reimold LF
3. Nick Markakis RF
4. Adam Jones CF
5. Aubrey Huff DH
6. Melvin Mora 3B
7. Ty Wigginton 1B
8. Matt Wieters C
9. Cesar Izturis SS
TIGERS
1. Wilkin Ramirez LF
2. Placido Polanco 2B
3. Magglio Ordonez RF
4. Miguel Cabrera 1B
5. Marcus Thames DH
6. Ryan Raburn CF
7. Brandon Inge 3B
8. Gerald Laird C
9. Adam Everett SS
Never Understood.....
…in the 1st palce why we sent down Dolsi for fein….dolsi had a era under 1.00 and we sent him down for him?…..Glad to see Wilkin now though……Cant wait to see Dolsi again.
really makes me wonder what's going on
you wouldn’t think they’d purposely be short a reliever…and now they have too many outfielders.
Or being traded.....
…..for billy hall or melivin mora
by BennieBladesFan on Aug 4, 2009 6:42 PM EDT up reply actions
you may see them both again
In September. I imagine that Wilkin is here for a short stint too. Both Bondo and Nate are do rehab in Toledo tonight. Look for one or both to be on the roster within the week and Wilkin to be gone too.
Welcome to Detroit>>Where the weak are killed and eaten.
could be both
maybe someone (after tonight will be DL’d and Wilken will be gone) and Nate and Bondo to be in the pen. Nate in the pen, frightens the hell outta me.
Welcome to Detroit>>Where the weak are killed and eaten.
Apologies
I was just proving wepri right.
by kendra.michelle on Aug 4, 2009 6:47 PM EDT up reply actions
because CArlos Guillen
absolutely SUCKS in LF.
Welcome to Detroit>>Where the weak are killed and eaten.
Dear mlb.com
I have visited the city of Baltimore several times and enjoyed myself immensely. Inner Harbor, Camden Yard — it’s lovely. However, I live 300 miles away and there is no station in my area that carries Orioles games.
Please explain to me WHY IN WIETER’S NAME I AM BLACKED OUT OF THESE GAMES.
Thank you.
It's not MLB that has the block outs. It's your local cable co
If they hold exclusive rights, no one else can show the game either
no this is on mlb.com
I have yet to hear anyone give me a rational explanation why any games should be blacked out on the internet. Who would CHOOSE to watch a game online if it’s available on television?
It's mlb.tv, and they're freaking awful about it.
There was an espn article about it a few weeks ago. When I’m at school in Central Indiana, I’m blacked out in Chicago (understandable, I guess. We get 1 Chicago station, the one that shows Cubs games) AND Cleveland? Cleveland is like 4 hours away. That makes sense.
Needless to say, I no longer pay for that crap. Except in the playoffs.
Wilkin's splits in Toledo are concerning, to say the least.
vs LHP: .330/.418/.613
vs RHP: .249/.321/.386
Hello
Being at the game last night was incredible! Always great to be there. I’m pumped for Washburn’s debut tonight.
You're not supposed to smoke in Comerica
but when we were there last night my dad found a cigarette butt under his seat. I said it must have been Leyland’s. Rules don’t apply to him.
by kendra.michelle on Aug 4, 2009 6:57 PM EDT up reply actions
you made me think of an old game
we used to make a circle below the belt with two fingers. if people saw it, you got to punch them
Made it just in time!
I never unloaded and put away groceries so fast in my life. Thank goodness the person in line in front of me wasn’t sleepy snail slow – I would have KILLED HIM!!!
"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle." -- Philo of Alexandria
my grandpa was from Jersey and he said warsh
by Kurt Mensching on Aug 4, 2009 7:16 PM EDT up reply actions
I don't know about Pacific NW
But my late grandmother from Iowa always said “warsh.”
"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle." -- Philo of Alexandria
As long as he doesn't give up five runs in the first, I'm fine.
Can’t dig that kind of hole twice and expect to dig out of it.
"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle." -- Philo of Alexandria
COTN already?
Jeebus! save some for the rest of us!
by Kurt Mensching on Aug 4, 2009 7:21 PM EDT up reply actions
just one run given up
Not very bad at all.
"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle." -- Philo of Alexandria
I don't know who told that boy how to pronounce his name
but in my old neighborhood it’s “Mah-TOOSH”
Can't watch the game yet
Going over final touch-ups with the people painting my house. My long nightmare might actually finally be over.
Dear Wieters, just let me sit down and watch some baseball.
I wish that guy behind home plate would stop yelling swing
because good things keep happening when they do.
Everett has got to make that play...
Whether he gets him at first or not, no excuse for not stopping that.
what about a runoff in-the-park homer? haha
by Kurt Mensching on Aug 4, 2009 7:36 PM EDT up reply actions
yes
No hitter for nine innings, and then the home team wins on an inside-the-park homer in the bottom of the ninth.
With two outs, and after a 0-2 count and fouling off about 10 pitches first.
"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle." -- Philo of Alexandria
finished leftover chicken
Cinnamon-orange chicken on a salad with mandarin oranges and raspberrry dressing.
"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle." -- Philo of Alexandria
RISP squander time!
"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle." -- Philo of Alexandria
I'd settle for adequate.
"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle." -- Philo of Alexandria
baby steps first :)
"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle." -- Philo of Alexandria
And another thing...
… if it’s Everett in the batter box, can you really call it a squander? That’s just Everett doing what he does; being wholly useless with the bat in his hands. To think some people actually want him back (vomit)
Hence "more" Hispanic
I guess he kind of does. He looks like a Hispanic version of my next-door neighbor.
by kendra.michelle on Aug 4, 2009 7:53 PM EDT up reply actions
According to Dan Dickerson,
it took Dombrowski to convince Leyland to remove Granderson against lefties.
sometimes adequate is all that can be expected of a man ;)
"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle." -- Philo of Alexandria
just teasing, boys
"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle." -- Philo of Alexandria
well i'm sure it's true for
most of them.
by Kurt Mensching on Aug 4, 2009 7:57 PM EDT up reply actions
present company excepted, of course
"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle." -- Philo of Alexandria
Only positive right now
Matusz has already thrown 68 pitches.
heyyy oo
let’s see if my internet can handle game thread and MLB.tv at the same time
Motown String Music- SB Nation's Detroit Pistons Blog
I dunno about you guys but
I miss the usage of “BINGE” as a subject line and exclamation points, etc every night
:(
Rod: "They bent him over a little bit at the waist"
That sounds very … interesting?
"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle." -- Philo of Alexandria
I thought so too!
But it’s gotten quite old by now.
by kendra.michelle on Aug 4, 2009 8:09 PM EDT up reply actions
Patrick Eaves!!!
(Sorry, wrong sport.) :)
"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle." -- Philo of Alexandria
your fanpost?
Busy at work today – I’ll read it now.
"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle." -- Philo of Alexandria
NICE PICTURES!
Glad you had a great time – but no diet dew needed. Who knows, she may wind up being a wacko that you want to dump in a couple months before she gets attached enough to stalk you.
See if it lasts first. :)
"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle." -- Philo of Alexandria
there is one on my way to and from work
I’ve never been, though – not a coffee drinker.
"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle." -- Philo of Alexandria
Either Laird or Everett needs to cut the all-glove, no-bat bullshit...
… and get this damn run in.
We discussed his swing after the game last night, he made an adjustment
I said “Brandon, go with it till it quits working!”
Okay
I have trouble telling sometimes
by kendra.michelle on Aug 4, 2009 8:15 PM EDT up reply actions
We need a stat check.....
This is AE’s first RBI since when?
"Stupidity has a certain charm - ignorance does not"
Ooooooh
Did you give him your number as a tip?
by kendra.michelle on Aug 4, 2009 8:18 PM EDT up reply actions
Yes!
Looks quite a bit like the Shat.
by kendra.michelle on Aug 4, 2009 8:21 PM EDT up reply actions
the Tigers
have a failtastic offense.
"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle." -- Philo of Alexandria
Yup. Should have beaned him.
"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle." -- Philo of Alexandria
Washburn also doesn't exactly light it up against the Orioles historically
They’re one of the teams that seems to like him, his earlier 1 hit game against them excluded.
oh, and the answer is no
No diet dew needed. See if it lasts or if she turns into a wacko stalker in four months. :)
"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle." -- Philo of Alexandria
told ya
My relationship history has not been marked by stellar judgement. I like hearing about someone else’s working out because I don’t think it’s something I’ll ever have happen. :)
"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle." -- Philo of Alexandria
In around 330+ ABs
He doesn’t pitch to them all that often since he’s in the AL west. Gotta remember numbers and games pitched.
He has over 770 ABs against the A’s though.
Been in the majors less than a year...
.. and I already fucking hate Gordon Beckham. 1-0 CWS
it seems like the Sox just breed Tiger killers.
I feel like there aren’t many Tigers that dominate a team constantly.
Their management hates the Tigers
Guess what Kenny Williams, the feeling is mutual.
Did Rodney teach this kid how to iron the bill of his hat before the game?
"Stupidity has a certain charm - ignorance does not"
or just be adequate.
"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle." -- Philo of Alexandria
adequacy FAIL
:(
"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle." -- Philo of Alexandria
Said it before and I'll say it many more times
We’ll see if they ever devote an entire offseason to simply pitching and defense.
with the players they have
offense should not be a problem. granderson, polonco, maggs, cabrera, thames
this line up should make pitchers cry in their beds, but instead we do
nothin but GRAY skies
from now oooonnnnnnn
by Kurt Mensching on Aug 4, 2009 8:37 PM EDT up reply actions
37% actually voted for the walkoff?
Ha, fail.
Motherfucker. Of course, Washburn's debut goes as bad as possible.
Fuck this bullshit, I’ve got better things to do.
I can fit in my pants
fleeing nervous gibbons
"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle." -- Philo of Alexandria
those are just cute
What about these guys?
"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle." -- Philo of Alexandria
Is there another comeback in this team?
by dettigionswings'stons on Aug 4, 2009 8:41 PM EDT reply actions
now in true Tigers fashion
They should come storming back to win for someone else so Washburn gets used to no-decisions and little run support. :)
"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle." -- Philo of Alexandria
They're not stretching out Nate to bring him into the rotation.
Dave just wants to bury him in the minors as long as possible.
Everett
You know I seem to always see him just missing or mucking up a play….have ya’ll seen him really dazzle?
While Jarrod wasn't his 2009 self the Tigers offense was its sucktastic usual squanderfest.
God, why couldn’t we get a bat?
is Miner stil on this team?
…….can someone tell me that…..He walks way to many and is always falling behind hitters.
cracks like that make me happy I'm a brunette :)
I want that puppy on my lap. So cute!
"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle." -- Philo of Alexandria
Yup......
…..right now thats whats happening
by BennieBladesFan on Aug 4, 2009 8:59 PM EDT up reply actions
well its a game lead heading into tomorrow....
…..so 24 more hrs?
by BennieBladesFan on Aug 4, 2009 8:59 PM EDT up reply actions
longer if the games go to extra innings
"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle." -- Philo of Alexandria
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