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Edwin Jackson Eats Orioles For Dinner: Tigers 4, Orioles 2

In 16 innings against the Orioles this season, Edwin Jackson has allowed five hits and two runs.

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In 16 innings against the Orioles this season, Edwin Jackson has allowed five hits and two runs.

Edwin Jackson will just beat you himself.  More specifically, he'll pretty much beat the Baltimore Orioles by himself. 

Jackson showed right away that the O's wouldn't get to him early, as they did with Justin Verlander and Jarrod Washburn the past two nights.  After a scoreless opening frame, he didn't allow another Orioles hit for the next five innings.  Whatever had been missing from Jackson's game in his past two starts was definitely back tonight.  He was nasty.

Unfortunately, the Tigers' lineup was making Jeremy Guthrie look almost as good, despite him not having anywhere near the kind of stuff Jackson was throwing.  Detroit only got one hit of their own until the fifth inning. 

But when Magglio Ordonez finally broke through, he made sure it counted.  Guthrie grooved a fastball right down the middle of the plate, and Maggs did something we haven't seen too often from him this season.  He jumped on it.  Turned on it.  And whipped that ball over the left-field bullpen. 

That was Ordonez's first home run off a right-handed pitcher since April 25, when he took Jamey Wright deep.  (This one didn't take too long to look up, given Maggs's home run total.)

From there, Jackson allowed only one Baltimore hit through the eighth inning.  And then it finally occurred to the Tigers' hitters that they should get him some more runs.  Maybe Orioles manager Dave Trembley should get an assist on this, though.  I can't wait to read why he put Ty Wigginton in at shortstop for Cesar Izturis.  That decision may have cost the O's at least one run, if not two. 

Brandon Inge and Adam Everett both knocked singles to left field, one of which you could argue a shortstop with better range (such as Izturis) would've scooped up.  And both runners ended up scoring on a two-out single from Placido Polanco.  The Tigers had so much fun doing that, they decided to do it some more.  Singles from Clete Thomas and Miguel Cabrera brought home a fourth run, giving Jackson the biggest since... okay, we'll get the BYB research team on that.  But I bet he hasn't carried a 4-0 lead since May. 

Ironically, that little scoring outburst probably prevented Jackson from pitching his second complete game of the season.  Sitting in the dugout while the Tigers were building on that 1-0 lead left Jackson a little bit sluggish, and it showed when he first hit Nolan Reimold with a pitch, missed badly with two sliders to Adam Jones, and then left a big, fat fastball up in the strike zone that Jones launched out of the park for a two-run homer.

That was really the only blemish on an otherwise outstanding night.  Jim Leyland admitted after the game that he got caught up in Jackson's pitching brilliance, as well.  It was the right decision to let him finish off his masterpiece, he said.  But it was a mistake to put him back in after he sat that long, Leyland acknowledged, and he should've handed the game over to Fernando Rodney.

I'm guessing all of that was forgotten, however,  amidst the standing ovation Jackson received as he walked off the field.

Comment of the Night:

How will Edwin react with that strange 4 on the scoreboard next to the DET.

He’ll have to ask JV or Rick what that symbol means.

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Good comment of the night.

by john.kmiecik on Aug 5, 2009 11:40 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

+1

yes

Welcome to Detroit>>Where the weak are killed and eaten.

by Detroitchik on Aug 6, 2009 8:31 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

May was correct.

We gave Jackson 13 runs against the Athletics on May 15. Since then, the best the offense mustered for Jackson was 3 runs on July 10th against Cleveland.

by StringTheory on Aug 5, 2009 11:59 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I feel bad for Leyland

Every decision he makes about pitchers in the game, he gets slammed for.

He takes Porcello out, Rodney blows the save. He keeps Jackson in, he gives up a 2 run HR. I would be gouging my eyes out.

by ZWC11 on Aug 6, 2009 12:32 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Okay, maybe I should edit that last paragraph

Because those were Leyland’s own words. He slammed himself.

by Ian Casselberry on Aug 6, 2009 12:35 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Great win...

I’d say anyone but someone directly involved in that game could have probably guessed that the lengthy bottom half of the 8th inning would have left Jackson sluggish (and confused — runs!?) in the 9th. I still don’t blame Jimmy for putting him out there in the 9th to let him try and get his CG shutout. Great win despite the 2-run jack.

I wish I could join the game threads, but my internet blows and I have no idea how to fix it… Unfortunately it only allows me to keep one real time thing open and that’s a shaky MLB.tv. Game thread + MLB.tv freezes things up. I’m ashamed of my browser speed, but I’ll try to comment as much as possible otherwise.

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by Packey on Aug 6, 2009 4:19 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

don't worry

This isn’t a class with required attendance or anything.

Have you checked for security updates for your browser? Maybe last time updates were downloaded automaticallly something got missed.

"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle." -- Philo of Alexandria

by Baroque on Aug 6, 2009 7:04 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Edwin has been solid this year.

About time he was given a few runs to work with.

by 13194013 on Aug 6, 2009 5:06 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I really hope Edwin will opt to stay

here in Detroit. He is such a solid pitcher and makes a HUGE difference in our starting rotation. I like him.

Welcome to Detroit>>Where the weak are killed and eaten.

by Detroitchik on Aug 6, 2009 8:30 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

What is

EJ’s contract situation?

by TMadison25 on Aug 6, 2009 8:53 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

according to rotoworld

2009: $2.2 million
2010-11: Arb. Eligible
2012: Free Agent

by allikazoo on Aug 6, 2009 9:32 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

morning funnies

shot of asshole I mean AJ from yesterday

by allikazoo on Aug 6, 2009 9:11 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

AJ looks like

 a dog… but we all know he’s really a pig. Good immitation though.

Welcome to Detroit>>Where the weak are killed and eaten.

by Detroitchik on Aug 6, 2009 10:18 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

totally

ugh I’m so bored this morning. twitter isn’t working! and I don’t really have any work to do right now..

by allikazoo on Aug 6, 2009 10:20 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Thank you for ther Maggs photos :o)

The follow through on the home is now my background on my work pc…

Welcome to Detroit>>Where the weak are killed and eaten.

by Detroitchik on Aug 6, 2009 11:09 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I had a blast.

Thanks for asking… a homer and 2 for 3… yay

Welcome to Detroit>>Where the weak are killed and eaten.

by Detroitchik on Aug 6, 2009 12:26 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

This is disgusting

But it’s Douchezynski, so in no way am I surprised.

by kendra.michelle on Aug 6, 2009 12:28 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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