Detroit wins seventh in a row: Tigers 7, Diamondbacks 5
Good news, bad news. The good news is, Big Al should be back from the disabled list tomorrow. Bad news, that means you don't get an MS Paint recap! But the good news is really the important thing, so be ready to welcome him back.
Who'd have thunk that former Tiger Dontrelle Willis would stay in the game longer than current Tiger Armando Galarraga? Of course Willis gave up five runs, five hits and four walks in five innings, so it wasn't like it was a quality start. But it was definitely longer than the "over/under" lines a lot of people were tweeting or commenting before the game.
In the postgame comments, Galarraga thought it was too hot. And he's Venezuelan. So that's saying something. That it was hot. He allowed four runs in four innings and was just not very effective.
Fortunately the Tigers' offense was. Brennan Boesch doubled walked in the eighth inning, and Brandon Inge tripled to get the eventual game-winning run in. Alex Avila added a single to score Inge for the seventh run.
And lucky 777 we are. Detroit has now won seven consecutive games, and nine at home.
I guess I need to figure out how to draw a Tiger feasting on interleague play.
Of course I have to note Magglio Ordonez hit a home run, too.
The other notable event: Miguel Cabrera left the game with dizziness. Hopefully it was a case of being too hot, too. Updates to this story will be posted if the reporters get additional information out.
But to leave you on a high-note: The Tigers are now just 1/2 game behind the Twins in the AL Central standings. The Tigers are also a season-high eight games over .500.
Not bad at all!
Update (via detroitchik):
Dave Hogg reports on Twitter:
Cabrera update: The groundball that went through his legs in the second "hit him in an uncomfortable area", according to Leyland.
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OMG
this is the best one so far. I love the giant tiger claw snatching up the snake. i also love that we are only 1/2 game out of first and have won 7 straight.
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I miss the messiness of the earlier ones.
And am going to miss the MSPaint recaps.
Dontrelle Willis apologist.
Note:
Boesch walked in the 8th. No double!
by ChrisDTX on Jun 18, 2010 11:35 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
too much practice I suppose. :)
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I was freakin out people
because the site was down. Obviously everyone knows my favorite moment from last night. I was looking at the MLB leader boards this morning two of our own help round out the top 10 in all of MLB in OBP, SLG and BA. It’s no wonder why I love these guys.
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Could we just play
inter-league the rest of the year? The rest of the Tigers existence? I love cleaning up on the NL!
Also
what’s up with these players getting dehydrated/tired? Especially the ones who were raised in the Caribbean. I mean they are pro ball players and know what its like to live in the tropics. They should ALL know to drink plenty of fluids. Right?
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Jackson is out again today, what the hell?
Last I heard yesterday morning, he was planning on playing this weekend series. Did I miss something?
2nd place twinkies
go brother polanco – put those twins in second place in our ahum “mighty” division
Was at this game
Couple notes-
Raburn hit a few balls right to fielders, and his at bats looked pretty good.
Boesch’s strikeout in the 7th (I think) was ugly… very ugly.
Avila had a couple really hard hit balls, including one that went directly at a fielder, pretty hard. They sounded pretty hard hit.
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