Monthly Archives: May 2007
Game 38 Preview: Tigers vs Red Sox
Detroit Tigers (23-13) vs Boston Red Sox (26-11) Fenway Park @ 7:05pm EST FSND / AM 1270 Justin Verlander (3-1, 2.83 ERA) vs Tim Wakefield (4-3, 1.79 ERA) Second game of a four game series against the Red Sox. The … Continue reading
Tiger offense couldn’t get going against Dice-K
Box Score Summary For the second straight game the Tigers struggled to get hits this time against Boston’s Daisuke Matsuzaka. Nate Robertson was the Tiger starter who, while giving up a number of hits (11), kept Detroit in the ball … Continue reading
Game 37 Preview: Tigers vs Red Sox
Detroit Tigers (23-12) vs Boston Red Sox (25-11) Fenway Park @ 7:05pm EST FSND / AM 1270 / FM 97.1 Nate Robertson (3-2, 3.43) vs Daisuke Matsuzaka (4-2, 4.80) Nate Robertson will take the mound against the American Leagues best … Continue reading
Minnesota offense comes alive to avoid sweep at home
Box Score Summary This one really got away from Detroit pretty early on. In Virgil Vasquez’s first start in the bigs he lacked confidence and control but the game really was lost in the bullpen’s inability to stop the bleeding. … Continue reading
Tigers to add lefty Tim Byrdak to the bullpen
Jon Paul Morosi at the Detroit Free Press is reporting that the Tigers will call up Tim Byrdak from Toledo to fill in the bullpen. They will likely option tonight’s starter Virgil Vasquez back to Toledo to open the spot … Continue reading
Game 36 Preview: Tigers vs Twins
Detroit Tigers (23-12) vs Minnesota Twins (17-19) Metrodome @ 8:05pm EST ESPN / AM 1270 Virgil Vasquez (0-0, 0.00 ERA) vs Boof Bonser (0-1, 3.96 ERA) Virgil Vasquez will make his major league debut on ESPN’s Sunday Night Baseball and … Continue reading
Andrew Miller’s first Class AA start a success
Top Detroit prospect Andrew Miller made his first start for the Tigers Class AA team the Erie Seawolves. The Seawolves lost the match up despite Millers strong performance going 8 innings giving up 6 hits and 1 earned run while … Continue reading
Chad Durbin gets third win in last four starts
Box Score Summary Tigers got a big win today on national TV. Their success in 2006 on nationally televised games (other than the playoffs) was not good and if I remember correctly they did not win a single one. Well … Continue reading
Tigers take second win against Santana and the Twins
Box Score Summary Mike Maroth vs Johan Santana round two was significantly better than I had expected. The first time these two met they pitched to a draw with Todd Jones gaining the win on a Brandon Inge home run … Continue reading
Game 34 Preview: Tigers vs Twins
Detroit Tigers (21-12) vs Minnesota Twins (17-17) Metrodome @ 8:10pm EST FSN-HD / AM 1270 / FM 97.1 Mike Maroth (2-0, 5.35 ERA) vs Johan Santana (4-2, 3.40 ERA) Detroit will face Johan Santana for the second time this year. … Continue reading
Detroit bats no longer a worry
After today’s win and with the Indians taking their second loss in a row Detroit is now leading the AL Central. Today the Tigers combined to hit .371 having 13 hits in 35 at-bats in an offensive performance that is … Continue reading