PREGAME: It’s freakin hot and muggy. So Armando Galarraga keeping the ball on the ground would be a good thing today, otherwise his 15 homers allowed total may grow.
Ted Lily will try to extend his quality start streak to 6. He’s been particularly impressive in his last 4 outings with a 1.98 ERA, and a [...]
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June 25, 2009
Durham 2 Toledo 4
Clete Thomas went 3 for 4 with 2 doubles. I ask you this, Clete Thomas or Josh Anderson? Brent Clevlen also went 3 for 4. And Dane Sardhina homered. Yep. Scot Drucker allowed 1 run on 3 hits and 3 walks in 5.1 innings. Clay Rapada fanned 3 in 1.1 innings but [...]
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June 24, 2009
Durham 4 Toledo 2
Scott Sizemore went 2 for 5. Clete Thomas was 1 for 2 with 2 walks. Chris Lambert was very good, allowing 2 runs on 5 hits, 1 walk, and 10 K’s in 7 innings.
Altoona 8 Erie 4
Andy Dirks doubled twice. Luis Marte allowed 4 runs (2 earned) on 5 hits, 1 walk, [...]
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June 24, 2009
This Week In Tigers Baseball is back with a brand new edition! This Week we look at last night’s big win over the Cubs and their current five game win streak.
Also in this Edition:
Prospect on the Prowl: Alfredo Figaro, SP Detroit Tigers
This Week in Detroit Tigers Baseball History: On June 24th and June 25 in [...]
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June 25, 2009
Game Sixty-Nine - Cubs 5 Tigers 6
WP - Armando Galarraga (4-7) LP - Ted Lilly (7-5) Save - Fernando Rodney (16)
The Chicago Cubs are the definition of a .500 ballclub right now. Could things improve? Yes. Could they get worse? Most definitely. This is the reason every year and every team should stand on their own ... and their accomplishments should be celebrated...
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June 25, 2009
Magglio Ordonez ended a career-long, 40-game drought without a home run by connecting for the go-ahead shot, leading the Detroit Tigers over the Chicago Cubs 6-5 Thursday for their seventh straight victory.
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June 26, 2009
Yesterday afternoon, my childhood died.
I remember a while back one of my aunties telling me about the time she was watching MTV, back when they did those spring break shows with a bunch of almost nekkid crazy almost drunk 20 year olds, and she looked at the TV and said - this is SOOOOOOO stupid. And in that second, she realized she was actually an adult, that it wasn't that she...
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June 26, 2009
Pick of the DayToday's pick of the day (POTD) is Detroit with Justin Verlander taking the hill. Bodog has the Tigers as a slight -$119 favorite. The Astros are the oldest team in baseball (average age over 30 years) and I think Verlander's fastball may prove to be overpowering tonight. I'm looking for him to hit double digits in strikeouts.POTD record 2-0.
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June 24, 2009
DETROIT---- Gerald Laird and Miguel Cabrera homered to help the Detroit Tigers win their sixth straight game, beating the Chicago Cubs 5-3 on Wednesday night.
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June 25, 2009
After winning four straight games, the Cubs have now lost three straight after being swept by the Detroit Tigers in their three game series. On Thursday, Ted Lilly gave up ten hits, two home runs and six runs over just six innings at the Tigers beat the Cubs 6-5. The team is struggling once again...
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