PREGAME: The Tigers will try to get their second 40 games back on track as they try to close out their 9 game homestand on an up note. With 7 wins under their belt already, the homestand has been a success, but if they drop the series to the Rockies it will seem a lot less satisfying.
Dontrelle Willis will try to replicate his success against the Rangers, although a 1 hitter might be asking a bit much.
The Rockies will counter with Jason Hammel. Hammel has allowed a lot of hits this year, 45 of them in 31 innings. Lefties have beat him up with a 1.066 OPS this year so Iād expect to see the left handed hitting outfield and Ramon Santiago in the lineup.
When Willis is under control, he can absolutely paint the corners. Those were great pitches to Helton.
Brian,
Are we the only ones here?
Willis is looking good, I feared a down day.
I’m loving this new Dontrelle.
And on a side note, where is everybody?
Good stuff from Dontrelle so far. His command slipped a bit earlier but he looks like he has found it again.
But of course he walks Fowler as I type that.
The top three in the lineup are 0-17 so far in the last two games. Ew.
Make that 0-19.
MLB gamecast is horrendous compared to MLB gameday.
Wow. Look at that third pitch to Barmes.
I guess effectively wild would sum up this start. The strikes to balls ratio is not pretty.
This ‘scrappy’ line-up is growing tired. Anderson is our version of Podsednik and I sure don’t want to look as stupid as the Chisox. Larish should have got the start last night and today. I mean speed is great but .320 obp is not… throw Maggs back in right put Larish at DH or give Cabrerra some rest at DH. Thomas is of poor quality too IMO.
Tired? We’ve won 7 of our last 8 games and are in 1st place. Defense and speed seems to be working fine.
Fair Enough. I don’t think a lot would be lost though if getting Larish into the line-up took precedence over either Thomas’s or Anderson’s defense. Now I am not sure where Anderson’s speed has really contributed to the 7 0f 8. Last night but come on he brings little else.
That brandon ingle foul ball fly-out is on the fans.
If you’re gonna bring your glove to a ball game and stand right next to the wall, you gotta make that catch.
haha…bartman is a marlins fan eh š
Helton is the only guy in this line up beating us. I know it was lefty vs lefty but should of considered walking him.
I don’t think were going to make a comeback today. Looks like the bats have been dead aside from Maggs.
Anderson even makes outs really fast.
Another tight low scoring game. Willis was a little wild, but he was good for the most part. This game was definitely a grind. It was even hard to watch.
Tough game. Just ran into some great pitching. Outstanding homestand, no time to get down on the boys, big series starts tomorrow.
they need to hit
We went all Chicago Cubs in this series.
Well, tomorrow they go into KC with their stopper on the mound. Hopefully the bats can wake up a bit before the game. They’ve got a couple game lead. And this next series is going to be about as intense as a series in May can be. There are some really great pitching matchups. Greinke is beatable, especially with Edwin on the mound. Meche’s peripherals say he’s pitching well but his ERA says otherwise.
Well, my Comerica Park record is intact. Since I live on the west side of the state I don’t get to many Tigers games and I have yet to see a Tigers victory at Comerica Park. I’m currently sitting at 0-4.
The offense was boring. The weather was beautiful. Our seats were pretty good. It was great to see the Tigers honor all of those veterans before the game.
The most exciting part of the game came when a squirrel somehow found itself playing left field. He skulked up to the third base coach and waited until the the half inning was over. The grounds crew came out and chased him into the Rockies bullpen – it was rather humorous. I took a video of it.
I’m just really disappointed in the Tigers lackadaisical approach at the plate. They never really worked Hammel and swung early and often. There just didn’t seem to be any sense of urgency especially after they were down two runs.
It was just one game, but I would REALLY like to see a Tigers victory one of these times.