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2010 Season, Minors

Tigers Minor League Wrap 04.20.2010

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Toledo 4 Louisville 1
Don’t look now, but Armando Galarraga is dealing. He pitched 7 shut out innings and allowed 3 hits while walking none and fanning 6. That brings his K/BB ratio to 18:1. Casper Wells brought the thump with 2 homers, a single, and a walk. Jeff Frazier added a homer and Brennan Boesch and Danny Worth both had 2 singles.

Bowie 2 Erie 7
Wilkin Ramirez singled, tripled, and walked. Audy Ciriaco assumed third base duties and picked up 2 hits, a walk, and 2 stolen bases. Lauren Gagnier struck out 7 and walked 1 in 7.2 innings of 2 hit ball.

Brevard County 3 Lakeland 5
Mark Sorensen allowed 2 runs (1 earned) in 6 innings with no walks and 3 K’s. I missed Daniel Fields getting added to the Flying Tigers roster (presumably when Guez took Clete’s spot in Toledo), but he picked up a triple today (pictured above) while manning centerfield. Kody Kaiser went 3 for 5 with 2 doubles.

West Michigan 0 Dayton 3
Jamie Johnson, Wade Gaynor, and Jordan Lennerton each singled accounting for the totality of the Whitecaps offense. Victor Larez managed to allow just 1 run on 6 hits and 1 walk in 5.2 innings despite not recording a strikeout.

2010 Season, Game Post

Game 2010.014: Tigers at Angels

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Rick Porcello will try to rack up the Tigers 4th consecutive quality start. Of course it would help with the Tigers could solve the mystery of that elusive RISP success. It’s been bad the last few games, but it is unsustainable.

The Tigers .369 team OBP may also be unsustainable, but in the short term they are facing Scott Kazmir. Kazmir allowed 11 baserunners in 4 innings against the Yankees. Maybe that short term RISP issue will continue though because Dan Dickerson tweets-out that tonight’s lineup has hit .153 against Zazmir, but with 26 walks in 40 innings.

That 15-98 against Kazmir is:

  1. Jackson, CF
  2. Damon, LF
  3. Ordonez, RF
  4. Cabrera, 1B
  5. Guillen, DH
  6. Inge, 3B
  7. Raburn, 2B
  8. Laird, C
  9. Everett, SS

Detroit Tigers at Los Angeles Angels – April 20, 2010 – MLB.com Gameday

2010 Season, Minors

Tigers Minor League Wrap 04.19.2010

Toledo 10 Indianapolis 1
Toledo pretty much had their way with the Indians. Brennan Boesch hit his 3rd homer of the year and added a single. Wil Rhymes, Jeff Larish, and Casper Wells all doubled as part of two hit days. Phil Dumatrait allowed 1 run on 4 hits, 2 walks, and 3 K’s. Scot Drucker struck out 2 and allowed just 2 hits in 4 innings dropping his ERA to 0.84.

Bowie 3 Erie 5
Wilkin Ramirez was a triple short of the cycle and he picked up an outfield assist. Andy Dirks and Deik Scram added homers. Jon Kibler lasted 7 innnings, striking out 4 and allowing 3 runs on 5 hits and a walk. Luis Marte was perfect for 2 innings with 3 K’s.

Audy Ciriaco is back from his hand injury and Santo De Leon was cut to make room.

Lakeland – PPD

Great Lakes 5 West Michigan 3
Jade Todd allowed 3 runs (2 earned) on 6 hits and a walk in 6 innings while fanning 6. Shawn Roof had 2 hits and a walk. Jamie Johnson and Wade Gaynor each drew two walks.

2010 Season, Game Post

Game 2010.013: Tigers at Angels

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Things just don’t seem to go well for the Tigers in LA (or Anaheim). For all the talk of the Tigers struggles in the Metrodome, opportunity for frustration against the Angels always seems to run high. There was this game where people questioned Justin Verlander’s acehood. And this one where Jeremy Bonderman’s arm pretty much disintegrated. Or this one which started bad, got better, and ended miserable. People just don’t remember because the games are on so late.

Tonight it is Dontrelle Willis who will try and, well, do good. The Angels have the second worst run differential in the American League (behind the Red Sox) at –17. They hadn’t won a series until sweeping the Blue Jays this weekend and are now riding a 3 game win streak. Fernando Rodney is their closer.

Joel Pineiro goes for the Angels.Pineiro was actually quite awesome his last time out. He went 7 innings in Yankee stadium and allowed just 1 run on 5 hits with no walks and seven strike outs.

Detroit Tigers at Los Angeles Angels – April 19, 2010 – MLB.com Preview

2010 Season, Game Post

Here’s to not getting swept

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I don’t know that things came any easier today for the Tigers, but the boys did enough to secure a 4-2 win and stave off panic in Detroit. Max Scherzer did his job, the offense did enough, and the bullpen locked it all down.

Scherzer was quite good for the bulk of the day, save for Casey Kotchman being a tough out. Scherzer fanned 4 in 6 innings, and was fairly efficient with 87 pitches and likely could have gone another inning or two. Leyland’s reasons for pulling him were fairly sound though. Kotchman would have been due up in the 7th inning and Scherzer wouldn’t have faced him. In between was Ken Griffey Jr so Leyland went to Phil Coke.

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2010 Season, Minors

Tigers Minor League Wrap 04.18.2010

Toledo 6 Indianapolis 9
Casper Wells homered, singled, and walked. Jeff Larish doubled and singled. Ruddy Lugo was knocked around for 3 homers and 7 runs in 4 innings. Robbie Weinhardt followed and allowed 2 runs on 4 hits, a walk, and 3 K’s in 1.2 innings.

Altoona 2 Erie 8
Andy Oliver went 6 innings and allowed 1 run on 3 hits and 2 walks while fanning 3. Brooks Brown went the last 3 innings allowing 1 run on 3 hits. Cale Iorg homered, walked, and stole a base.

Brevard County 2 Lakeland 3
Gustavo Nunez, Rawley Bishop, and Alden Carrithers all had 2 hits. Luke Putkonen picked up 6 K’s in 6.1 innings and allowing just 2 hits and a walk. Matt Hoffman and Lester Oliveros finished what was an 11 K day for the Flying Tigers pitchers.

Great Lakes 5 West Michigan 2
Jamie Johnson doubled twice and pushed his OBP to .435. Alexis Espinoza, Hernan Perez, and Wade Gaynor all had 2 hits. Trevor Feeney was hit pretty hard with 12 hits and and 5 runs in 6.2 innings. He did strike out 6 against only 1 walk though.

2010 Season, Minors

Tigers Minor League Wrap 04.17.2010

Toledo 3 Indianapolis 2
Jeff Larish homered and added 2 walks. Wil Rhymes went 2 for 3 with a walk. Alfredo Figaro pitched 5.1 shut out innings with 3 hits, 1 walk, and 4 strike outs. Daniel Schlereth allowed an unearned run on 2 hits and a walk, but he fanned 3 in 1.2 innings. Jay Sborz picked up his 4th save.

Ben Guez was called up from Lakeland as Clete Thomas hit the 7 day DL with a hamstring injury.

Altoona 5 Erie 6
Thad Weber allowed just 1 hit in 6 innings, but he walked 3 and a run crossed the plate.  Max St. Pierre homered twice, including the walk-off winner, and added a single.

Lakeland 4 Clearwater 5
Bryan Pounds went 3 for 4 with a homer. Billy Nowlin and Kody Kaiser each had 2 hits. Charlie Furbush allowed 5 runs on 7 hits and 2 walks but he struck out 7.

Great Lakes 2 West Michigan 3
Ramon Lebron fanned 5 in 5 innings and allowed 2 runs on 6 hits and a walk. Victor Larez got the 4 inning save. Alexis Espinoza homered and singled. Billy Alvino and Avisail Garcia each had 2 hits.

2010 Season, Game Post

Game 2010.011: Tigers at Mariners

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PREGAME: The Tigers lost consecutive games for the first time this season. Let’s hope they don’t lose consecutive series for the first time this season after tonight’s game goes final.

Justin Verlander is still going for his first win, and his first “ace-like” outing. The Tigers starters were delivered a nasty blow over the last 5 outings and this is an opportunity for one of those “stopper” type outings that folks are so fond of.

He goes up against the hyphenator, Ryan Rowland-Smith. Rowland-Smith has made two starts and notched only two strike outs (with 6 walks). Both of those starts came against the A’s. The Tigers faced him once last year and got to him for 5 runs and chased him in the 6th inning. Ryan Raburn and Brandon Inge took him deep.

Raburn finds himself playing right field tonight as Magglio Ordonez gets a turn at DH.

  1. Jackson, CF
  2. Raburn, RF
  3. Ordonez, DH
  4. Cabrera, 1B
  5. Guillen, LF
  6. Inge, 3B
  7. Sizemore, 2B
  8. Laird, C
  9. Everett, SS

Detroit Tigers at Seattle Mariners – April 17, 2010 – MLB.com Gameday

2010 Season, Pitching

A Discouraging Turn

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The Tigers have taken two turns through the rotation. The first was largely encouraging. A Max Scherzer 1 run effort and reasons for hope from Dontrelle Willis and Jeremy Bonderman highlighted the pass with rough but acceptable outings from Justin Verlander and Rick Porcello. This second turn though…oh man.

Using the Baseball Musings Day by Day Database it is easy to see how the starters have fared over the last 5 games and it isn’t pretty. The 12 walks issued over the 5 starts is borderline acceptable. But outside of that it is a matter of picking which number is most troublesome. Is it the 42 hits or the run-an-inning pace or the fact that strikeouts are few and far between? Or do you go with the result of all the ineffectiveness which is a bunch of short outings?

Starting Rotation via Baseball Musings

This isn’t rocket science. The starters have to pitch better. All of them. With only 4 of the hits being homers, there is some hope that the BABIP will drop. But the teams that the Tigers have faced (Indians/Royals/Mariners) are far from offensive juggernauts making this all the more concerning.

The third pass through the rotation begins today with Justin Verlander. The Tigers are the only team to not have a starter record an out after the 6th inning. That needs to change and the sooner the better.

2010 Season, Minors

Tigers Minor League Wrap 04.16.2010

Toledo 7 Indianapolis 4
Brent Dlugach went 4 for 5 pushing his season line to 410/425/564. Brennan Boesch and Max Leon each had 2 hit games while Danny Worth went 3 for 4. Enrique Gonzalez allowed 3 runs on 3 walks and 6 hits in 4.1 innings. Scot Drucker got the win pitching 3 innings of relief and allowing 1 run on 2 hits, no walks, and 5 K’s.

Erie – rained out

Lakeland 4 Clearwater 10
Rawley Bishop doubled twice. Brent Wyatt and Gustavo Nunez each had 2 hits as well. Adam Wilk surrendered 6 runs (3 earned) in 5.1 innings on 5 hits and 2 walks with 3 K’s. Tyler Conn was rocked for 4 runs while recording just 1 out in relief.

West Michigan 9 Bowling Green 4
Avisail Garcia and Jordan Lennerton each had 2 hits. Luis Palacious walked twice and doubled. Giovany Soto struggled with his command and walked 5 in 2.2 innings leading to a short outing. Melvin Mercedes allowed just 2 baserunners in 3 innings of work and got the win.