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Verlander Is Cruising

By Blake VandeBunte • May 3rd, 2009 • Category: 2009 Season, Brandon Inge, Carlos Guillen, Cleveland Indians, Fernando Rodney, Justin Verlander, Ryan Raburn

The Tigers offense took their time in getting to Cliff Lee today.  Fortunately, when they finally did score some runs they were still in the game, thanks to another terrific pitching performance from Justin Verlander.
Verlander had 10 strikeouts through 5 innings today and finished the day with 11 in 7 innings of work.  The game [...]


Good Trip

By Blake VandeBunte • Apr 26th, 2009 • Category: 2009 Season, Armando Galarraga, Brandon Inge, Fernando Rodney, Josh Anderson, Kansas City Royals

GAME SUMMARY:

Final Score: Tigers 3  Royals 2
WP: Armando Galarraga (3-0)  6 innings, 3 H, 1 ER, 5 BB, 7 K
LP: Sidney Ponson (3-0)  8 innings, 6 H, 3 ER, 7 K
SV: Fernando Rodney (4)
HR: Brandon Inge (7)

Boy, I really thought the Tigers bats would do a lot better against Sidney Ponson.  Oh well, a win’s [...]


Tigers Comeback To Beat the Angels

By Blake VandeBunte • Apr 23rd, 2009 • Category: Brandon Inge, Curtis Granderson, Josh Anderson, Justin Verlander

GAME SUMMARY:

Final Score: Tigers 12  Angels 10
WP: Juan Rincon (1-0)  1 inning, 2 H, 2 BB, 1 R
LP: Scot Shields (0-2)  0 innings, 2 H, 2 BB, 4 R
HR: Brandon Inge (5), Curtis Granderson (5), Kendry Morales (1)

That was a decent ballgame.  The Tigers lost a disappointing game in the first game of their series [...]


Tigers Fall Out West

By Blake VandeBunte • Apr 22nd, 2009 • Category: 2009 Season, Armando Galarraga, Brandon Inge, Brandon Lyon, Carlos Guillen, Curtis Granderson, Los Angeles Angels

GAME SUMMARY:

Final Score: Angels 4  Tigers 3
WP: Jose Arredondo (1-0)  1 inning, 0 H, 0 R, 0 K
LP: Brandon Lyon (1-2)  2 innings, 2 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 0 K
SV: Brandon Fuentes (3)
HR: Torri Hunter (5), Curtis Granderson (3,4)

Last night was a lesson in why you shouldn’t stay up late for west coast night [...]


Patience Is A Virtue

By Blake VandeBunte • Apr 14th, 2009 • Category: 2009 Season, Brandon Inge

Brandon Inge has been with the Tigers organization since 1998 and has been in the big leagues since 2001.  Over that time Tigers fans have loved and hated Inge.  Those two groups have varying opinions about him, including:

Good:  He’s got a lot of power.
Bad: He strikes out way too much.
Good: He’s amazing on defense.
Bad: He [...]


That’s More Like It

By Blake VandeBunte • Apr 12th, 2009 • Category: 2009 Season, Brandon Inge, Brandon Lyon, Edwin Jackson, Texas Rangers

GAME SUMMARY:

Final Score:  Tigers 6  Texas 4
WP: Brandon Lyon (1-1): 2 innings, 0 H, 0 R
LP: CJ Wilson (0-1): 0.1 inning, 4 H, 6 R
SV: Fernando Rodney (2)
HR: Josh Hamilton (1), Ian Kinsler (2), Brandon Inge (4)

After starting the season 1-3 in Toronto, the Tigers have responded fully by sweeping the previously undefeated Texas Rangers [...]


Tigers Cruise Past Texas

By Blake VandeBunte • Apr 10th, 2009 • Category: 2009 Season, Armando Galarraga, Brandon Inge, Miguel Cabrera

GAME SUMMARY:

Final Score:
WP: Armando Galarraga  7 innings, 1 ER, 8 K   (1-0)
LP: Kris Benson  5 innings 10 H, 8 R  (0-1)
HR: Nelson Cruz (3), Miguel Cabrera (3), Jeff Larish (1)

Again, I don’t want to get in the habit of a “traditional” game summary here, you can get that information just about everywhere else.  The Tigers [...]


Bullpen Blows it for Jackson

By Blake VandeBunte • Apr 7th, 2009 • Category: 2009 Season, Brandon Inge, Brandon Lyon, Edwin Jackson, Miguel Cabrera, Toronto Blue Jays

GAME SUMMARY:

Final Score: Toronto 5  Detroit 4
WP: BJ Ryan (1-0)
LP: Brandon Lyon (0-1)
HR: Scott Rolen (1), Aaron Hill (1), Brandon Inge (2)

And you thought yesterday’s loss was a punch in the throat.  The Tigers got a great start, one of the best we will see all year, from Edwin Jackson and they still lost.
Jackson needed [...]


Here We Go Again

By Blake VandeBunte • Apr 6th, 2009 • Category: 2009 Season, Brandon Inge, Curtis Granderson, Justin Verlander, Magglio Ordonez, Miguel Cabrera, Toronto Blue Jays

GAME SUMMARY:

Final Score: Toronto 12  Detroit 5
WP: Roy Halladay (1-0)
LP: Justin Verlander (0-1)
HR: Curtis Granderson, Brandon Inge, Travis Snider and Adam Lind

Boy, oh boy, was that disappointing.  I got over to be my friend Kenny’s house at about 2:30 to spend the entire day watching baseball.  It started out decently.  It was pretty satisfying to [...]


What Could Have Been: Batters

By Blake VandeBunte • Mar 10th, 2009 • Category: 2009 Season, Brandon Inge, Carlos Guillen, Gary Sheffield, Magglio Ordonez

The state of Michigan is really struggling through the recession. Ticket sales will likely take a nose dive in 2009 no matter how good the team is. What if the club wasn’t stuck with some of these pricey deals? What are some of the alternatives?


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