Archive for April 18th, 2008

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The Gist: After squandering more than a few chances early in the game, Tigers hitters teed off in the sixth and seventh innings for six runs on their way to an 8-4 win over the Blue Jays at Rogers Centre. Kenny Rogers pitched 6.2 innings allowing only three hits and four earned [...]

Tonight Kenny Rogers started out rough giving up four runs, and the Tiger hitters left men too many men on base in the first five innings.  They were unable to take advantage of 7 walks given up by David Purcey, a man called up from AAA Syracuse. 
In the 6th inning things changed when the Tigers got [...]

By now you know how we like to recognize the birthdays of current and former Tigers. Imagine our excitement to run across this many birthdays for April 18:

Miguel Cabrera, 25
Rico Brogna, 38
Brian Dubois, 41
Doug Flynn, 57
“Wahoo Sam” Crawford, would have been 128

And from the Baseball-Reference.com archives:
1991 - A sellout crowd of 42,191 watch the Chicago [...]

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The Gist: Justin Verlander got lit up. Again. This time the Tigers’ 0-3 ace allowed five runs on seven hits in five innings to take the loss. The 11-1 loss to the Indians, leaves the Tigers with a Lions-esque record of 5 and 11. The Tigers had Cleveland starter Fausto Carmona on [...]