Archive for June, 2010

June 24, 2010

Game 71 Recap: Tigers Hold on, Draw Closer to Twins

Despite going 0-for-9 with runners in scoring position, the Tigers took advantage of walks and avoided a sweep, defeating the New York Mets 6-5 tonight. Armando Galarraga won his first start since his (im)perfect game, throwing six strong innings, allowing five hits and four earned runs. Most of the Mets runs can be attributed to [...]

June 24, 2010

Fungo Flash Poll: White Sox Worries?

June 24, 2010

Three for Thursday: Futures, Insights and Curious Offensive Numbers

Here are some Tigers thoughts for you to chew on while I ponder how Zach Miner can still be on the 15-day disabled list. MLB announced the rosters for the Futures Game held prior to the All-Star Game in Anaheim and the Tigers will have two representatives: Double A Erie — and soon-to-be-big-league — lefthanded [...]

June 24, 2010

Tigers Today: June 24, 2010

Tigers’ Record: 38-32, 2nd place; 1.5 GB Minnesota Today’s Game Tigers @ Mets | 7:10 p.m. ET – Citi Field | On the air: FSD/AM 1270 and 97.1 FM Pitching Matchup Armando Galarraga (2-1, 3.32 ERA) vs. LHP Hisanori Takahashi (6-2, 3.13 ERA) Yesterday’s Results Mets 5 – Tigers 0 | Fungo Recap W: R.A. [...]

June 23, 2010

Game 70 Recap: Tigers Knuckle Under

The Detroit Tigers turned in another dud of a performance tonight, falling to the New York Mets 5-0 at Citi Field tonight. The Mets veteran right-hander R.A. Dickey won his sixth start (6-0) in seven tries, throwing eight scoreless innings, allowing just four hits.  Dickey retired the final 13 batters he faced. Jeremy Bonderman pitched [...]

June 23, 2010

Good Decisions by the Tigers? Huzzah!

On Monday, Sports Illustrated‘s Jon Heyman wrote a column in which he highlights the top-20 decisions made by MLB teams in the past year. In Heyman’s view, the Tigers made two of the top decisions: 3. The Tigers’ acquisition of Austin Jackson, Max Scherzer and Phil Coke in the three-team trade with the Yankees and [...]

June 23, 2010

Tigers Today: June 23, 2010

Tigers’ Record: 38-31, 2nd place; 1.5 GB Minnesota Today’s Game Tigers @ Mets | 7:10 p.m. ET – Citi Field | On the air: ESPN-HD, FSD/AM 1270 and 97.1 FM Pitching Matchup Jeremy Bonderman (3-4, 4.06 ERA) vs. RHP R.A. Dickey (5-0, 2.82 ERA) Yesterday’s Results Mets 14 – Tigers 6 W: Fernando Nieve (2-3) [...]