Archive for June, 2010

June 20, 2010

Game 68 Recap: Homestand Ends with Another ‘W’

Late inning home runs from Brennan Boesch and Carlos Guillen propelled the Tigers to a 3-1 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Father’s Sunday.  The win improved the Tigers to 8-1 on the homestand, as they prepare to head east on Tuesday. After laboring through the first five innings, Max Scherzer was able to buckle [...]

June 20, 2010

Tigers Today: June 20, 2010

Tigers’ Record: 37-30, 2nd place; 1.5 GB Minnesota Today’s Game Tigers vs. Diamondbacks | 1:05 p.m. ET – Comerica Park | On the air: FSD/AM 1270 and 97.1 FM Pitching Matchup Max Scherzer (3-6, 6.14 ERA) vs. RHP Ian Kennedy (3-4, 3.57 ERA) Yesterday’s Results Diamondbacks 6 – Tigers 5 | Fungo Recap W: Edwin [...]

June 19, 2010

Game 67 Recap: Tigers/D’Backs Streaks End

The Tigers went 3-for-17 with runners in scoring position, and fell to the Arizona Diamondbacks 6-5 tonight at Comerica. The loss ended the Tigers’ season high 7-game win streak, and snapped a 14-game road losing streak for the D’Backs.  The last road win for Arizona came on May 17th in Florida. In his return to [...]

June 19, 2010

Tigers Today: June 19, 2010

Tigers’ Record: 37-29, 2nd place; 1/2-game back of Minnesota Today’s Game Tigers vs. Diamondbacks | 7:05 p.m. ET – Comerica Park | On the air: FSD/AM 1270 and 97.1 FM Pitching Matchup Rick Porcello (4-6, 6.09) vs. RHP Edwin Jackson (3-6, 5.18) Yesterday’s Results Tigers 7 – Diamondbacks 5 | Fungo Recap W: Phil Coke [...]

June 18, 2010

Game 66 Recap: Timely Hitting Extends Two Streaks

Brandon Inge hit an RBI triple to the deepest part of Comerica Park in the bottom of the eighth inning Friday night, lifting the Tigers to a 7-5 win over the Diamondbacks. The Tigers extended both their win streak to seven, and the Diamondbacks road losing streak to 14. After spoiling both 4-0 and 5-4 [...]

June 18, 2010

Rob Neyer on Brennan Boesch

ESPN.com’s Rob Neyer fields this question today on his SweetSpot blog: “Can [Brennan] Boesch be considered a real long-term threat, comparable to [Braves rookie Jason] Heyward?”: Here’s how Rob sees it: … [I]n almost every way they’re not particularly comparable. Boesch is not a particularly good left fielder; by most accounts Heyward is a fine [...]

June 18, 2010

Series Preview: Tigers vs. Diamondbacks

The Tigers welcome the Diamondbacks to town this weekend and it will be a series dripping with irony and plot lines. Some will focus on the return of Dontrelle Willis and Edwin Jackson. Others will welcome back D-backs’ bench coach and Tigers legend (at least in my mind) Kirk Gibson. Still others may peer at [...]