Archive for the 'Game Recaps' Category

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 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 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 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 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 17, 2010

Game 65 Recap: Bonderman Sharp, Offense Relentless

Jeremy Bonderman threw seven strong innings and the offense added 19 hits as the Tigers defeated the Washington Nationals 8-3 on Thursday afternoon. The victory caps a second straight series sweep, and overall 6-game win streak, a stretch in which the Tigers have scored 37 runs on a whopping 70 hits.  It’s a pleasant sight [...]

May 26, 2010

The Quotable Recap: Game 45

I’m trying something new today with the game recaps, switching up the format that I’ve used over the past two seasons. Call it the Quotable Recap, a brief summary of the previous Tigers game in the words of the players or, in many cases, Jim Leyland. Here’s the first one; let me know what you [...]