August 19, 2011
By Mike McClary in Featured,The Daily Breakfast | 0 comments
Welcome to the weekend and a big series against the Indians at Comerica Park. Cleveland will avoid facing Justin Verlander in the three-game set, much to the chagrin of Tigers fans. Leading Off: The Tigers were off on Thursday and likely spent part of the day kicking themselves over missing an opportunity to beat the [...]
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August 16, 2011
By Mike McClary in Featured,The Daily Breakfast | 1 comment
The Tuesday Rundown The Tigers are in first place, two games ahead of the Indians. Today’s Game: Tigers vs. Twins - Justin Verlander (17-5, 2.35 ERA) vs. RHP Nick Blackburn (7-9, 4.36 ERA) | 7:05 p.m. – FSD/1270 AM and 97.1 FM From STATS, LLC: Verlander has won five straight starts with a 2.61 ERA, striking out 43 in [...]
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August 13, 2011
By Mike McClary in Featured,The Daily Breakfast | 0 comments
Good Saturday morning. Thank goodness Al Alburquerque is going to be okay after a batting practice scare yesterday. The Tigers placed Alburquerque on the seven-day disabled list with a concussion effective August 12 and recalled Ryan Perry from Toledo. Perry appeared in 20 games with the Mud Hens, posting a 3-0 record, 3.03 ERA, seven [...]
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August 11, 2011
By Mike McClary in Featured,The Daily Breakfast | 0 comments
Good Thursday morning. Two games into this Indians series things have gone about as bad as could be expected. But take heart, tonight there’s J.V. Leading Off: If Tuesday night/Wednesday morning’s gut-wrenching loss to the Indians was bad, Wednesday evening’s 10-3 destruction was insulting. Rick Porcello’s teammates scratched across three runs in the fourth inning [...]
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August 9, 2011
By Mike McClary in The Daily Breakfast | 0 comments
A fine Tuesday to you. Now that the Tigers know who their manager will be for the next year or so we can all go back to relaxing as we think about the last six weeks of 2011. Leading Off: On Sunday the Tigers allowed Bruce Chen to bamboozle them for the better part of [...]
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August 6, 2011
By Mike McClary in Featured,The Daily Breakfast | 0 comments
Welcome to the weekend. Leading Off: The Royals or the Tigers’ bullpen, depending on your point of view, did their best to ruin another terrific outing by Rick Porcello – but neither was up to the task. The Tigers came back, after leading 3-0, to win 4-3 in 10 innings. Daniel Schlereth (1-1) earned the [...]
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August 4, 2011
By Mike McClary in Featured,The Daily Breakfast | 0 comments
Good Thursday morning. The Tigers are in position to sweep a series for the first time since June 8, also against the Rangers. They lost that series finale 7-3. Leading Off: Clutch homers, this one from Alex Avila, gave the Tigers and Doug Fister a 5-4 win over the Rangers. Fister pitched seven innings, scattered [...]
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