August 30, 2010

Tigers Today: August 30, 2010

Tigers’ Record: 65-66, 3rd Place; 10 GB Today’s Game Off Day Tomorrow @ Minnesota Yesterday’s Results Tigers 10 – Blue Jays 4 W: Rick Porcello (7-11) L: Marc Rzepczynski (1-2) HR: Ryan Raburn 2 (10), Brandon Inge (9)

July 19, 2010

Monday Mankowskis: Playoff Odds, Rayburn’s D, Stephen Drew’s Luck

The horror of the weekend sweep in Cleveland hasn’t completely washed away here at Daily Fungo HQ. Saturday night’s game was so disappointing that yesterday’s seemed more like a scrimmage … A scrimmage that counts. But a new week is here and the Tigers are at home, where they excel. Instead of focusing on this [...]

June 25, 2010

Tigers Today: June 25, 2010

Tigers’ Record: 39-32, 2nd place; 1/2-game behind Minnesota Today’s Game Tigers @ Braves | 7:35 p.m. ET – Turner Field | On the air: FSD/AM 1270 and 97.1 FM Pitching Matchup Andy Oliver (0-0, 0.00 ERA) vs. RHP Kris Medlen (4-1, 3.33 ERA) Yesterday’s Results Tigers 6 – Mets 5 | Fungo Recap W: Armando [...]

June 16, 2010

Tigers Today: June 16, 2010

Tigers’ Record: 34-29, 2nd place; 2.5 GB Minnesota Today’s Game Tigers vs. Nationals | 7:05 p.m. ET – Comerica Park | On the air: FSD/AM 1270 and 97.1 FM Pitching Matchup Justin Verlander (7-4, 3.56 ERA) vs. RHP Livan Hernandez (5-3, 2.28 ERA) Yesterday’s Results Tigers 7 – Nationals 4 W: Max Scherzer (3-6) L: [...]

June 16, 2010

The Brandon Inge Conundrum

Note: I started writing this piece and realized that Tom Gage wrote about 900 words on the same topic. While it might not be the freshest take, I’m posting it anyway for your consideration. For the life of me, I can’t remember a Tigers player that enraged me the way Brandon Inge does these days. [...]

April 27, 2010

Game 21: Twins 2 – Tigers 0

ESPN highlights available here. The Score: Twins 2 – Tigers 0 The Gist: Justin Verlander was the tough-luck loser on a night when Ryan Raburn‘s lead-gloved defense cost the Tigers dearly. And on a night when Francisco Liriano showed that he might be back in pre-arm-injury form, the Tigers got fewer hits (5) than the [...]

April 24, 2010

Game 18: Tigers 8 – Rangers 4

ESPN highlights available here. The Score: Tigers 8 – Rangers 4 The Gist: For the first time in nearly nine years, Brad Thomas took the hill as a starter and did enough to keep the Tigers in the game until the offense took over in a kooky fourth inning. With two outs that inning, Ryan [...]