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Galarraga Wins Season Debut

Armando Galarraga made his first start of the season for the Tigers and while he thought he could do better, the end result was a win.  He needed 103 pitches to get through 5 2/3 innings and he gave up a run on three hits and three walks with five strikeouts.  The pen then did their thing (again) with Jeremy Bonderman, Ryan Perry and Jose Valverde throwing a shutout inning each.  The only reliever who really got into trouble was Fu-Te Ni, who gave up a couple of singles and a walk before he got J.D. Drew to strike out to end the inning.

Jim Leyland put Ramon Santiago second in the order and he belted his first home run of the season.  Johnny Damon went two for two with two walks, a run and an BRI and Danny Worth made his major league debut and he went one for three with an RBI.

The Twins also won so the Tigers still sit 2 1/2 games back of first.  Next up are the White Sox who have still been struggling to start the season.  Rick Porcello looks to follow up his best start of the season earlier in the week against the Yankees and the Tigers will take on a familiar face in Freddy Garcia.  The White Sox are the only AL Central team the Tigers haven’t faced this year and it’s a two game series before the Tigers head out west again.



Tigers Make Some Changes

If you had asked me during spring training what the future was for some of the Tigers newer players, I would have predicted that Scott Sizemore would struggle, Austin Jackson would start the season in Triple A and eventually get up to the majors mid-year and that Max Scherzer would win 13-15 and make a solid number two option to Justin Verlander.  I got the Scott Sizemore part right but Austin Jackson not only made the team, he’s contending for a batting title.  And now Max Scherzer, after a rough start to the season, has been sent down to Toledo to work on his stuff.  Sizemore joins him in what’s the first big overhaul of the Tigers starting front.

The Tigers are 21-16 and while their 3 1/2 games back of the Twins, the Tigers must have felt it was time to address some of their problems now. Carlos Guillen coming off of the disabled list also must have called their hand.   So Guillen will be the new second baseman and Armando Galarraga will rejoin the Tigers rotation (and he pitches today).  Danny Worth was also called up and he’ll see some time at second base, along with Ramon Santiago, until Guillen comes back.

At second, Sizemore was the 31st “best” defensive second baseman if you use Bill James Online’s runs saved system so even with Guillen over there, it can’t get much worse.  Galarraga was solid for the Hens (although two starts ago he was rocked) so we’ll see how it all plays out.

The Tigers won in twelve last night and Brennan Boesch continued to rake.  He went four for six with two RBIs.  Ramon Santiago drove in the game winner with a bases loaded walk and Brandon Inge tied the game in the eighth with a one run double.  The pen pitched 5 2/3 shutout innings and Joel Zumaya shined again with 2 1/3 innings of shutout relief.  Good stuff in the 7-6 win and in front of a packed house no less.  This afternoon it’s John Lackey against Galarraga.



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Ernie Harwell = Baseball

It’s a simple calculation.  When I grew up, baseball becamse a passion for me.  The Tigers had their share of good teams in the 1980s and one of the things people take for granted is all of the baseball on television.  Back then (I sound like an old man), you got around 30-40 games on television a year.  You got the game of the week on Saturdays and that would be your only chance to see teams from the National League (as well as the All Star Game, which was still a big deal).  If you wanted to follow your team, you had the newspapers and then the radio.  For most of my growing years, Ernie Harwell (and Paul Carey, who I feel is vastly underrated and should get some props as well) was the man.  As a kid you didn’t know how good he was because you didn’t have anything to compare it to.  He was just the guy who described everything for you so you could follow the game.

His catch phrases were all classics and he did a great job of not overusing them.  I remember doing a double take when he called a foul ball and said it was caught by a gentleman from Southgate (my hometown) and whenever the Tigers turn a double play, “two for the price of one,” pops into my head to this day.

Most nights, I fell asleep listening to the game.  I didn’t have the transistor radio under my pillow, I had the radio with a set of headphones so I could listen covertly.  To this day, Ernie’s voice is imprinted in my brain and whenever he’s on a commercial or something, I don’t even have to look to know who it is.

Now he’s gone.  And while it’s a little sad, you know Mr. Harwell, who was a man of deep faith, is in a better place.  Your’e one of a kind Ernie.  Thanks for all of the memories.



Weekend Wrap

The Tigers capped off a great week with yet another win as they put together their fifth straight win.  They didn’t need a bunch of home runs or a walk off hit but what they did get is some solid pitching by Justin Verlander to go with some timely hitting.  Verlander threw 120 pitches and pitched into the ninth inning but the Tigers needed Jose Valverde to get the final two outs of the game.  This was just what the Tigers needed because it gave the rest of the pen a much needed break.  Verlander gave up just three hits with seven strikeouts in 8 1/3 innings.

Verlander threw a 98 mph fastball to the final batter he face in the ninth inning.  Earlier in the inning, he threw four consecutive fastballs to Maicer Izturis where he was consistently in the mid-90s so Verlander still had it even with all of the innings he threw.

The Tigers did most of their damage in the fifth inning when they scored four runs.  Five hits, a walk and a wild pitch resulted in four runs.  Austin Jackson then drove in a run in the sixth with a single.  He finished three for five and he’s now hitting .367.  Jackson is also getting it done in the field and at least according to =/-, Jackson is the seventh most effective centerfielder in baseball right now.

On Saturday, the Tigers won a barnburner.  Johnny Damon hit his first home run as a Tiger and it was a walk off blast.  Jeremy Bonderman also had his best start so far this year with six innings of good enough pitching.   The pen also came through with three innings of shutout relief.

The win kept the Tigers a half game back of the Twins and they’re five games ahead of the third place Indians.  Now the Tigers have to play their first game at Target Field as they take on the Twins for three beginning tomorrow.  Game one has Max Scherzer going up against Scott Baker.  Both pitchers have struggled at times and hopefully Scherzer puts something nice together.

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Tigers Storm Back to Beat Rangers 8-4

Brad Thomas made his first start as a Tiger and it was his first start since 2001 when he played for the Twins.  Things didn’t start out well though because he gave up four runs in the first two frames and he only pitched three innings.  Fortunately from there, the pitching got better.  Eddie Bonine pitched three scoreless innings and he picked up his second win of the season.  Joel Zumaya (more on him in a second) struck out five in two shutout innings and then Jose Valverde pitched the ninth and allowed just one hit.  I didn’t see why Leyland went with Thomas over Bonine but based on the way the two have pitched, you’d think Bonine would get the nod next time unless Leyland wants him to focus on coming out of the pen, which he’s done a good job of doing this year.

Joel Zumaya has now thrown 12 innings and he’s allowed just nine hits, no walks and no runs.  Yesterday was his fourth outing where he pitched two innings and while it’s a little early to say he’s back, he’s looked really good in this first month of the season.  He came into the game to start the seventh and during that frame, he threw 13 pitches.  One was a curveball (the lone hit he gave up to Vlad Guerrero. and the rest were fastballs.  Out of his first seven pitches, five were 100 mph or more (two times he touched 101).  In the eighth, he struck out the side on 15 pitches and while he didn’t touch 100 mph, he was consistently at or around 98 (he bottomed out at 96 a couple of times).  If Joel can pitch like this most of the season, the Tigers might have one of the best one/two punches in baseball with Zumaya and Valverde.

Johnny Damon had a double and three walks in the game.  He scored twice, drove in two and his batting average is now up to .328 after a slow start.  Miguel Cabrera drove in his 22nd run of the month and Magglio Ordonez doubled and drove in a pair.  Ordonez now has eight extra base hits which is almost where he was at the end of May last year.

It didn’t take long for Carlos Guillen to hit the disabled list.  Brennan Boesch got the call up and he strarted in left field for the second straight game.  He drove in his first big league run.

As a team, the Tigers lead the American League in OBP with a .372 mark, just ahead of the Yankees at .371.  They’re also second in doubles with 48, just behind the Blue Jays at 50.  Of course they’re second to last in home runs with ten (just ahead of the Mariners with eight) and eight of those ten are by Magglio Ordonez and Miguel Cabrera.  Carlos Guillen and Don Kelly have the other two.

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The Tigers try to take the lead in the series this afternoon. Rick Porcello goes up against Colby Lewis.



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Tigers Fall to .500 After Second Straight Loss to Angels

At the beginning of the season, f you would have asked me if I’d take a 7-7 record after fourteen games I probably would have taken it.  Of course your perception changes after a 5-1 start but despite that stellar first week, the Tigers now find themselves with an even 7-7 record after a rough start by Rick Porcello last night.  In all, he gave up six runs and didn’t make it out of the fifth inning.  I only caught a bit of the game so I don’t know why he was roughed up but of the nine outs that were in play, seven were ground outs which is typical Porcello.  He did give up three doubles which isn’t typical Porcello though.  He did strike out five but he walked two and gave up eight hits.

Fu-Te Ni and Joel Zumaya did a nice job of keeping the Tigers in it.  Ni threw 1 2/3 shutout innings and he stranded an inherited runner at second base in the fifth.  Joel Zumaya struck out two in two shutout innings and he still hasn’t given up a run this year.

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Miguel Cabrera helped make it close in the 6-5 loss with three RBIs.  He doubled and singled.  Brandon Inge doubled and drove in a pair while Magglio Ordonez singled, drew a walk and scored twice.  In all, the Tigers struck out thirteen times. 

The Tigers still have a chance to walk away with a 2-2 split in the four game series but they have some work to do tonight.  Jeremy Bonderman will be on the mound and he’ll face Jered Weaver.  The former first round pick and brother of former Tiger Jeff Weaver is off to a nice start this season.



How the 2003 Tigers May Have Killed Jeremy Bonderman’s Career

I know we’d all like to forget the Tigers’ 2003 season.  Yeah, the one where we needed five wins in our last six games just to avoid losing a record 120 games.  There’s not too many player’s left from that team but one of them still on the Tiger’s roster is Jeremy Bonderman.  In his rookie at the age of 20, Bonderman was shut down near the end of the season so he’d avoid losing 20 games in his first season.  From then on, Bonderman was viewed as a future ace and that came through in 2006 when he had a career year with 202 strikeouts in 214 innings.  Since then though, he’s had half of a good season in 2007 and mostly injuries since.  Also after the 2006 season, Jeremy Bonderman signed a big four year deal that the Tigers are still paying for.

What went wrong?  Now Bonderman is struggling to touch 90 mph and he’s not the same pitcher.  He has his third start of the season tomorrow and the hope is that he bounces back like Dontrelle Willis did but you wonder if he’ll ever be the hard thrower that he was coming up prior to signing that big contract.

Of course the problem is two fold.  First, Bonderman is struggling mightily.  Second, the Tigers are paying him, and have been paying him, a lot of money for some subpar seasons.  A big reason for both of these problems could lie in that rookie season in 2003.

1)  Because the Tigers were so bad in 2003, Jeremy Bonderman was rushed up to fill a hole in the rotation.  After being picked in the first round of the 2001 draft, Bonderman played the 2002 season in Modesto and Lakeland, the Athletics and Tigers High-A affiliates.  He was good, but the next season he was in the Tigers rotation.  One of the knocks on Bonderman has always been that he’s never developed a great third pitch.  If he had another season and a half in the minors rather then fighting for his life against MLB hitters, he might have had the latitude to more fully develop a good change up.  He lived on that fastball and slider and that got him by for a while but now with the loss of velocity, having that third pitch in his arsenal could go a long way towards him making a comeback.

2)  Similarly, Bonderman wasn’t on as short of a leash innings wise as he might have been if he had pitched in the minors.  Bonderman didn’t work too hard but he had five starts where he topped 100 pitches and even went as high as 119 in 2003.  His 162 innings don’t sound like much, but that’s a lot more batters then he would have seen with 162 innings down in the minors.

In 2004, he went over 100 pitches 12 times as a 21 year old.  He put up 184 innings and again, had he spent most of the season at Triple-A, he would have thrown to a lot fewer batters in the same amount of innings. 

3)  The Tigers got his salary clock ticking a lot sooner by bringing him up early.  Even with one more year in the minors, had Bonderman had the breakout season in 2006, he would have been in his first year of arbitration and not his second.  The Tiger MO has been to lock up players after their second year of arbitration eligibility so had the Tigers waited, they might have waited a year to give Bonderman the big year and even if they did, the odds are good he wouldn’t have gotten as much overall.  Possibly enough for another piece of the puzzle as the Tigers get further into the 2010 season.

Yeah, I know there’s plenty of what ifs here but there’s also a ton of logic.  It’s hard to rewrite history as well but it’s hard to argue that bringing Bonderman up as early as the Tigers did was a good move, especially in hindsight.



First Win Eludes Dontrelle Willis Despite Solid Start

Dontrelle Willis is now two for three.  He’s looked decent in his two of his first three starts this season and for the second time this season, he went six innings and gave up just two runs.  Unfortunately, his first win has eluded him because the Tigers were shut out last night in a 2-0 loss to the Angels.  Willis gave up two runs on four hits and two walks with two strikeouts in six frames.  Eddie Bonine pitched the final two innings and he didn’t allow a hit.

The Tigers picked up nine hits (over twice as many as the Angels’ four) but they couldn’t push a single runner across.  They didn’t draw a walk and they stranded eight batters.  Johnny Damon and Magglio Ordonez both had a pair of singles while Miguel Cabrera had the lone extra base hit with a double.

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Probably the most disheartening part of the game was when Fernando Rodney put the Tigers down in order in the ninth.  Scott Sizemore struck out to finish up the game.

The Twins lost so the Tigers sit two games back of them.  Tonight it’ll be Rick Porcello against Scott Kazmir.  Kazmir had a rough first start so hopefully the Tigers can catch him while he’s down.



Tigers Avoid Sweep Behind Max Scherzer's Solid Start

At least one Tiger starter was able to hold the Mariners in check as the Tigers avoided a sweep this afternoon with a 4-2 win.  Scherzer pitched six strong innings in which he gave up just two runs on six hits and a walk with four strikeouts.  Ryan Perry pitched out of a self induced jam in the eighth inning before Jose Valverde came in for his third save of the season.

Miguel Cabrera had the big hit with a three run blast in the third inning.  He also doubled.  Austin Jackson had three hits including a triple (that should have been an in the park home run if it wasn’t called an error) and Johnny Damon is showing signs of life with two hits and a run.  Brandon Inge drew three walks and he now has eight walks to go with six strikeouts this season.  This is pretty much a shift in his career because he’s sitting on 981 career strikeouts with only 347 walks.

Next up are the Angels.  Dontrelle Willis gets another look in the opener tomorrow and the Tigers will take their chances against Joel Pineiro.  Joel is 6-2 with a 2.66 ERA in eleven starts against the Tigers in his career.

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Justin Verlander Has First Solid Start, Tigers Still Lose

The Mariners have now scored almost as many runs in their first two games against the Tigers (15) as they did in their first ten games (16).  Still, Justin Verlander was solid, the Tigers just couldn’t get anything going against Ryan-Roland Smith and the Mariners.  Verlander gave up three runs on seven hits and a walk with six strikeouts in seven innings and he was pretty efficient (102) pitches. 

Joel Zumaya got two batters out and pitched to three batters in total to finish things up for the Tigers.  To Franklin Gutierrez, he threw four fastballs (99, 100, 101, 98 mph) where he gave up an inherited runner.  To the next batter, he finally went off-speed and started off with two curveballs before throwing  two 100 mph fastballs for the strikeout.  Then to Ken Griffey, Jr., he mixed it up again.  First he threw a 101 mph fastball before throwing two curveballs for balls.  Then he went back to the fastball for 101 mph.  His offspeed pitches were in the low to mid-80s, which is perfect if he can get it over for strikes.  He hasn’t given up a run himself yet, but I’ll have to go back and check to see how many inherited runners he’s given up. Still, so far, so good for Zumaya’s comeback.

At the plate, Scott Sizemore picked things up and he went two for four with a double and a run.  Magglio Ordonez drew a walk and belted his fourth home run of the season.  Through eleven games, he’s kept his OPS up above 1.000.  I’ve been very impressed with his eye at the plate.  He’s walked seven times already with just five strikeouts.  Ordonez is also coming up on a milestone and with four runs, he’ll be at 1,000 for his career.

The Tigers try to avoid the sweep this afternoon.  Max Scherzer goes for his first win as a Tiger and the Mariners throw Ian Snell.  Game time is 4:10.



Punchless Mariners Pummel Bonderman

Prior to last night’s game, the Seattle Mariners had scored 16 runs in their first ten games.  Last night, Jeremy Bonderman gave up 10 runs (and Brad Thomas one run) by the end of the fifth inning.  That’s not very encouraging after a solid first start for Bonderman.  Velocity was once again the problem.  By the second inning, some of his fastballs were clocking in at 86 mph.  He did dial it up against Milton Bradley in the second (92 mph then he punched him out with a called strike slider).  He touched the low 90s after that but rarely did he get above 90 mph.  This is a guy who, in 2006, had the sixth best average fastball for starters in the AL  (thank you Bill James Handbook) with 93.3 mph and in 2005, he was second in the AL with 03.2 mph.  Now he’s lucky to touch that in a game, much less average it for a start (or a season).  I’m going to write more about this and my thoughts on why Jeremy Bonderman is where he is (I’ll give you a hint, it has to do with 2003).

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Miguel Cabrera doubled and drove in two to lead the Tigers at the plate.  The Tigers struck out ten times and nine of those were at the hands of Felix Hernandez.  The Tigers also made three errors and that brings their season total up to eleven and that’s the most in the American League. Scott Sizemore is already up to three errors and he’s struggled at the plate.  Just something to keep an eye on because that’s not helping out the pitching any.

Justin Verlander goes for his first win tonight against Ryan Rowland-Smith.  Also look for some more original content this week.  Tax season is over with and I have the writing bug and I’ve had a couple of column ideas.

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Bullpen Struggles in Tigers Loss to Royals

Jim Leyland’s lineup construction always baffles me.  Sometime’s it works and sometimes it doesn’t.  I’ve always been convinced he writes in the position first then fills in the person second which is why we have Ryan Raburn and his career .331 OBP leading off today.  He did go one for four with a run but why not put Carlos Guillen, who has a pretty good eye, up there when Austin Jackson has the day off.

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Anyway, the Tigers lost this afternoon.  Rick Porcello pitched six rough innings in which he gave up ten hits before the pen had their struggles.  Ryan Perry gave up a pair of runs in one inning and he fell to 0-1 while Phil Coke also struggled when he gave up two runs.  Coke has the interesting distinction of having a higher WHIP (2.00) then he does ERA (1.50).  It’s a small sample size but you get those aberations early.

Johnny Damon doubled and singled in the 7-3 loss.  Magglio Ordonez hit his third home run of the season and he drew two walks.  Man, he and Cabrera have really raked in the first week and a half of the season.  Brandon Inge also had another nice game and he went one for two with two walks.

The Tigers get their first day off in over a week before they head out west (and south) to start a eleven game road trip.  First up are the Mariners, who don’t score too many runs so I like their chances.  This all leads into a three game home series in a week and a half against the Twins.  Oddly, their next day off isn’t until May 6 so they’re going to be playing 20 straight games.  Leyland’s going to have to get everyone a day off here and there to keep everyone fresh because that’s a long time especially this early in the season.



Comeback Kids

We’re only eight games into the season but the Tigers pulled off yet another spectacular comeback win as they snatched victory from the jaws of defeat against the Royals this afternoon.  Down 5-0, the Tigers rallied for six runs in the bottom of the seventh as they improved on their already solid record.  The big hit was a two run double by Carlos Guillen that pushed across the tying and winning runs.  In fact the Tigers had four doubles in the game and all four came in that big seventh inning.

On the pitching side, Dontrelle Willis was shaky.  He got out of a bases loaded jam in the first, calmed down a little in the second but then got into trouble in the third where he gave up three runs.  He gave up nine hits and three walks in just five innings.  Joel Zumaya gave up an unearned run in two innings of relief and he improved to 2-0.  Ryan Perry and Jose Valverde then threw shutout innings to close out the game.  For Valverde, it was his second save of the season.

Gerald Laird and Scott Sizemore each had two this in the 6-5 win.  Austin Jackson doubled, drew a walk, scored a run and drove in one.

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The rubber game is tomorrow afternoon.  Rick Porcello gets the start while Kyle Davies throws for the Royals.



Max Scherzer Is Roughed Up In Loss to KC

Max Scherzer got off to a decent enough start yesterday by pitching three scoreless innings but four in the fourth and one in the fifth cut his start short in the Tigers second loss of the season.  It also didn’t help that the Tigers made four errors in this one which is part of the reason Scherzer only had two his runs come out earned.  Brad Thomas was also hit hard and he gave up four runs in 2 1/3 innings.

Carlos Guillen went two for three and he belted his first home run of the season.  Austin Jackson went two for five while Brandon Inge continued his hot hitting with two doubles and two RBIs.

The Tigers are playing the Royals again as I write this.  Dontrelle Willis is off to a rough start (bases loaded with two outs).  He walked two and gave up a single so we’ll see if he pitches out of it.  Brian Bannister gets the start for the Royals.



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This is getting fun.  Down 8-3, the Tigers rallied for six runs in the final frames to finish up a sweep over the Cleveland Indians.  The Tigers finished with nine runs off of 18 hits and there were plenty of hitting stars.  How the Tigers got it done in the ninth was particularly interesting though because Miguel Carbera scored the tying run off of a Johnny Damon walk and then Carlos Guillen scored on a wild pitch to win it.   Scott Sizemore and Miguel Cabrera had three hits each.  Carbera, Carlos Guillen and Ramon Santiago all scored two runs and Magglio Ordonez drove in a pair.  16 of the Tigers 18 hits were singles and they also picked up nine walks in a game where they stranded 18 runners.

Off course this all made up for a second rough start by Justin Verlander.  He gave up six runs on five hits and three walks with three strikeouts in five innings.  I was worried about all of the innings Verlander threw last season and how it would affect him.  He had plenty of heat early but by the fifth inning, he was in the low 90s.  The encouraging thing was that while he got shelled in the first inning, he pitched four scoreless frames before he gave up another run in the sixth inning so the Tigers got some innings out of him.

Eddie Bonine gave a pair of runs in three innings of relief.  Phil Coke pitched a scoreless ninth and he picked up his first Tiger win.

Next up are the Royals, again.  Max Scherzer gets the start in a rematch against Luke Hockevar.  The good news is that we won’t see Zach Greinke again.  Gametime is 1:05.



Quick Hits: Jacob Turner Makes Pro Debut

The Tigers top draft pick last year, Jacob Turner, had a really nice start last night in his pro debut. The Caps didn’t win but seven strikeouts in five shutout innings is a nice start. Wonder when we’ll be seeing him in Lakeland.

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Dontrelle Willis Has Strong Start In Tigers Win Over Royals

The Tigers left Kansas City with a series win and a big reason behind it was Dontrelle Willis’ strong start in the Tigers 7-3 win. Willis pitched six strong innings in which he gave up two runs on seven hits and (most importantly) just two walks with four strikeouts. He didn’t get the win, but he kept the Tigers in the game. He walked the first batter of the game (David DeJesus) then calmed down and gave up just one walk the rest of the way. I checked out how he was throwing on Gameday and early in the game he’d touch 90 mph on occasion but he was mostly in the high 80s with his fastball. In the third inning, he began throwing more in the low 90s and he did touch 93 on the gun in the third inning and he hit 93 twice to his final batter, Rick Ankiel, in the sixth inning. It took a couple of innings, but his velocity eventually got there.

Eddie Bonine threw a shutout seventh and he picked up the win. Jose Valverde (is he going to pitch in every game) came out in the ninth in a non-save situation and got through the Royals 1-2-3.

Miguel Cabrera brought a big stick and he had the big hit with a three run blast in the eighth inning. Magglio Ordonez hit his first home run of the season and he finished three for four with three runs. Austin Jackson rounded things out with two doubles, a run and an RBI.

Rick Porcello gets the start today for the Tigers home opener. David Huff gets the nod for the Indians in a 1:05 start.



Quick Hit: Will Carroll Talks About Max Scherzer's Mechanics

In Will Carroll’s latest Under the Knife, he touches on Max Scherzer’s throwing motion and how it may or may not be an injury waiting to happen. Good stuff as usual from Will.

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Royals Outlast Tigers In 3-2 Loss

A really nice start by Max Scherzer went to waste as the Tigers dropped their first game of the season in an eleven inning loss to the Royals. He pitched six innings of one hit ball in which he struck out three and walked two. Overall, the pen did a nice job with the exception of Jose Valverde who’s now had his second straight shaky appearance. Phil Coke shined and he pitched two shutout innings before Valverde came in, gave a pair of runs in the bottom of the eleventh and both blew the save and took the loss.

Of course the Tiger hitters made Luke Hochevar look like a Cy Young contender and that didn’t help. The Tigers didn’t get on the board until the ninth when Miguel Cabrera belted a solo shot with two outs to send the game into extra frames. Carlos Guillen singled home a run in the top of the eleventh and that was really it. I didn’t get to see the game but I want to go back and check and see what happened in the eleventh because it looks like there was some weird baserunning play that turned into a double play of sorts.

The Tigers did pick up eleven hits but outside of Cabrera’s solo home run, the only other extra base hit was a triple by Austin Jackson. Jackson, Magglio Ordonez and Carlos Guillen all had two hits while Scott Sizemore drew a pair of walks.

The rubber game is this afternoon and all eyes will be on Dontrelle Willis to see if his spring season was for real. Brian Bannister gets the start for the Royals in a 2:10 start.

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