Batting Practice: We'll do it a little differently tonight. I'll post a link to the Game Notes so you can study up before first pitch at 8:05 Eastern and then I'll be back with you around game time, maybe a little before. It was a long night last night. The Nationals at Giants went 13 and didn't end until 2:45 in the morning my time. Good game, though. The Giants trailed 4-0 after six and came back to win 5-4.
We'll tell some stories tonight about the time I went to The Ballpark in Arlington, taking Troy Aikman's parking place, and the Texas School Book Depository Building. All while we stay on top of the Tigers game. It should be a well-rounded evening.
So, here you go. Don't forget: READ YOUR GAME NOTES! (You never know what you might learn.)
Here's the Detroit Tigers Game Information sheet.
And here's something from the Tigers Game Information sheet:
Brennan Boesch established career highs with five hits, two home runs and five RBI last night at Texas. It marked only the seventh time since at least 1919 a Tigers player has collected at least five hits, two home runs and five RBI in a single game. Carlos Pena was the last Tigers player to accomplish the feat when he finished with six hits, two home runs and five RBI on May 27, 2004 at Kansas City.
And:
Boesch became only the fifth player in Tigers history to collect at least three runs scored, five hits, two home runs and five RBI during a single game last night at Texas. He joined Ty Cobb (1925), Hank Greenberg (1937), Charlie Gehringer (1937) and Carlos Pena (2004) in doing so. (Source: Elias Sports Bureau)
Tonight's Rangers Game Notes are here.
As an aside, we note that, right now, it is 96 degrees in Arlington, Texas and 92 here in the suburbs of Detroit, Michigan.
8:53p No score in Arlington after 3. Around the League, Cleveland has a 1-0 lead over the Twins as they bat in the bottom of the 7th. Indians starter Carlos Carrasco was perfect through 4 innings tonight, he has allowed 3 hits now through 7. Try to find the video of the Cabrera to Cabrera double play turned by Cleveland in the 7th--you won't see a better one all year. The White Sox just jumped into a 5-0 lead over King Felix and the Mariners in the bottom of the third in Chicago. The Mariners come to Comerica Park for the first of four Thursday night. Jacoby Ellsbury led off the game at Yankee Stadium tonight with a homer, and Yankees starter Freddie Garcia last only 1.2 innings and allowed 4 runs. Boston leads the Yankees 4-1 in the 5th. Mark Texiera--second in the majors with 18 home runs, left the game in the first, helped from the field after taking a Jon Lester pitch off his right kneecap.
9:06 The Tigers just got a break. Austin Jackson struck out but umpire Ed Hickox ruled his third strike foul tip was not caught by Texas catcher Mike Napoli. Hickox was wrong. At least that's how it looked on the replay. It should have been strike 3. So, Jackson's still up with the bases loaded and a full count and a run in. Will he take advantage of the gift? Yes! He singles to right and two score. Danny Worth is out at the plate which isn't good baserunning, but I'll give him points for aggressiveness. Casper Wells doubles in Jackson. Top 4: Detroit 4, Texas 0.
9:24 Cleveland has defeated Minnesota 1-0 on an unearned run and 8.1 innings of 3-hit ball from Carrasco. The Tigers thus need to win tonight to stay 1.5 games behind the AL Central-leading Indians, which strikes me as a really strange sentence to write, the AL Central-leading Indians, I mean.
9:54 Quite a win for the Pirates tonight over Kirk Gibson and Alan Trammell and the Arizona Diamondbacks. Trailing 5-3 in the bottom of the 8th in Pittsburgh, the Pirates scored 5 runs before they made an out in the inning and they went on to win 8-5. Lyle Overbay hit a bases-loade, bases-clearing double to cap the rally. The Rangers are on the board in the 6th with a run in, two on, and one out. Action in the Tigers pen. Is Rick Porcello tiring? B-6: Detroit 4, Texas 1.
10:11 Three singles give Detroit what is known in the business as an "add on" run in the 7th. Jhonny Peralta (who mis-spells his first name; I don't know if he knows that) gets the RBI. Texas goes for a pitching change. T-7: Detroit 5, Texas 1.
10:13 I just saw the graphic: In going 2x3 tonight, Brennan Boesch is now 12x21 on the road trip. This wasn't on the graphic: That's a batting average of .571.
10:43 Miguel Cabrera has driven in his 45th run as the Tigers score again in the 8th. He is 3rd in the American League in RBI's. Boston's Adrian Gonzales leads with 50. T-8: Detroit 7, Texas 1.
11:00 It's 11:00 and there are still 7 games going on in the majors. 8 are final. I don't think I'm going to be able to stay up for the west coasters tonight, but we'll see. I think maybe I'll file my material for the Michigan Talk Network and call it a day. T-9: Detroit 7, Texas 1.
11:28 It's over. It's been over for some time now, but, after 3 hours and 17 minutes, the last out has been recorded and it was a terrific running catch by Andy Dirks. The Tigers had a season high 18 hits on Monday. Tonight, Tuesday, the Tigers had a season-high 20 hits. Detroit has won 4 in a row and 8/9 and remain 1.5 games behind Cleveland. FINAL: Detroit 8, Texas 1.
12:48a Still here. The Giants game is the only one still going--Washington leads 2-1 in the 9th--and I'm watching Pittsburgh's bottom of the 8th rally to beat Arizona from earlier this evening. I have the Arizona broadcast on which is some guy and Marik Grace. Why did I choose to watch the Arizona feed? I love to hear broadcasters cry, and I know these two are going to have a long, hard, good one. I can hardly wait. Then I will sleep.
12:56 Poor Tram. He's managing tonight because Gibby is serving a one-game suspension for what the announcer called "the incident on Sunday." I don't know what that means. I suppose I should find out. You ought to see the look on Trams face as this one slips away. Lyle Overbay is up, and in a pitch or two he will hit a bases-loaded double, scoring 3 and breaking a 5-5 tie. I hate to think how Tram will look then. Oh, he's pissed. He's coming out to change pitchers and Alan Trammell is NOT a happy guy. Too bad for Tram. He's one of the good ones. He got the shaft here in Detroit when Leyland got his job, so I feel for him, but this is baseball and some nights you just get the hell kicked out of you no matter what you do. Good night, all.
We'll tell some stories tonight about the time I went to The Ballpark in Arlington, taking Troy Aikman's parking place, and the Texas School Book Depository Building. All while we stay on top of the Tigers game. It should be a well-rounded evening.
So, here you go. Don't forget: READ YOUR GAME NOTES! (You never know what you might learn.)
Here's the Detroit Tigers Game Information sheet.
And here's something from the Tigers Game Information sheet:
Brennan Boesch established career highs with five hits, two home runs and five RBI last night at Texas. It marked only the seventh time since at least 1919 a Tigers player has collected at least five hits, two home runs and five RBI in a single game. Carlos Pena was the last Tigers player to accomplish the feat when he finished with six hits, two home runs and five RBI on May 27, 2004 at Kansas City.
And:
Boesch became only the fifth player in Tigers history to collect at least three runs scored, five hits, two home runs and five RBI during a single game last night at Texas. He joined Ty Cobb (1925), Hank Greenberg (1937), Charlie Gehringer (1937) and Carlos Pena (2004) in doing so. (Source: Elias Sports Bureau)
Tonight's Rangers Game Notes are here.
As an aside, we note that, right now, it is 96 degrees in Arlington, Texas and 92 here in the suburbs of Detroit, Michigan.
8:53p No score in Arlington after 3. Around the League, Cleveland has a 1-0 lead over the Twins as they bat in the bottom of the 7th. Indians starter Carlos Carrasco was perfect through 4 innings tonight, he has allowed 3 hits now through 7. Try to find the video of the Cabrera to Cabrera double play turned by Cleveland in the 7th--you won't see a better one all year. The White Sox just jumped into a 5-0 lead over King Felix and the Mariners in the bottom of the third in Chicago. The Mariners come to Comerica Park for the first of four Thursday night. Jacoby Ellsbury led off the game at Yankee Stadium tonight with a homer, and Yankees starter Freddie Garcia last only 1.2 innings and allowed 4 runs. Boston leads the Yankees 4-1 in the 5th. Mark Texiera--second in the majors with 18 home runs, left the game in the first, helped from the field after taking a Jon Lester pitch off his right kneecap.
9:06 The Tigers just got a break. Austin Jackson struck out but umpire Ed Hickox ruled his third strike foul tip was not caught by Texas catcher Mike Napoli. Hickox was wrong. At least that's how it looked on the replay. It should have been strike 3. So, Jackson's still up with the bases loaded and a full count and a run in. Will he take advantage of the gift? Yes! He singles to right and two score. Danny Worth is out at the plate which isn't good baserunning, but I'll give him points for aggressiveness. Casper Wells doubles in Jackson. Top 4: Detroit 4, Texas 0.
9:24 Cleveland has defeated Minnesota 1-0 on an unearned run and 8.1 innings of 3-hit ball from Carrasco. The Tigers thus need to win tonight to stay 1.5 games behind the AL Central-leading Indians, which strikes me as a really strange sentence to write, the AL Central-leading Indians, I mean.
9:54 Quite a win for the Pirates tonight over Kirk Gibson and Alan Trammell and the Arizona Diamondbacks. Trailing 5-3 in the bottom of the 8th in Pittsburgh, the Pirates scored 5 runs before they made an out in the inning and they went on to win 8-5. Lyle Overbay hit a bases-loade, bases-clearing double to cap the rally. The Rangers are on the board in the 6th with a run in, two on, and one out. Action in the Tigers pen. Is Rick Porcello tiring? B-6: Detroit 4, Texas 1.
10:11 Three singles give Detroit what is known in the business as an "add on" run in the 7th. Jhonny Peralta (who mis-spells his first name; I don't know if he knows that) gets the RBI. Texas goes for a pitching change. T-7: Detroit 5, Texas 1.
10:13 I just saw the graphic: In going 2x3 tonight, Brennan Boesch is now 12x21 on the road trip. This wasn't on the graphic: That's a batting average of .571.
10:43 Miguel Cabrera has driven in his 45th run as the Tigers score again in the 8th. He is 3rd in the American League in RBI's. Boston's Adrian Gonzales leads with 50. T-8: Detroit 7, Texas 1.
11:00 It's 11:00 and there are still 7 games going on in the majors. 8 are final. I don't think I'm going to be able to stay up for the west coasters tonight, but we'll see. I think maybe I'll file my material for the Michigan Talk Network and call it a day. T-9: Detroit 7, Texas 1.
11:28 It's over. It's been over for some time now, but, after 3 hours and 17 minutes, the last out has been recorded and it was a terrific running catch by Andy Dirks. The Tigers had a season high 18 hits on Monday. Tonight, Tuesday, the Tigers had a season-high 20 hits. Detroit has won 4 in a row and 8/9 and remain 1.5 games behind Cleveland. FINAL: Detroit 8, Texas 1.
12:48a Still here. The Giants game is the only one still going--Washington leads 2-1 in the 9th--and I'm watching Pittsburgh's bottom of the 8th rally to beat Arizona from earlier this evening. I have the Arizona broadcast on which is some guy and Marik Grace. Why did I choose to watch the Arizona feed? I love to hear broadcasters cry, and I know these two are going to have a long, hard, good one. I can hardly wait. Then I will sleep.
12:56 Poor Tram. He's managing tonight because Gibby is serving a one-game suspension for what the announcer called "the incident on Sunday." I don't know what that means. I suppose I should find out. You ought to see the look on Trams face as this one slips away. Lyle Overbay is up, and in a pitch or two he will hit a bases-loaded double, scoring 3 and breaking a 5-5 tie. I hate to think how Tram will look then. Oh, he's pissed. He's coming out to change pitchers and Alan Trammell is NOT a happy guy. Too bad for Tram. He's one of the good ones. He got the shaft here in Detroit when Leyland got his job, so I feel for him, but this is baseball and some nights you just get the hell kicked out of you no matter what you do. Good night, all.
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