Armando Galarraga had a great night on the mound Wednesday night as he tossed 8 1/3 innings while beating the Los Angeles Angels 6-2.  With the win, the Detroit Tigers improved their record to 22-31 on the season as they try to battle back and get to atleast the .500 mark.

Galarraga gave up four hits and two runs in the game.  He was going for the complete game shutout in the ninth inning but gave up a two run home run to Maicer Izturis with one out in the inning.  Todd Jones then came in to record the final two outs of the game.

Marcus Thames was the man at the plate for the Tigers as he led the Tigers with four rbi in the game.  Thames hit two home runs in the game as he went 2-4.  Thames had two run home runs in the first and and fifth innings of the game.  Edgar Renteria had a rbi single in the first inning and then Miguel Cabrera had a sacrafice fly in the seventh inning.  Good production by the Tigers, especially Thames on Wednesday night.

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The Detroit Tigers completed a three game sweep of the Seattle Mariners with a 9-2 victory on Thursday afternoon in Detroit.  That was a good series for the Tigers and hopefully it will give them some momentum and they can go on a nice long winning streak and continue to play good baseball.

Jeremy Bonderman improved to 3-4 on the season as he picked up the win for the Tigers.  Bonderman tossed six innings while giving up eight hits and two runs.  He also had two walks and two strike outs.

Freddy Dolsi pitched the final three innings of the game to record his first save of the season.  Dolsi did not give up a hit in his three innings of action as he did a very good job.

Matt Joyce and Brandon Inge both hit home runs in the game for the Tigers.  Joyce had a two run shot while Inge connected on a three run home run.  Inge finished the game with three rbi while Jouce and Magglio Ordonez both had two rbi.  Edgar Renteria and Miguel Cabrera both chipped in with an rbi each as well.

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The Detroit Tigers hit four home runs as they defeated the Seattle Mariners by the score of 12-8.  The four home runs came off the bats of Magglio Ordonez, Edgar Renteria, Curtis Granderson, and Carlos Guillen.

Renteria led the Tigers with five rbi in the game while Granderson had three rbi and Guillen had two rbi.  Placido Palanco and Ordonez finished the game with one rbi each.

Justin Verlander finally picked up another win as he improved his record to 2-7 on the season.  Verlander pitched six innings and gave up up four hits and one run.  The Tigers bullpen pitched terrible in relief of Verland however.

Aquilino Lopez gave up three runs while Clay Rapada gave up four runs in relief.  Todd Jones however was able to get the last two outs of the game to secure his seventh save of the season.

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The Detroit Tigers had yet another terrible game as they lost to the Kansas City Royals 2-0 on Wednesday night.  The Tigers are really struggling to score runs right now and when they do score runs, the pitching staff isn’t on top of their game.

In Wendesday’s game against the Royals the Tigers offense was never there it seemed like.  The Tigers only had six hits and left 16 runners on base.  So much for that awesome offense we were talking about before the season started.

Justin Verlander took another loss on the mound as he dropped to 1-7 on the season.  Verlander didn’t pitch badly there just wan’t any run support for him.  He threw six innings and allowed six hits and two runs.  Both the runs came in the second inning on a rbi single.

Clay Rapada and Freddy Dolsi pitched the final two inning of the game without allowing another run score.

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The Detroit Tigers scored two runs early in the game but then were not able to push across another run in the game as they went onto lose to the Kansas City Royals by the score of 3-2.  The Tigers were much more less dead after the second inning and that allowed the Royals to come back and win the game.

Starting pitcher Nate Robinson three seven innings and allowed ten hits and two runs.  He took the no decision from the game as Francisco Cruceta took the loss after allowing a run in the eighth inning on a infield single.

The Tigers got rbi’s from Carlos Guillen and Matt Joyce in the game.  Guillen had a rbi single in the first inning and then Joyce had a solo home run in the second inning.

The Tigers continue to struggle this season.  I thought they would come out things and start winning games but it sure looks like I was wrong about that.  What do you think Tigers fans?  Are they going to turn things around before it is too late? Or is too late already?

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The Detroit Tigers lost to the Boston Red Sox for the third time in four games as they lost 5-1 on Thursday night.  The Tigers were only able to come up with seven hits the entire game as they struggled at the plate.

Ramon Santiago had the only rbi for the Tigers when he had a rbi single in the fourth inning.  Other then that the Tigers were shut down by Josh Beckett in the game.

Justin Verlander took the loss for the Tigers after pitching six innings.  Verlander gave up nine hits and five runs in his six innings of action.  He fell to the 1-6 on the season with the loss.

There is no question that the Tigers are a struggling baseball team right now.  The offense isn’t scoring enough runs, and the pitchers just aren’t throwing the ball like everyone thought they would this year.

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The Detroit Tigers scored two runs in the bottom of the ninth inning to beat the Boston Red Sox and their closer Jonathan Papelbon by the score of 10-9.  Curtis Granderson had a RBI groundout and Placido Palanco had the game winning hit in the ninth inning for the Tigers.

The Tigers were led by Palanco who finished the game with three RBI.  Ivan Rodriguez wasn’t too far behind as he had two rbi in the game.  Carlos Guillen, Magglio Ordonez, Gary Sheffield, Matt Joyce, and Granderson all had one rbi in the game.

Todd Jones got the win for the Tigers as he pitched the ninth inning.  Jones is now 1-0 on the season.

Tigers starting pitcher Armando Galarraga was pulled out of the game after 5 1/3 innings as he gave up seven hits and five runs.  Zach Miner and Francisco Cruceta both gave up two runs as they pitched in relief.

It wasn’t the best outing by the Tigers pitchers that is for sure, they were lucky that the offense put up 10 runs on the scoreboard and pulled out the win.  We will have to see if this win will give them any momentum to carry forward into the next series.

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The Detroit Tigers lost to the Boston Red Sox 5-0 on Tuesday night as Red Sox starting pitcher Tim Wakefield dominated the Tigers hitters.  The Tigers were only able to come up with three hits the entire game and were shutout on the scoreboard.

The Tigers struck out six times and did not walk once in the game.  They simply got dominated by Wakefield.

Nate Robertson piched 6 1/3 innings and took the loss for the Tigers.  Robertson gave up ten hits and four runs in the game.  Robertson now has a 6.64 ERA on the season.  That definaly isn’t good for any pitcher!

Freddy Dolsi pitched 1 2/3 innings and gave up one run as well.

Just another terrible game for the Tigers.  It seems like we have been saying that for quite a while…  Things have to turn around at some point you would think.

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The Detroit Tigers cut Jacque Jones before Monday’s game but they still played terrible and lost to the Boston Red Sox 6-3.  The Red Sox clubbed three home runs off Tigers pitching as they doubled up the poor playing Tigers.  Manager Jim Leyland had hoped the roster move would spark the team but that sure didn’t happen.

Jeremy Bonderman pitched six innings and gave up seven hits and four runs.  Bonderman gave up home runs to Kevin Youkilis and Mike Lowell in the game.  Todd Jones served up a solo home run to David Ortiz in the ninth inning as well.

At the plate, the Tigers could only manage five hits in the game.  Curtis Granderson and Marcus Thames both had RBI singles in the game.  Granderson had a RBI single in the fourth inning, and then Thames knocked in two runs in the seventh inning.

So when will the Tigers turn things around and start playing some better baseball?

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The Detroit Tigers doubled up the New York Yankees on Thursday night as they won 8-4.  The Tigers pounded out 11 hits against the Yankees pitchers as they improved to 14-15 on the season.

Miguel Cabrera led the Tigers at the plate as he went 2-4 with three RBI.  Cabrera had a RBI triple in the third inning and then a two run home run in the seventh inning.  Magglio Ordonez went 3-5 with two RBI in the game.  Curtis Granderson also had a RBI single in the third inning.

Nate Robinson pitched 5.2 innings to pick up the win for the Tigers.  Robinson gave up seven runs and four hits including a three run home run in the first inning to the Yankees, but pitched good enough to still pick up the win.  Robinson is now on the season.

Bobby Seay and Zach Miner closed the door on the Yankees to finish the game.

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