The Detroit Tigers scored four unanswered runs and beat the Minnesota Twins by the score of 5-4 on Monday night.  The Tigers scored two runs in the seventh inning and two more in the eighth inning to come from behind and steal the victory.  Nice come from behind win for the Tigers over a very hot Twins team that had been playing some very good baseball the past few weeks.

Placido Polanco and Carlos Guillen both had rbi singles in the seventh inning and then pitch hitter Matt Joyce had a rbi triple and Curtis Granderson had a rbi single in the eighth inning as the Twins completed their come back.

Armando Galarraga pitched the first six innings of the game and gave up nine hits and four runs. Only three of the four runs were earned.  Galarraga struck out three batters and only walked one to get to the no decision in the game.  Casey Fossum pitched 1 1/3 innings to get the win and improve his record to 1-0.  Joel Zumaya pitched the final five outs of the game to record his first save of the season.  Zumaya did have runners on first and second with one out in the ninth inning but was able to get out of the jam.

Overall it was a good come from behind win for the Tigers.  They will now try to go up 2-0 as they play again on Tuesday night.

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Wow what an exciting end to the Cardinals and Tigers game on Thursday afternoon.  Just hours after finishing up a late game on Wednesday night, the Cards and Tigers battled ten more innings and the Tigers were able to come away with the 3-2 victory and take two of three games in the series.

Clete Thomas walked with the bases loaded in the bottom of the tenth inning to score Curtis Granderson from third base.  Not the way you see a team win by very often, but it worked for the Tigers.  The game got to extra innings when Gary Sheffield hit a solo home run off Ryan Franklin in the bottom of the ninth inning.  Sheffield came up huge with that solo home run!

What is pretty funny is that Thomas walked with the bases loaded in the sixth inning as well.  Both of his rbi in the game via a walk with the bases loaded.  I wonder how often that has happened in a game?

Bobby Seay pitched the top of the tenth inning and ended up picking up the win for the Tigers.  Seay is now 1-1 on the season.  Starting pitcher Nate Robertson pitched 6 1/3 innings and gave up 11 hits and one run.  Robertson did a good job of getting out jams to let only one run score off 11 hits.  Todd Jones gave up three hits and one run in one inning of action as well.

Let’s see if the Tigers can carry over any momentum into their weekend series with the Colorado Rockies.

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The Detroit Tigers and St. Louis Cardinals battled until the very end after sitting through a 2.5 hour rain delay.  Gary Sheffield delivered the game winning hit in the bottom of the ninth inning as he singled to center and Clete Thomas scored the game winning run.  It was great to see the Tigers come back and score single runs in the final three innings as they never gave up in the game.

Carlos Guillen led the Tigers at the plate with a three run home run off Cardinals starter Kyle Lohse in the fourth inning.  Curtis Granderson, Magglio Ordonez, and Sheffield all finished the game with one rbi each.  The Tigers had chances to score more runs in the game but they left 20 runners stranded on the bases.

Todd Jones improved to 3-0 as he picked up the win after pitching the top of the ninth inning.  Tigers starting pitcher Armando Galarraga pitched 4 2/3 innings and gave up eight hits and five runs.  Four of the five runs were earned for Galarraga.  Zach Miner and Joel Zumaya pitched the next three innings and they gave up a combined two runs and walked five batters.  Bobby Seay was finally able to get out of that mess by striking out the final batter in the top of the eighth inning.

The Tigers and Cardinals will now battle it out once again as they play the rubber match of the three game series this afternoon.  It will be a quick turn around for everyone so it will be interesting to see how they come out and play.  We could expect a sluggish came, and one where they players just want to get it over with.

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The Detroit Tigers didn’t start off their three games series with the St. Louis Cardinals how they wanted as they lost 8-4 on Tuesday evening.  Tigers starting pitcher Kenny Rogers was roughed up for five runs in 5 1/3 innings.  Rogers took the loss for the Tigers and is now 5-5 on the season with a 4-60 era.

Rogers wasn’t the only pitcher to suck however as Freddy Dolsi gave up four hits and three runs in only one inning of action.  Finally Casey Fossum and Fernando Rodney were able to finish up the game without letting any more runs score.

All four of the Tigers runs came via the home run.  Gary Sheffield had a two run home run and then Ivan Rodriguez and Miguel Cabrera connected for solo home runs.  There just wasn’t enough runners on base to make up the four run difference in the game.

So will the Tigers win on Wednesday?  I doubt it they way they are playing compared to the Cardinals who have been playing some very good baseball.

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The Detroit Tigers made their trip to San Francisco well worth it as they took two out of three games to win the series.  The Tigers made quick work of the Giants on Wednesday afternoon as they won 7-2.  Great series with for the Tigers as they have improved their record to 34-38.

Placido Polanco and Carlos Guillen had two rbi each for the Tigers as the plate.  Polanco had a great day as he went 4-4 as well.  Magglio Ordonez and Miguel Cabrera both had one rbi in the game to help out at the plate.

Armando Galarraga picked up the win and is now 7-2 on the season.  Galarraga pitched very well as he lasted six innings.  He gave up seven hits but only two runs on the day.  Galarraga struck out five batters and walked two.

Freddy Dolsi pitched much better as he threw two innings on Wednesday and only allowed one hit while walking two batters.  Zach Miner finished things up in the ninth inning and ended the game without giving up a hit in the inning.

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Marcus Thames hit a home run in the fifth straight game and the Detroit Tigers defeated the San Francisco Giants 5-1 on Tuesday evening.  It took two runs in the eighth inning and two extra insurance runs in the ninth inning for the Tigers to finally pull away from the Giants.

Besides Thames going deep, Ryan Raburn also hit a pitch hit solo home run in the game.  Thames, Raburn, Placido Polanco, Carlos Guillen, and Jeff Larish all had one rbi each in the game for the Tigers.

It was Kenny Rogers getting the victory for the Tigers on the mound.  Rogers is now 5-4 after throwing seven inning and only giving up five hits and one run.  Zach Miner pitched a scoreless eighth inning before Todd Jones gave up three hits in the ninth inning but was finally able to end the game.

The Tigers have now won seven of their last eight games and have a 33-38 record as they try to get back to the .500 mark.

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The Detroit Tigers had a 4-3 lead heading into the bottom of the eighth inning but then the San Francisco Giants scored five runs and the Tigers were unable to come all the way back in the ninth inning and lost the game 8-6.

Fernando Rodney was welcomed back with a three run home run in the eighth inning as he let three of the five runs in the inning score.  Freddy Dolsi let the other two runs score in the eighth inning when the Giants opened up the flood gates.

It sucked watching Dolsi and Rodney pitch so poorly.  Especially after Justin Verlander threw six innings and only gave up five hits and three runs.  Verlander gave up one home run in the game but other then that he was pretty good as he got a no decision.

At the plate for the Tigers, Marcus Thames hit two home runs and finished the game with three rbi.  Pitch hitter Edgar Renteria had a rbi sac fly in the seventh inning and then in the ninth inning Curtis Granderson had a two run single.

Once again it was the bullpen losing a game for the Tigers.  I have a feeling that the bullpen is going to hurt this team the entire season.  What do you think?

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Miguel Cabrera hit a walk off home run in the bottom of the ninth inning as the Detroit Tigers beat the Chicago White Sox 2-1.  With the game tied 1-1 in the ninth inning, Cabrera took White Sox reliever Octavio Dotel deep for the walk off shot.  Great hit by Cabrera who really stepped up for the Tigers.

Besides the home run from Cabrera, Carlos Guillen had the other rbi for the Tigers which came in the sixth inning.  In the sixth inning, Guillen singled in Edgar Renteria for the Tigers first run.

Tigers starting pitcher Kenny Rogers pitched the first eight innings and allowed four hits and one run.  Rogers pitched a very good game even though he got a no decision in the game.  Todd Jones who pitched the top half of the ninth inning picked up the win and is now 2-0.

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