It was an offensive pounding by the Detroit Tigers on Wednesday night as they beat up on the Texas Rangers by the score of 17-4. Seven different Tigers players had rbi’s in the game and Freddy Garcia picked up his first victory since last year in the major leagues.

Magglio Ordonez led the team with four rbi while Miguel Cabrera and Edgar Renteria were right behind him with three rbi each. Ryan Raburn, Brandon Inge, and Dusty Ryan all helped out with two rbi each as well. Not to be left out, Marcus Thames added a rbi of his own. Great showing by the offense as they hammered the Rangers pitching staff.

Garcia tossed five innings to pick up his first win of the season and improve to 1-0. In his five innings, he allowed two hits and only one run. Great start for Freddy! Nate Robertson had some problems in his 2 2/3 innings as he allowed four his and three runs. Four walks by Robertson really hurt him in the game.

The Tigers are off on Thursday and then will begin a series with the Cleveland Indians on Friday.

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It was a great offensive showing for the Detroit Tigers on Monday night as they pounded out twelve hits and scored 13 runs in a 14-8 victory over the Oakland Athletics. It was a great way for the Tigers to kick off the series against the A’s.

Finally the offense came around that everyone thought we would see all season long. Gary Sheffield hit two home runs and finished the game with five rbi’s. Miguel Cabrera hit a home run as well and finished the game with three rbi. Magglio Ordonez was right behind Cabrera with a home run of his own and two rbi’s. Mike Hessman also tacked on a home run for the hot hitting Tigers. Brandon Inge added two rbi of his own while Edgar Renteria also had a rbi.

It was a good thing the Tigers hit some many home runs and finished with four runs because the starting pitcher really didn’t throw the ball that good at all. Zach Miner was tagged for 11 hits and eight runs in only 4 1/3 innings. The Tigers bullpen did a good job of holding the A’s to the eight runs to secure the Tigers victory.

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The Detroit Tigers lost in the tenth inning to the Cleveland Indians on Monday night as Gary Glover gave up a solo home run to Franklin Guiterrez. What a terrible way to lose a close game that the Tigers had a good shot at winning.

Glover took the loss and is now 1-3 on the year. Tigers starting pitcher Armando Galarraga lasted seven innings as he gave up eight hits and three runs to get the no decision. Galarraga gave up two home runs (both solo shots to Grady Sizemore) in the game and also struck out four while walking three.

Marcus Thames and Edgar Renteria both hit solo home runs for the Tigers. The third Tigers run came in the seventh inning when Brandon Inge reached on an infield single Matt Joyce scored. The Tigers left 16 runners on base and if they would have just came up with one big hit, they would have won this game.

So are Tigers fans just ready for this season to get over with?

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The Detroit Tigers were shutout for the first six innings on Monday night but then scored four runs in the seventh and eighth innings to come from behind and beat the Texas Rangers 8-7. With the big victory over the Rangers, the Tigers are now just three games under .500 at 61-64.

The Tigers got the scoring started in the seventh inning when Gary Sheffield hit a two run home run which was then followed by a Brandon Inge rbi single. Curtis Granderson then hit a rbi triple that scored Inge and the Tigers were up 4-3.

Onto the eighth inning where four more Tigers runs would be scored. Edgar Renteria reached base on an error and Sheffield scored on the play. Granderson then had another triple, this time with the bases loaded to score three more runs. Granderson had a huge day at the plate as he finished with four rbi.

Kenny Rogers pitched six innings to get the win. Rogers gave up eight hits and three runs while striking out seven and walking four batters. Kyle Farnsworth was charged with four hits and four runs in the eighth inning when the Rangers scored for runs to make the game very interesting. Fernando Rodney recorded the final out of the eighth inning and then pithced the ninth to pick up his fifth save of the season.

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The Detroit Tigers used a big eighth inning where they scored five runs to defeat the visiting Blue Jays by the score of 5-1. There was a ton of fans at the game today and they watched a good ballgame that seen the Tigers avoid the embarassing four game sweep at home. The Tigers are pretty much out of it for the post season unless they go on a big winning streak and win the next 15-16 games. Everyone just has to hang in there for the rest of the season.

In the big eighth inning, it was rbi singles by Miguel Cabrera and Brandon Inge as well as a two run double by Edgar Renteria that plated all five runs for the Tigers. Inge’s single score two runs while Cabrera’s was a one run hit. There wasn’t a whole lot of offense besides the eighth inning so the team is lucky to have come back and won this game.

Armando Galarraga threw his 12th quality start of the season as he pitched eight innings and only gave up six hits and one run. Galarraga struck out six batters and his only mistake was a solo home run to Lyle Overbay. Galarraga is now 11-4 on the season.

Good job by the team to get back in the win column.

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The Detroit Tigers held off the Cleveland Indians for a 8-5 victory on Tuesday night.  It was a very good win for the Tigers in Cleveland as the improved to 54-52 record on the season.  Keep on winning and good things are going to happen for this team that is for sure!

Armando Galarraga recorded the win to improve to 9-4 on the year.  Galarraga tossed 5 1/3 innings to get the win as he allowed five hits and three runs.  Galarraga did strikeout three batters while walking two.  The backend of the bullpen didn’t throw the ball very good as Joel Zumaya and Fernando Rodney both gave up runs late in the game.

Miguel Cabrera and Brandon Inge both hit home runs for the Tigers at the plate.  Inge finished the game with three rbi while Gary Sheffield and Edgar Renteria both had two rbi.  Cabrera finished things up a the plate with his one rbi on his solo home run.

The Tigers will face off against the Indians again on Wednesday as they try to take the series lead.

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The Detroit Tigers finished off a three game sweep of the Kansas City Royals on Wednesday afternoon with a 7-1 victory.  The Tigers pretty much dominated all three games of the series and are now 52-49 on the season.  The Tigers are getting on a roll and I think they are going to show us some great things in the second half of the season.

Armando Galarraga improved to 8-4 on the season as he tossed seven innings to pick up the win.  Galarrage only gave up three hits and one run while striking out seven Royal batters.  Galarraga didn’t give up the one run until the seventh inning when Jose Guillen had a rbi single.

Casey Fossum tossed the 9th inning and did not allow a run to score even though he did allow one hit.  Todd Jones then came in to finish off the Royals in the 9th inning.

Miguel Cabrera had three rbi for the Tigers at the plate as he had another good day.  Magglio Ordonez was right behind him as he finished the game with two rbi.  Edgar Renteria also tacked on a rbi in the game as well.  Good effort by the offense!

Now the Tigers will be off on Thursday and then they will begin a weekend series against the Chicago White Sox.  It will be a huge series against the White Sox.

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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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Dontrelle Willis pitched terribly on Monday night as he only lasted 1 1/3 innings against the Cleveland Indians.  The Indians scored three runs in the first inning and then five more in the second innings and all eight runs were charged to Willis who dropped to 0-1 on the season.  It just doesn’t seem like the D-Train is on track after being hurt earlier in the season.

You do have to give a lot of credit to the Tigers bullpen however as they held the Indians do the eight runs the rest of the game.  Denny Bautista (2.2 innings), Clay Rapada (3 innings), and Bobby Seay (2 innings) all did a great job and each pitcher only gave up one hit.

Both of the Tigers runs came in the fourth inning.  Edgar Renteria had a rbi single and Placido Polanco had a rbi double.  The Tigers offense left 22 runners on base while the struckout seven times.  You just aren’t going to get the job done in most cases by leaving that many runners on base and not putting the ball in play with the runners on base.

The Tigers are now 11 games under .500 at 26.37 on the season.  Are they ever going to turn this thing around and get back to .500?

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