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.

Good with for the Tigers and now they will start a series with the Twins on Friday.  Tigers Blog 

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 hit five home runs as they crushed the Texas Rangers 8-2.  I should say they crushed them on the scoreboard, but the game should have actually been a lot closer as the Rangers left 19 runners on base.  I will give the Tigers credit however, they did get out of some big jams in the game.

Jeremy Bonderman pitched 4.2 innings to earn the no decision.  Bonderman struckout seven batters but also walked seven.  Two earned runs got put on the scoreboard against Bonderman.

Zach Minor came in to pitch after Bonderman and threw 3.1 innings and did not allow a hit as he struckout three batters.  Minor earned the win in the game.

Magglio Ordonez led the Tigers at the plate with four RBI.  Ordonez connected for two home runs as he went 3-4 at the plate.  Curtis Granderson, Brandon Inge, and Ryan Raburn all hit solo home runs in the game as well.  Edgar Renteria also had a RBI.

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The Detroit Tigers had their way with the Texas Rangers on Tuesday night as they beat won 10-2.  The Tigers knocked Rangers starter Vincent Padilla out of the game after only three innings and then went onto cruis to the 10-2 victory.

The Tigers hit three home runs in the game as the just dismantled the Rangers pitching staff.  Magglio Ordonez, Miguel Cabrera, and Ramon Santiago all hit home runs for the Tigers.  Santiago led the Tigers with three RBI.  Cabrera had two RBI while Clete Thomas, Ivan Rodriguez, Edgar Renteria, Brandon Inge, Ordonez, all had one RBI each.

Justin Verlander finally picked up his first win of the season in the game.  Verlandr tossed six inning allowing six hit and one run.  Zack Minor came in relief of Verland and allowed two hits and one run on only .1 of a inning.  Bobby Seay, Denny Bautista, and, Jason Grilli finished out the game for the Tigers without allowing a run.

The Tigers are now 7-14 on the season and need continue winning games if they want to get back into contention in the cental division.

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The Detroit Tigers defeated the Blue Jays in Toronto on Monday by a score of 5-1 putting them at 7-13 for the year.  Rookie pitcher Armando Galarraga won his second straight start since being brought up from the minors, it was a good day all around for Detroit.

Edgar Renteria hit his third home run of the year in the sixt inning off of Shaun Marcum giving him 13 RBIs for the year as well.  Ryan Raburn picked up a pair of RBIs with Brandon Inge and Ivan Rodriguez, and Renteria  each recording an RBI in the game on Monday. 

Galarraga was the starting pitcher for the Tigers throwing 5.1 innings and picking up his second win of his major league career putting him at 2-0.  He only allowed three hits and four walks.  Clay Rapada, Aquilino Lopez, Denny Bautista, and Todd Jones were brought in the pitch the last 3.2 innings. 

The Tigers are taking on the Royals tonight at home for the first game of a two game series.

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There you go Tigers fans!  That is the Tigers offense that everyone thought they would see when the season started.  The Tigers put up 13 runs on the Cleveland Indians as the Tigers won 13-2.  Seven runs in the fifth inning proved to be too much for the Indians lol.

Miguel Cabrera had a huge night as he went 4-6 with five RBI including a two-run home run in the second inning.  Edgar Renteria also had five RBI for the Tigers.  Ryan Raburn and Brandon Inge also chipped in with one RBI each.

Armando Galarraga pitched 6.2 innings to pick up the win.  Galarrago only allowed one hit and two earned runs.  Jason Grilli pitched the final 2.2 innings and only gave up two hits.

I thought the Tigers would turn it around, and they have the last three games.  I look for them to continue doing it, and get right back into contention.  What do you think Tigers fans?

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Wow, what a first win at home for the Detroit Tigers!  The Tigers came back and scored six runs in the bottom of the 8th inning as they went on to defeat the Minnesota Twins by the score of 11-9.  Maybe this win will give the Tigers a little spark and they will play some better baseball.

Ivan Rodriguez and Carlos Guillen both had three RBI’s for the Tigers.  Plácido Polanco, Magglio Ordonez, Miguel Cabrera, Edgar Renteria, and Jacque Jones all chipped in with one RBI each.  That is production up and down the lineup, one thing the Tigers haven’t had all season long.

Francis Beltran picked up the win for the Tigers as he pitched in relief.  Todd Jones picked up the save which was his second of the season.  Starting pitcher Jeremy Bonderman pitched 6.1 innings and allowed eight hits and four earned runs.  Not the start that Bonderman was hoping for.

It was nice to see the Tigers come back and pick up the win.  I really think this win will give them some momentum and they will have a great week of baseball!

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The Detroit Tigers have finally won a game!  The Tigers defeated the Red Sox 7-2 to pick up their first victory of 2008.  Finally the offense showed up for the Tigers and the pitching wasn’t too bad either.

Marcus Thames and Carlos Guillen homered, Edgar Renteria had three hits and Ivan Rodriguez got the 2,500th hit of his career.

A big 4th inning where the Tigers scored four runs put them in the lead and they never looked back.  They did add two runs in the 8th inning and one run in the 9th inning for insurance even though they didn’t end up needed them.

Jeremy Bonderman pitched  five innings to pick up the win.  Bonderman was a little wild as he gave up give hits and four walks.   Four Tigers relief pitchers pitched the final four innings without allowing a run.  That is a different bullpen that pitched tonight then the ones that played the first seven games of the year.

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The Detroit Tigers cannot catch a break right now as they have started the season off with a 0-4 record.  On Friday, the White Sox got the better of the Tigers with a 8-5 victory.

Jason Grilli picked up the loss for the Tigers as the White Sox scored three runs in the 7th inning off of him.  Nate Robertson started the game for the Tigers and lasted five innings while he allowed seven hits and five earned runs.  Definately not the way Robertson wanted to start off the season.

Ivan Rodriguez led the Tigers with two RBI.  Jacque Jones and Clete Thomas chipped in with one RBI apeace.  Edgar Renteria had a terrible day at the plate going 0-5 and leaving right guys on base.  Right there is why the Tigers lost the game..

The Tigers will try to get their first win of the season on Saturday as Dontrelle Willis will make his first start with the Tigers.