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 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 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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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 have just been swept by the Kansas City Royals.  The Tigers once again couldn’t must any offense as they lost 4-1 on Thursday.

Jeremy Bonderman picked up the loss on the season.  Hell, any pitcher would have lost today the way the Tigers offense was hitting.  The Tigers did have right hits, but c’mon you gotta score some runs with those eight hits.  Especially against the Kansas City Royals!

The Tigers will now play the Chicago White Sox.  The White Sox just picked up their first win of the year after defeating the Cleveland Indians.  Can the Tigers get back on track?

Manager Jim Leyland has set his pitching rotation up to start the 2008 season.  Justin Verlander will be the opening day starter followed by Kenny Rogers.  After Rogers you will see Jeremy Bonderman in the third slot and then Dontrelle Willis holding down the fourth spot.  Nate Robinson will more then likely be the fifth starter in the rotation.

It was believed that Leyland wanted to split up Verlander and Rogers with Willis, but he setteled in with pitching the D-Train in the fourth spot to start off the season.

What do you think Tigers fans?  Are you happy with that starting rotation?

The Detroit Tigers defeated the New York Mets in the first spring training major league baseball game of 2008.  The Tigers used a four spot in the 7th inning for their big inning as they went on to beat the Mets 4-2.

Magglio Ordonez’s infield single leading off the second inning was Detroit’s only hit through the first six innings, until Mike Hessman tripled off the center-field fence with one out in the seventh. Marcus Thames doubled him in, then Wilkin Ramirez’s two-run single put the Tigers ahead. Brandon Inge, who replaced Curtis Granderson in center field, had an RBI single and a walk.

Jeremy Bonderman pitched two innings for the Tigers pretty much just throwing fastballs and gave up two runs on four hits.  Location is the big thing that the pitchers are trying to find at this point in spring training.  That is why you didn’t see Bonderman throwing any of his offspeed pitches today.

Jason Grilli and Zach Miner each threw two innings of scoreless ball while Larrison, Byrdak, and Bautista, each threw one inning of scoreless baseball.  Larrison picked up the win as well.

The Tigers spring training record now stands at 1-0.

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