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 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 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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The Detroit Tigers beat the New York Yankees 6-4 at Yankees Stadium on Tuesday night.  The Tigers got the best of Yankees starter Phil Hughes as they scored all six runs off the Yankees starter.

Curtis Granderson and Gary Sheffield both hit home runs in the third inning.  Granderson’s home run was a solo shot while Sheffield’s home runs was a two-run shot.  Sheffield along with Magglio Ordonez finished with two RBI.  Granderson and Placido Polanco both had one RBI.  Pretty much all the damage for the Tigers came from the top of the lineup.

Kenny Rogers tossed six innings of six hit baseball to pick up the win.  Rogers did give up two runs as he picked up his second win of the season.  Todd Jones closed the game to get his fifth 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 scored three runs in the 8th inning and then held on for a 6-5 victory over the Minnesota Twins  on Tuesday evening.  The Tigers have now improved their record to 4-10 on the season.

Four Tigers batters hit home runs in the game as Gary Sheffield, Magglio Ordonez, Carlos Guillen, and Miguel Cabrera all went deep.  Ordonez and Cabrera both finished with two RBI, while Sheffield an Guillen both finished with one RBI.

Clay Rapada picked up the victory for the Tigers as he pitched in relief.  Todd Jones picked up his third save of the season.  Nate Robinson had started the game and lastd 6.1 innings while he gave up four earned runs on six hits.

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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 Detriot Tigers were unable to win their second game in a row as they lost to the Boston Red Sox by the score of 12-6 on Thursday night.  Big innings by the Red Sox really hurt the Tigers and they were not able to come back from such a big deficit.

Nate Robinson took the loss for the Tigers and his record now stands at 0-1.  Robinson threw 5.1 innings and gave up eight hits and four earned runs.  Zack Minor, Francis Beltran, and Yorman Bazardo all gave up earnd runs as well as they pitched in relief of Robinson.

The Tigers were led by Brandon Inge and Placido Polanco who both had two RBI for the Tigers.  Magglio Ordonez also had one RBI on a solo home run in the 7th inning.

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