Detroit Tigers at Houston Astros, Jun 26, 2009 7:05 PM CDT
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Detroit Tigers Friday, Jun 26, 2009, 7:05 PM CDT Justin Verlander vs Wandy Rodriguez Clear. Game time temperature around 95.
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This should be a good pitching match up. Verlander is coming off of a disappointing outing, but still owns a 3.18 xFIP and a 3.21 tRA. Wandy, who is coming off an outstanding outing, owns a 3.80 xFIP and a 3.21 tRA. All signs, both common place and objective, point to a duel.
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Bourn steals a double from Granderson to start the game
cool
Your friendly neighborhood Dreamshake mod.
I feel he gets trigger happy when he has bases loaded.
So i figured he’d strike out quickly.
by entropic soul on Jun 26, 2009 7:30 PM CDT up reply actions
and he's
0-7 with 6 Strike outs with bases loaded this year.
Looks like he has a few sac runs, but that doesn’t help with 2 outs.
by entropic soul on Jun 26, 2009 7:32 PM CDT up reply actions
heh
small sample size.
But yeah, yet another reason to bat him higher up, I suppose
Your friendly neighborhood Dreamshake mod.
but when he plays for us...
he can’t hit…
by entropic soul on Jun 26, 2009 7:35 PM CDT up reply actions
4-0 Detroit already
Even Adam Everett doubled and scored
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by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 26, 2009 7:46 PM CDT reply actions
Derick Grisby -2002 Astros first round draft choice
I never hear anything about him. Is he still in baseball?
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by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 26, 2009 7:54 PM CDT reply actions
Keppinger scored from first on Tejada double
“Running hard all the way”
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by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 26, 2009 8:05 PM CDT reply actions
RBI Single
we’ll take it
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by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 26, 2009 8:12 PM CDT up reply actions
Bourn singled with two outs
I say steal second, Michael
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by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 26, 2009 8:29 PM CDT reply actions
Balk - as good as a steal
but Idon’t know why they called the balk
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by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 26, 2009 8:31 PM CDT up reply actions
Adam Everett looks as good as ever at short
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by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 26, 2009 8:31 PM CDT reply actions
Cubs and Pirates won today
I watched the last out in the Cubs game on a Gamecast. the last out was a called strikeout .The gamecast showed the ball about a foot outside.
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by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 26, 2009 8:37 PM CDT reply actions
Tigers load the bases with one out
but Astros turn easy double play to end the innig.
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by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 26, 2009 8:44 PM CDT reply actions
What's the scoop omn Tigers bullpen?
Verlander is reaching a high pitch count
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by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 26, 2009 8:47 PM CDT reply actions
Nice play by Tejada to get to ball
and flip backhand to Matsui for one out; couldn’t get Everett running to first
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by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 26, 2009 8:56 PM CDT reply actions
MLB.com giving me two games at once (a real simulcast)
I am watching and listenging to Astros game; but I’m getting the Diamondback audio broadcast too. I’m trying to selective listen but it ’s a challenge
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by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 26, 2009 8:58 PM CDT reply actions
Pudge doubled to start the sixth
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by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 26, 2009 9:02 PM CDT reply actions
Matsui bunts
so Matt Kata can bat for Wandy
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by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 26, 2009 9:05 PM CDT reply actions
and Kata RBI single
4-3
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by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 26, 2009 9:06 PM CDT up reply actions
WHAT????!!
Way to go Chris Burke II Matt Kata!
by entropic soul on Jun 26, 2009 9:09 PM CDT up reply actions
We should have a survey
to decide Kata’s official nickname
I really like “Chris Burke II”, but I also like “Eyebrows”.
Can’t decide.
and Michael Bourn singled
2 on , one out (and the Diamondback audio way louder than the Astros broadcast on MLB.TV)
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by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 26, 2009 9:10 PM CDT up reply actions
Ground ball to Adam Everett turns into
an inning ending double play
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by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 26, 2009 9:14 PM CDT reply actions
He needs to remember where he came from..
and maybe drop the ball every once in while like Tejada.
by entropic soul on Jun 26, 2009 9:17 PM CDT up reply actions
Everett batted .248 for the Astros
and has batted .242 since. His OBP this season is .320
"Your most precious possessions on offense are your twenty-seven outs"
-Earl Weaver
I just mean he needs to give us a favor or two *wink*wink*
by entropic soul on Jun 26, 2009 9:25 PM CDT up reply actions
Yes
He probably won’t help us with his fielding, but he may come up to the plate in a critical situation……..
"Your most precious possessions on offense are your twenty-seven outs"
-Earl Weaver
Wandy settled down after a rough first two innings
and held the Tigers scoreless in his last four innings
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by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 26, 2009 9:18 PM CDT reply actions
Alberto Arias pitching for Astros
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by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 26, 2009 9:22 PM CDT reply actions
I love watching AL mangers
trying to figure out the double switch. Now Detroit has two outfielders not playing in their preferred position, plus now the pitcher is batting in the middle of the lineup.
"Your most precious possessions on offense are your twenty-seven outs"
-Earl Weaver
It's been ten years
"Your most precious possessions on offense are your twenty-seven outs"
-Earl Weaver
Brewers WON: Cardinals LOST
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by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 26, 2009 9:51 PM CDT reply actions
Byrdak started the 8th inning for the Astros
With two out and two on, Chris Sampson relieves Byrdak.
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by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 26, 2009 9:53 PM CDT reply actions
Byrdak may not have started the inning
He may have relieved Arias
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by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 26, 2009 9:54 PM CDT up reply actions
Chronicle says that Hampton is ready to come off DL....
and tentatively will pitch Tuesday. We also have Blum and Paulino coming off the DL in the really near future.
Who will lose their major league spots?
I was wondering that for several innings
you’d think Kata or Maysonet .
Maybe Byrdak and Fulchino (or Backe)
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by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 26, 2009 9:57 PM CDT up reply actions
Among pitchers, Wright, Fulchino, Arias, and Paulino are probably the easiest to move down, because I think they don’t have to clear waivers. I don’t really want to move any of them off the ML roster. I would prefer to DFA Backe and hope he clears waivers and agrees to go to Round Rock. But Cooper has already said he is “saving” Backe for Saturday in case Paulino can’t pitch very long.
Among infielders, I regret to say that I believe Maysonet will be sent down, mostly based on Cooper’s usage pattern for him.
Bottom of the 8th
Astros have runners on first and second (Matsui and Erstad)
one out
Bourn batting
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by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 26, 2009 10:10 PM CDT reply actions
Bases loaded after Bourn walked
Keppinger batting with one out
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by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 26, 2009 10:13 PM CDT reply actions
Zumaya looking wild
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by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 26, 2009 10:13 PM CDT reply actions
TIE GAME TIE GAME
Keppinger walks in run
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by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 26, 2009 10:15 PM CDT reply actions
Tie run is walked in.
Did you see my post earlier about the Tigers leading the majors on walking in runners…on a pace to walk in 32 runs this year.
Maybe they can add a couple more this game
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by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 26, 2009 10:16 PM CDT up reply actions
Long Sacrifice Fly by Tejada
Astros lead 5-4
Long comeback stretch since the second inning
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by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 26, 2009 10:19 PM CDT reply actions
LaTroy Hawkins to close instead of Jose Valverde
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by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 26, 2009 10:22 PM CDT reply actions
Hawkins allows a well hit ball in the gap.
but Cabrera is held to a single because he isn’t very fast.
Cabrera long single
to start the ninth
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by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 26, 2009 10:23 PM CDT reply actions
Former Astro Josh Anderson batting
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by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 26, 2009 10:24 PM CDT reply actions
Grounded to Tejada
Cabrera out at second but Anderson easily beat the throw to first
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by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 26, 2009 10:26 PM CDT up reply actions
Anderson steals second
and Pudge made a good throw ( a little high)
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by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 26, 2009 10:27 PM CDT reply actions
2 outs (pop to short left)
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by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 26, 2009 10:28 PM CDT reply actions
It was a great game!!
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A good friend of mine used to say, "This is a very simple game. You throw the ball, you catch the ball, you hit the ball. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains." Think about that for a while.
by Stephen Higdon on Jun 27, 2009 12:32 AM CDT up reply actions
ASTROS WIN 5-4
nice comeback win
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by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 26, 2009 10:31 PM CDT reply actions
he says he is shocked. not surprisingly, he hopes to have the luck of Nieve and get picked up by someone who will put him on a ML roster.
personally, I doubt any team picks him up, even though it’s always possible that some GM or pitching coach out there has a secret admiration of Backe’s bulldog attitude and will do so. my guess is that Backe ends up back in Round Rock.
Ending up working closely with Burt Hooten might be the best thing for him right now.
Post-game guys bring up the point that we don’t have a long reliever for tomorrow, and Paulino could very easily go out after four innings. Sampson’s been used a few games in a row now (I think), Backe’s DFA’d. Is Ortiz or Moehler moving to the ’pen?
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