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http://www.freep.com/article/20130404/SPORTS02/130404053/detroit-tigers-minnesota-twins-recap
Minnesota 8 - Detroit 2: Tigers routed, drop first series of season.
from the freep

http://www.mlive.com/tigers/index.ssf/2013/04/detroit_tigers_close_series.html
Detroit Tigers fail to get clutch hits, Brayan Villarreal tagged for five runs in 8-2 loss to Minnesota Twins.
from Mlive

The Tigers finished 1-for-10 with runners in scoring position and stranded 10 runners. The Tigers went 5-for-25 (.200) with runners in scoring position and stranded 22 runners in the three-game series.

http://www.detroitnews.com/article/...series-finale?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|Sports
Twins rough up Brayan Villarreal, Tigers crushed in series finale.
from the detnews

http://detroit.tigers.mlb.com/mlb/g...4_04_detmlb_minmlb_1&mode=recap_away&c_id=det
Tigers drop series as offense stymied vs. Twins.
http://detroit.tigers.mlb.com/mlb/g...d=det#gid=2013_04_04_detmlb_minmlb_1&mode=box
Boxscore.
from the Tigers official site
 
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Leyland: No set closer a 'second-guesser's delight'.
Whether Jose Valverde's return on a Minor League contract was the Tigers' reaction to their closer by committee setup, manager Jim Leyland had his own reaction Thursday.

Leyland had predicted in Spring Training that having no set closer would be a "second-guesser's delight." He was anticipating the questions about his bullpen usage after Eduardo Escobar's two-run double off Phil Coke Wednesday completed the Twins' comeback for a 3-2 win.

"When you're doing this by committee, there are going to be questions every time," Leyland said. "But you know what this boils down to? ... If you win the game, it was good, and if you didn't win the game, it was bad. Period. Make up your mind. That's the way it is. This is about wins."

He saw his former closer turned Rays All-Star Fernando Rodney give up a lead for Tampa Bay Wednesday night, and he saw Chris Perez do the same for Cleveland. In the Tigers' case, however, it wasn't a full-time closer.

"Sometimes people act surprised, but it's been going on forever in baseball," Leyland said. "Usually the kiss of death is a one-run lead in the ninth inning when you walk the leadoff guy. We've all watched it for a thousand years. A lot of times it comes back to bite you. Sometimes it doesn't. When you duck it, you're real happy and very fortunate. That's pretty simple. That happens.

"One of the best relief pitchers in the league, in my opinion, is [Joaquin] Benoit. Popped the [leadoff hitter] straight up on the first pitch [on Opening Day]. The second day, he happened to walk him. So what? That happens."

Both the Rays and Indians, however, rallied after that and won. In the Tigers' case, it was a walkoff blow
from the Tigers official site
 
http://www.blessyouboys.com/2013/4/...llo-detroit-minnesota-2013-mlb-regular-season
Twins 8 - Tigers 2: Offense MIA, Villarreal rocked.
from bybtb

http://motorcitybengals.com/2013/04...2-detroit-tigers-were-all-in-mid-season-form/
Minnesota Twins 8-2 Detroit Tigers: We?re All In Mid-Season Form.
from mcb-tb

http://www.thedetroitsportssite.com...llarreal-falter-in-second-straight-loss/32305
Tigers Recap, Game 3: Offense, Brayan Villarreal Falter in Second Straight Loss.
from the detroitsportssite
 
Full disclosure: I haven't looked @ the MLB standings since the end of the second game of the series. Just can't do it yet...dlol.
 
April 5 in Tigers and mlb history:

1972: For the first time in Major League Baseball history, the regular season fails to open due to the player strike which started on April 1st. 86 games will be lost before the labor dispute is settled.

1997: Brian Hunter has four hits and three stolen bases as Detroit outlasts the White Sox 15 - 12.

2006 Ivan Rodriguez has possibly the best game of his career. He enjoys his only 5-for-5 game with three doubles and a homer.

Tigers players birthdays:

from Baseball Reference
 
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turok said:
Full disclosure: I haven't looked @ the MLB standings since the end of the second game of the series. Just can't do it yet...dlol.
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Full disclosure: I was suprised they won game one. Happy but surprised. Really what did anybody exspect. Opening series in Frostbit Falls Minnie, just a Moose antler and squirrel's tail from the north pole.
 
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