Tigers vs. cardinals Spring Training March 28

[kalinecountry]

Tigers lineup :
Jackson CF
Boesch DH
Peralta SS
Kelly 1B
Dirks LF
Avila C
Thomas RF
Inge 2B
Santiago 3B
Smyly P

Left-hander Drew Smyly continues his bid to be named the fifth starter when the Detroit Tigers play the St. Louis Cardinals this afternoon.
Smyly (0-0, 1.13 ERA) will be making his fourth appearance and second start of the spring. He has allowed one run on four hits and three walks in eight innings pitched. Smyly has struck out seven.


http://detroit.tigers.mlb.com/mlb/presspass/gamenotes.jsp?c_id=det
Tigers Game Information.
Also scheduled to pitch; Villarreal, Coke, Schlereth.

http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2012_03_28_detmlb_slnmlb_1&mode=gameday&c_id=det
Gameday from mlb.com

 

[kalinecountry]

http://beck.mlblogs.com/2012/03/28/cabrera-takes-ground-balls-wednesday/
Good News, Cabrera takes ground balls Wednesday.
from Jason Beck's Tigers blog

 

[byco42]

I just say earhole any Cardinal batter who swings at pitch one and misses.

 

[Monster]

http://beck.mlblogs.com/2012/03/28/cabrera-takes-ground-balls-wednesday/
Good News, Cabrera takes ground balls Wednesday.
from Jason Beck's Tigers blog

only thing i worry about with him is getting jumpy when the ball is hit hard at him. it might take a while for him to shake the nerves.

 

[kalinecountry]

not saying anything's imminent, but all Dombro-Leyland confabs at end of dugout (such as the one today) are interesting this time of spring.
gage

 

[Mitchrapp]

only thing i worry about with him is getting jumpy when the ball is hit hard at him. it might take a while for him to shake the nerves.

He doesn't seem like someone that has nervous energy. He just plays and doesn't worry about it..

:ugh:

 

[Rebbiv]

Why did Furcal have to be in the way of Brandon's ground ball? Rotten, rotten luck!

 

[Mitchrapp]

We need a thread with all Inge's classic sayings. Each day, I can't stand him more and more.

 

[kalinecountry]

seven up, six down (plus a walk) vs cards for Tigers Drew Smyly - with what Leyland said is StL lineup "that is a real good test".
Smyly with just one baserunner (walk) through two innings. I'd say he's passing at least the first part of this "good test."
gage and mowery

 

[kalinecountry]

Santiago grounds to second,

Jackson walks,

Boesch with a pop single to short,

Peralta line drive single to right scoring Jackson,

Tigers lead 1 - 0,

Kelly grounds to third and runners move up,

Dirks singles in both runners and gets to third on a throw past catcher,

Tigers lead 3 - 0,

Avila grounds to second,

Wainwright had gone 16 1/3 Grapefruit innings without allowing an earned run until that third inning vs. Tigers,

 

[kalinecountry]

Interesting inning for Smyly, as he 1) walked the Pithcer, 2) stuck his foot out to knock down a single,
3) didn't hold Beltran on allowing SB, but gets out of the jam with just two runs allowed and the Tigers still leading 3 - 2.
mowery

 

[kalinecountry]

Tigers 4th inning,

Clete grounds to first,

Cringe grounds to second, but he squared the ball up and hit it on the screws,

Santiago doubles to left,

Jackson reaches first on a fielding error at short,

Tigers lead 4 - 2,

Boesch pops to second.

 

[kalinecountry]

Smyly gets two quick fly ball outs, and then hits a batter,
and a pickoff ends the 4th inning,
Tigers lead 4 - 2.

better awareness of the baserunner for Smyly this time, as he holds Jon Jay close, then picks him off to end 4th.

 

[kalinecountry]

Tigers 5th inning,

Peralta grounds to short,

Kelly lines to second,

new cards pitcher after two out,

Dirks grounds to second,

 

[kalinecountry]

homerun for tyler greene

Tigers lead 4 - 3,

Smyly gets 2 outs and leaves for Villarreal,

gets beltran.

 

[kalinecountry]

Tigers 6th inning,

Avila lines to first,

Clete gets hbp,

Inge doubles in Clete, now batting a solid .184 good for you Cringey, sarcasm button off,

Tigers lead 5 - 3,

Santiago walks,

Jackson k's,

Boesch grounds to first.

 

[kalinecountry]

Villarreal in the 6th, Moya in right, Clete to center, Worth to third, Laird catching,

2 quick outs and a walk to molina,

jay singles in a run,

Tigers lead 5 - 4,

greene singles back to pitcher,

Coke pitching,

a walk scores a run and

game is tied,

pop up to Peralta.

 

[kalinecountry]

Tigers 7th inning,

Peralta flys to center,

Kelly singles on a pop up to second,

Dirks grounds to second,

Lard = mr. pop up

 

[turok]

Lard won't bite the hand that ringed him...ha!!

 

[kalinecountry]

Dixon Machado at short, Brandon Douglas at 2B,

Coke gives up a run and the lead,

Coke gives way to Schlereth,

7 - 5,