Tigers vs. twins 9-22-16 Game 152

[biggunsbob]

Yes..

 

[biggunsbob]

Freak Rondon. Come on.,

 

[kalinecountry]

Rondon in the 8th, buckle up,

 

[biggunsbob]

Nice pitch there

 

[biggunsbob]

That was a strike

 

[biggunsbob]

Expand time.

 

[biggunsbob]

Nasty.

 

[@Stakesarehigh]

Nice job there

 

[kalinecountry]

Justin Verlander's ERA was 4.30 after his start on June 26.
It's gone down in all but one of his 16 subsequent starts, and is now 3.21

 

[biggunsbob]

Very nice sweep by the tigers with Kinsler and victor both not starting.

 

[tigermud]

Game, sweep, wild card back in play, would prefer that be a home game if at all possible.. Ten to go no worse than 8-2 would be best

 

[kalinecountry]

Last time the Tigers swept a DH against the Twins: April 24, 1984.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CtAdL50UAAEDKZF.jpg:large
Last time a Tigers team swept a DH: July 24, 2009.
Last time swept one on the road: Aug. 14, 2005.

 

[lonesometiger]

Moved around Baltimore by 1/2 game for bad WC. Holding on to it could be hard as they need to win some tuff games against KC and the Tribe!

 

[tigermud]

Moved around Baltimore by 1/2 game for bad WC. Holding on to it could be hard as they need to win some tuff games against KC and the Tribe!

Yup and it's these next seven reason we're still off the boat, life jackets being offered, nope, make me a believer.

 

[kalinecountry]

Tigers beat twins 4 - 2
JV win # 15 11 K's
Tigers Pitchers K 17 twins
Aybar 2 RBI
K-Rod Save # 44
Tigers Victory Cigar

The Tigers went 15-4 against the #Twins this season, 9-0 at Target Field.

 

[kalinecountry]

http://m.tigers.mlb.com/det/video/search?team_id=116&tagName=Detroit Tigers
Webvideo Highlights of the Tigers 4 - 2 win over the twins.

Justin Verlander: Our expectations are off the charts for the Tigers' ace, but this was still a good outing. 54 pitches between the third and fourth kept him from going deep, but that also tends to happen when you rack up 11 strikeouts. Just not very efficient on a night when the Tigers were a bit short-handed after the day game. Meanwhile, home runs continue to be the one thing standing between Verlander and a return to his former status as the best pitcher in the game. At least most of them are of the one-run variety.

Erick Aybar: Drew a bases loaded walk in the second inning and singled in Justin Upton in the sixth, giving the Tigers a lead both times. He also advanced on Dozier's throwing error in the sixth, took third and then scored on a pair of wild pitches. Nice to have a solid veteran on the bench!

Bruce Rondon: Bounced back from a lead-off walk to strikeout the next three batters. More and more, Rondon looks like the monster reliever the Tigers' have hoped he'd eventually become.

STATS AND REACTIONS:
The Twins ran themselves into quite a few outs in today's double-header, courtesy of the arms of James McCann and Jarrod Saltalamacchia. McCann dusted a pair of runners trying to steal in game one, including Byron Buxton. Salty added another one in the first inning of the night game to erase Jorge Polanco.

In his last few starts, Verlander seemed to lean more on his slider, but he didn't really have it tonight. Instead the curveball, and more of a 11-5 version than his usual 12-6 hammer, was his best secondary pitch, freezing Twins hitters all night.

Twins relievers had allowed a franchise record 300 runs coming into this one. (h/t FSD)

Bruce Rondon has 28 strikeouts(31.1%), versus just seven walks in 21 2/3 innings since the All-Star break. His FIP in that time frame? 2.39.

Left-handed hitters are 0-for-26 against Francisco Rodriguez dating back to mid-August. That's what a great changeup will do.

 

[Rebbiv]

I wonder how many wins the tigers pen has cost jv in his career?

Left Game Ahead and got a loss or No Decision:

2016 = 3
2015 = 4
2014 = 1
2013 = 3
2012 = 2
2011 = 0
2010 = 0
2009 = 2
2008 = 2
2007 = 2
2006 = 0

6 in the first 6 seasons

13 in the last 5 seasons

2009-2013
Porcello = 12
Verlander = 7