Tigers vs. twins Game Thread April 1

[Thumb]

Man, Avila takes more of a beating than any catcher I can remember.

 

[Mitchrapp]

Are my eyes deceiving me or was that in the strike zone.

 

[Thumb]

Jim Joyce should take a nice hot bath after the game...with his plugged in toaster.

 

[jdbaker1]

More pitches than I would prefer against this weak hitting lineup but overall a good 1st 2 innings.

 

[kalinecountry]

Verlander pitching 2nd inning,

doumwit changeup high, again, pop fly to shallow left and Dirks waves off Johnny and has it,

plouffe changeup strike call, fastball strike call, low changeup fouled off Avila, fastball fouled back, fastball away, liner to Johnny down on one knee and gloves it,

parmalee fastball low, fastball fouled off Avila, fastball strike call, changeup outside, slider low full count, fouled back, and joyce squeezes JV again walk,

dozier slider strike call, throw to first, changeup fouled back, offspeed low, curve called strike three,

Verlander with 35 pitches,

Tigers lead 3 - 0.

 

[sggatecl]

Holy shit is it nice to see Torrie Hunter in a Tigers uniform.

 

[turok]

Man, it would suck to be a catcher.

Esp, if you're over 6' tall, like I am. Back problems seem to come w/the "territory". I learned that I was born with a spinal defect named "Ankylosing Spondylitis" when I appiied for a job in my late 20s as a correctional officer, passed w/flying colors, then after my physical (including many xrays), soon received a letter that I was being rejected b/c of it.

 

[jas5lf]

Nice play at short.....helps that Miggy isn't a track athlete. lol

 

[kalinecountry]

Tigers batting 3rd inning,

Hunter line drive to right gets away from rf'er Hunter keeps running to second for a sliding double,

Cabrera fastball fouled back, grounder deep in the hole and shortstop gloves and throws to first gets him and Hunter gets to third on the throw,

Fielder takes fastball outside, cutter inside strike call, fastball slow grounder to short,

Martinez cutter lined foul down right, grounder down first and out,

Worley with 46 pitches,

Tigers lead 3 - 0.

 

[Mitchrapp]

Willingham had no chance.

 

[kalinecountry]

Verlander pitching 3rd inning,

florimon fastball outside, fastball strike call, slow grounder to Omar flips to Prince,

hicks fastball fouled, outside, changeup away, fastball fouled off Avila, strike three call,

that was the fastest pitch JV has thrown so far at 93mph,

mauer fastball outside, fastball off the corner, strike call, fastball fouled back, curve lined down left for a double,

willingham fastball low, strike call in, fastball 96 on the corner strike call, strike call at 95,

Verlander with 52 pitches looked to start cranking it up this inning,

Tigers lead 3 - 0.

 

[turok]

buh-bye no-no after 3 full...but Verly's still got the SHO going w/4 Ks.

 

[Mitchrapp]

Man, that was close.

 

[johnny2x2x]

Lost in everything is that we get Infante for a full season this year. He's more than solid at the plate and in the field.

 

[Mitchrapp]

Lost in everything is that we get Infante for a full season this year. He's more than solid at the plate and in the field.

I don't think that's lost on anyone. I'm absolutely giddy about it.

 

[kalinecountry]

Tigers batting 4th inning,

Dirks with a leadoff walk,

Peralta pitch is inside but joyce extending the zone a half a foot, line drive slicing down rightfield just foul, Jhonny just gets a piece of it, jammed ground foul, swings and misses,

Avila waits throw to first, up near his eyes, fastball outside, fouled back, slider low 3 and 1, grounder to first to second and throw back to first late Avila beats it out,

Infante cutter inside, cutter strike call, fastball fouled back, fastball low, line drive over short single, first and second,

Jackson fastball strike call, nearly hits him Austin jumps back, swings and misses, another inside, grounder to short drops it picks it up and everyone is safe E6,

bases loaded,

Hunter fastball swings and misses, letter high swing and miss, tapper back to the mound,

worley with 74 pitches,

Tigers lead 3 - 0.

 

[Mitchrapp]

I thought we got rid of Delmon?

 

[turok]

Tiger fail to score w/bases loaded, can't expect Hunter to get a basehit in every PA.

Just keep those Twinks off the scoreboard, Justin!!

moroneau with a leadoff double, Dirks digglered it a bit..

Ks Doumit...yeah!!

 

[pr0tege]

Anyone else notice JV's velocity is noticeably lower then normal?

 

[manchild98]

JV works his way out of the lead off double. No damage. Nice work.