Miguel Cabrera hit a hard line drive to deep right center that Curtis Granderson could not catch up with, and delivered Quintin Berry home from second base. Berry stole second after reaching on an error by Yankees third baseman Eric Chavez. Even with no outs in the inning, the Tigers weren’t able to cash in … Continue Reading →
Prince Fielder hit it hard, but right at Curtis Granderson as he got a fastball from Phil Hughes on a 3-0 count with runners on the corners. Austin Jackson had a one-out single in the third and reached second on a Quintin Berry sacrifice bunt. He reached third on a wild pitch during a battle … Continue Reading →
Quintin Berry got a one-out single, and after a Miguel Cabrera fly out, Prince Fielder walked. Delmon Young hit the ball hard to right field, but he hit it right at Ichiro for the third out. With Justin Verlander on the mound, the hope is the Tigers get on the board here in the first … Continue Reading →
Quintin Berry led off the seventh inning with a double and Miguel Cabrera moved him to third with a single. Prince Fielder struck out and then Delmon Young appeared to ground into an inning-ending double play, but Robinson Cano struggled on the exchange from his glove to his hand and couldn’t make the throw to first base, … Continue Reading →
Austin Jackson had men on the corners after an Omar Infante single that moved Jhonny Peralta to third base with one out. Jackson lined a single to right-center and scored Peralta to give the Tigers a huge insurance run. The RBI is Jackson’s second of the night. After a Ryan Cook walk to Quintin Berry, … Continue Reading →
Austin Jackson hit a ball deep to center field and scored Omar Infante from second base after Infante singled to get on and then advanced on a wild pitch. Jackson was moved over to third base on a sacrifice bunt from Quintin Berry and then scored on another Jarrod Parker wild pitch. It’s nice to see … Continue Reading →
Quintin Berry hit a one-out double to left-center field, but Miguel Cabrera and Prince Fielder were unable to deliver an RBI as both grounded out. This lack of clutch hitting by the big bats is worrisome. If they get another shot to to get a big hit in this game, these two superstars need to … Continue Reading →
Justin Verlander has been very good against the A’s this year. Actually, scratch that. Justin Verlander has been exceptionally good against the A’s this year. He is 3-0 with a .90 ERA against Oakland in 2012. And while that bodes well for the Tigers tonight, it doesn’t guarantee anything. The Tiger bats need to wake up. … Continue Reading →
Avisail Garcia got the biggest hit of his life when his team needed it most, putting the Tigers ahead of the A’s by scoring Omar Infante from second. The sacrifice worked, as Infante led the inning off with a single and was moved to second by Austin Jackson giving himself up. Garcia came into the game … Continue Reading →
The Tigers didn’t get off to the hot start they were looking for. Quintin Berry had a nice 11-pitch at-bat against A.J. Griffin, but he was unable to get on base. A big problem in this series has been Miguel Cabrera coming to the dish with nobody on base. That was the case again in the first … Continue Reading →