GDT: 7/29/08 - DET (53-52) AT CLEV (46-58) - 7:05 p.m. ET

Guess he can now...

Way to go Brandon!

Throw strikes

Ball 4, 2 guys on, 0 out.

Maybe Jonesy pitches tomorrow. Cant watch tonight.

bobrob2004 wrote:

cdurbfan22 wrote:

WTG !

And I thought he couldn't hit when he's catching?

LOL.
I'll take what I can get; he hit one, that's what counts.

1 out.

Flyout, 2 out.

Base hit, run scores.

8-4 Tigers.

3 out.

Pitching change: Masahide Kobayashi or something like that will pitch.

Fair! Polanco with a double.

Groundout, runner advances, 1 out.

So yeah, we need to win tomorrow too, we need the series!

gdennis59 wrote:

So yeah, we need to win tomorrow too, we need the series!

They're going to have to win today, tomorrow and Thursday to take the series.

Lineout, 1 out.

Cabrera out, 6-3, 3 out.

bobrob2004 wrote:

cdurbfan22 wrote:

WTG !

And I thought he couldn't hit when he's catching?

I thought it was he couldn't hit.

Rodney finishes the game, Tigers win.

Tigers: 8
Indians: 5

catbox_9 wrote:

bobrob2004 wrote:

cdurbfan22 wrote:

WTG !

And I thought he couldn't hit when he's catching?

I thought it was he couldn't hit.

:haha:

bobrob2004 wrote:

gdennis59 wrote:

So yeah, we need to win tomorrow too, we need the series!

They're going to have to win today, tomorrow and Thursday to take the series.

My bad, minor brain fart.

GO TIGERS!!!
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So I just got home from Toledo... the game actually happened this week. Mudhens won 5 - 3. My dad got drunk by the third inning so I had to try to get him to behave himself the whole time.

July 29, 2008

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Detroit	0	1	0	3	2	0	0	2	0		8	14	0
Cleveland	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	1		5	7	0

Detroit AB- R- H- RBI- BB- SO- LOB- AVG Granderson, CF 4 0 1 0 1 0 1 .298 Polanco, 2B 5 0 2 0 0 1 3 .308 Guillen, 3B 5 1 2 0 0 1 2 .284 Ordonez, RF 4 1 1 0 1 1 4 .322 Cabrera, 1B 5 2 2 1 0 0 3 .292 Joyce, LF 4 2 2 0 0 2 2 .281 Sheffield, DH 4 0 1 2 0 1 3 .218 Renteria, SS 4 1 1 2 0 0 2 .261 Inge, C 3 1 2 3 0 0 0 .227 Totals 38 8 14 8 2 6 20 BATTING 2B: Joyce (10, Ginter), Renteria (9, Ginter), Inge (9, Ginter), Sheffield (12, Rincon), Polanco (23, Kobayashi). HR: Cabrera (18, 2nd inning off Ginter, 0 on, 0 out), Inge (8, 8th inning off Betancourt, 1 on, 2 out). TB: Granderson; Polanco 3; Guillen 2; Ordonez; Cabrera 5; Joyce 3; Sheffield 2; Renteria 2; Inge 6. RBI: Cabrera (75), Renteria 2 (37), Inge 3 (30), Sheffield 2 (28). 2-out RBI: Renteria 2; Inge 3; Sheffield 2. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Guillen; Polanco; Renteria; Cabrera. GIDP: Ordonez; Granderson; Cabrera. Team LOB: 6.		Cleveland AB- R- H- RBI- BB- SO- LOB- AVG Sizemore, CF 4 2 1 0 1 1 4 .279 Dellucci, DH 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 .225 - a-Gutierrez, PH-DH 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 .216 Francisco, LF 4 1 0 0 1 0 4 .269 Peralta, SS 5 2 2 1 0 1 1 .271 Choo, RF 3 0 1 1 1 0 1 .259 Shoppach, C 4 0 0 0 0 2 3 .254 Marte, 3B 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 .179 Garko, 1B 3 0 2 1 0 1 0 .244 Cabrera, 2B 2 0 0 0 2 1 2 .185 Totals 34 5 7 4 5 6 21 a-Flied out for Dellucci in the 7th. BATTING 2B: Sizemore (24, Galarraga), Dellucci (15, Galarraga), Choo (13, Galarraga), Garko (13, Zumaya). 3B: Peralta (3, Galarraga). TB: Sizemore 2; Dellucci 2; Peralta 4; Choo 2; Garko 3. RBI: Dellucci (35), Peralta (57), Choo (25), Garko (50). 2-out RBI: Garko. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Choo; Sizemore; Marte; Francisco 2; Cabrera 2. Team LOB: 8. FIELDING DP: 3 (Marte-Cabrera-Garko 2, Cabrera-Peralta-Garko).
Detroit IP-- H- R- ER- BB- SO- HR- ERA Galarraga (W, 9-4) 5.1 5 3 3 2 3 0 3.36 Dolsi (H, 7) 0.2 0 0 0 1 0 0 4.45 Fossum (H, 3) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.71 Zumaya (H, 4) 1.2 2 1 1 1 2 0 2.33 Rodney 1.0 0 1 1 1 1 0 5.40		Cleveland IP-- H- R- ER- BB- SO- HR- ERA Ginter (L, 1-2) 4.0 8 4 4 1 3 1 4.20 Rincon 1.0 3 2 2 0 2 0 6.49 Lewis, J 2.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 4.65 Betancourt 1.0 2 2 2 0 0 1 6.04 Kobayashi 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.61
Dolsi pitched to 2 batters in the 7th. WP: Rodney, Ginter. HBP: Garko (by Dolsi), Inge (by Lewis, J). Pitches-strikes: Galarraga 97-60, Dolsi 18-8, Fossum 3-1, Zumaya 25-17, Rodney 18-8, Ginter 77-50, Rincon 30-18, Lewis, J 29-17, Betancourt 12-8, Kobayashi 13-9. Ground outs-fly outs: Galarraga 3-10, Dolsi 1-1, Fossum 1-0, Zumaya 0-3, Rodney 1-1, Ginter 7-2, Rincon 0-1, Lewis, J 4-1, Betancourt 1-2, Kobayashi 2-1. Batters faced: Galarraga 23, Dolsi 4, Fossum 1, Zumaya 8, Rodney 4, Ginter 20, Rincon 6, Lewis, J 6, Betancourt 5, Kobayashi 4. Inherited runners-scored: Dolsi 1-0, Fossum 2-0, Zumaya 2-0. Umpires: HP: Chris Guccione. 1B: Chuck Meriwether. 2B: Mike Estabrook. 3B: Laz Diaz. Weather: 82 degrees, clear. Wind: 9 mph, In from RF. T: 3:25. Att: 30,625. July 29, 2008

As to our question about the bad calls made by the homeplate ump... Cleveland announcers mentioned that Guccione is a rookie ump…….he sure looked like it last night! Bad calls all night!

GoGetEmTigers wrote:

As to our question about the bad calls made by the homeplate ump... Cleveland announcers mentioned that Guccione is a rookie ump…….he sure looked like it last night! Bad calls all night!

He has been a fill in Umpire the last few seasons


Probably why he ain't been made a full time member