GDT: 6/24/09 - DET (39-31) vs CHC (34-33) - 7:05 p.m. ET

B:4 S:2 O:2 -
Coaching visit to mound.

B:1 S:3 O:3 -
Marcus Thames called out on strikes.

DET 5, CHC 3 after 8 innings

Inning 9
Top Half

B:0 S:0 O:0 -
Josh Anderson remains in the game as the right fielder.

B:0 S:0 O:0 -
Pitcher Change: Fernando Rodney replaces Joel Zumaya.

B:4 S:0 O:0 -
Derrek Lee walks.

THROW STRIKES U CRAZY MAN!!

Don't do this to me Frodo...

PUT ZOOM BACK IN!!!

B:4 S:0 O:0 -
Coaching visit to mound.

B:2 S:2 O:0 -
Micah Hoffpauir singles on a fly ball to center fielder Curtis Granderson. Derrek Lee to 2nd.

Dammit! Gameday is hanging....

thanks for calling the last ball a strike...

B:1 S:3 O:1 -
Milton Bradley swinging.

1 away, thank you God.

Ground ball, ground ball, ground ball.....

B:0 S:1 O:2 -
Jake Fox flies out 405 foot to center fielder Curtis Granderson.

tigerbob wrote:

1 away, thank you God.

Ground ball, ground ball, ground ball.....

Flyout will do...

get the out

OKAY. Breathing again....

Tigers win 5-3

Rodney kills me. 7 balls in his first 10 pitches.

GoGetEmTigers wrote:

Oooh! Pretty........

June 24, 2009

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Chi Cubs	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0		3	11	1
Detroit	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	1	X		5	10	0

Chi Cubs AB- R-- H- RBI- BB- SO- LOB -AVG- Soriano, A, LF 5 0 2 0 0 0 3 .227 Theriot, SS 4 1 2 0 1 1 1 .287 Lee, D, DH 2 0 1 0 3 0 0 .294 Hoffpauir, M, 1B 5 0 2 0 0 1 7 .268 Bradley, RF 2 1 0 0 3 2 4 .241 Fox, J, 3B 4 0 1 1 0 0 6 .300 Fukudome, CF 5 0 1 0 0 2 5 .259 Soto, C 4 1 2 1 0 1 3 .228 Fontenot, 2B 4 0 0 1 0 1 3 .228 Totals 35 3 11 3 7 8 32 BATTING 2B: Soto (8, Porcello). HR: Soto (6, 5th inning off Porcello, 0 on, 1 out). TB: Soriano, A 2; Theriot 2; Lee, D; Hoffpauir, M 2; Fox, J; Fukudome; Soto 6. RBI: Soto (21), Fontenot (27), Fox, J (6). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Fox, J; Hoffpauir, M 2; Soriano, A; Fukudome 2. SF: Fox, J. GIDP: Fox, J; Soriano, A. Team RISP: 1-for-15. Team LOB: 13. FIELDING E: Soto (3, fielding).		Detroit AB- R-- H- RBI- BB- SO- LOB- AVG Granderson, CF 4 0 1 1 1 2 3 .263 Polanco, 2B 3 0 1 0 2 0 4 .265 Cabrera, M, 1B 4 1 2 2 1 0 3 .332 Thames, DH 4 1 0 0 1 1 5 .268 Kelly, LF 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .333 Inge, 3B 3 1 0 0 1 1 1 .275 Ordonez, RF 4 0 2 0 0 1 0 .275 --1-Anderson, J, PR-RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .261 Laird, C 4 2 2 1 0 1 3 .226 Everett, SS 3 0 2 1 1 0 0 .263 Totals 33 5 10 5 7 7 21 1-Ran for Ordonez in the 8th. BATTING HR: Cabrera, M (15, 4th inning off Harden, 0 on, 0 out), Laird (3, 5th inning off Harden, 0 on, 1 out). TB: Granderson; Polanco; Cabrera, M 5; Ordonez 2; Laird 5; Everett 2. RBI: Cabrera, M 2 (46), Laird (17), Everett (27), Granderson (42). 2-out RBI: Everett; Granderson; Cabrera, M. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Polanco 3; Cabrera, M; Thames 2. Team RISP: 2-for-8. Team LOB: 11. BASERUNNING SB: Granderson (13, 2nd base off Harden/Soto). FIELDING DP: 2 (Inge-Polanco-Cabrera, M, Inge-Polanco).
Chi Cubs IP-- H- R- ER- BB- SO- HR- ERA Harden (L, 4-4) 5.1 4 4 2 4 3 2 4.95 Heilman 1.2 3 0 0 1 2 0 3.86 Ascanio 0.1 3 1 1 0 0 0 3.52 Marshall 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4.36 Marmol 0.1 0 0 0 2 1 0 3.44		Detroit IP-- H- R- ER- BB- SO -HR- ERA Porcello 5.0 7 2 2 4 3 1 3.55 Robertson, N 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7.71 Miner (BS, 2)(W, 5-1) 1.0 1 1 1 1 1 0 4.23 Seay (H, 15) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.68 Lyon (H, 3) 0.2 0 0 0 1 0 0 4.00 Zumaya (H, 5) 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 3.70 Rodney (S, 15) 1.0 1 0 0 1 2 0 3.90
Porcello pitched to 2 batters in the 6th. Robertson, N pitched to 1 batter in the 6th. Miner pitched to 2 batters in the 7th. Pitches-strikes: Harden 109-58, Heilman 29-20, Ascanio 9-6, Marshall 3-3, Marmol 16-7, Porcello 97-59, Robertson, N 4-3, Miner 19-9, Seay 5-4, Lyon 16-10, Zumaya 15-11, Rodney 24-14. Groundouts-flyouts: Harden 4-9, Heilman 1-2, Ascanio 0-0, Marshall 0-0, Marmol 0-0, Porcello 11-1, Robertson, N 0-0, Miner 1-1, Seay 0-1, Lyon 1-1, Zumaya 0-1, Rodney 0-1. Batters faced: Harden 24, Heilman 9, Ascanio 3, Marshall 1, Marmol 3, Porcello 24, Robertson, N 1, Miner 5, Seay 1, Lyon 3, Zumaya 4, Rodney 5. Inherited runners-scored: Heilman 2-2, Marshall 2-0, Marmol 2-1, Robertson, N 2-0, Miner 3-1, Seay 2-0, Lyon 2-1. Umpires: HP: Andy Fletcher. 1B: Ted Barrett. 2B: Adrian Johnson. 3B: Tim McClelland. Weather: 87 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 3 mph, Varies. T: 3:19. Att: 36,438. June 24, 2009

tigerbob wrote:

Rodney kills me. 7 balls in his first 10 pitches.

He makes Todd Jones look like a smooth easy closer!

13 LOB for the Cubbies? Ouch!

GoGetEmTigers wrote:

tigerbob wrote:

Rodney kills me. 7 balls in his first 10 pitches.

He makes Todd Jones look like a smooth easy closer!

He makes Jonesy look like Hoffman.

Still, 6 game win streak, 1st place, 40 wins, and still 16 games until the break.

Night GG. Go Tigers!

AT LEAST LYON IS PITCHING BETTER LATELY.

Again....
The winning pitcher first gets the blown save! That pisses me off!!!

Miner (BS, 2)(W, 5-1)

good night Tigerbob

I just don't know. That last pitch to Fukodome was not a strike, from what I could see. Too high and outside. This might be foreboding for tomorrow....Tigs better step it up!!!