GDT: 7/8/09 - DET (45-38) vs KC (36-47) - 7:05 p.m. ET

B:4 S:1 O:2 -
Brandon Inge walks. Miguel Cabrera to 2nd.

B:0 S:0 O:2 -
Coaching visit to mound.

B:1 S:3 O:3 -
Josh Anderson swinging.

DET 3, KC 0 after 3 innings

Inning 4
Top Half

B:1 S:3 O:1 -
Mark Teahen swinging.

B:1 S:1 O:2 -
Miguel Olivo flies out to center fielder Curtis Granderson.

B:2 S:1 O:3 -
Alberto Callaspo grounds out, third baseman Brandon Inge to first baseman Miguel Cabrera.

DET 3, KC 0 after 3.5 innings

Bottom Half

B:0 S:0 O:0 -
Gerald Laird singles on a fly ball to right fielder Mitch Maier.

B:0 S:3 O:1 -
Ramon Santiago swinging.

B:1 S:3 O:2 -
Curtis Granderson called out on .

B:1 S:1 O:2 -
Placido Polanco singles on a fly ball to center fielder Ryan Freel. Gerald Laird to 3rd.

B:3 S:3 O:3 -
Miguel Cabrera swinging.

DET 3, KC 0 after 4 innings

wow--they got to Greinke early!

2 outs

laprimamirala wrote:

wow--they got to Greinke early!

Greinke been flustered and pitch count getting high!

Inning 5
Top Half

B:1 S:2 O:1 -
Ryan Freel grounds out, third baseman Brandon Inge to first baseman Miguel Cabrera.

B:2 S:2 O:2 -
Mitch Maier pops out to shortstop Ramon Santiago.

B:3 S:2 O:3 -
David DeJesus grounds out to first baseman Miguel Cabrera.

Another 1-2-3 inning for French!

DET 3, KC 0 after 4.5 innings

Bottom Half

B:2 S:2 O:1 -
Marcus Thames grounds out, third baseman Mark Teahen to first baseman Billy Butler.

B:2 S:1 O:2 -
Clete Thomas flies out to left fielder David DeJesus.

again

DET 3, KC 0 after 5 innings

Inning 6
Top Half


B:2 S:1 O:1 -
Willie Bloomquist lines out to first baseman Miguel Cabrera.

B:1 S:0 O:1 -
Billy Butler doubles (26) on a fly ball to left fielder Josh Anderson.

B:0 S:0 O:2 -
Jose Guillen flies out to left fielder Josh Anderson.

B:1 S:0 O:3 -
Mark Teahen grounds out, second baseman Placido Polanco to first baseman Miguel Cabrera.


DET 3, KC 0 after 5.5 innings

Bottom Half


B:2 S:1 O:1 -
Josh Anderson grounds out, first baseman Billy Butler to pitcher Zack Greinke.

B:0 S:0 O:2 -
Gerald Laird grounds out, shortstop Willie Bloomquist to first baseman Billy Butler.

B:1 S:3 O:3 -
Ramon Santiago strikes out swinging.

DET 3, KC 0 after 6 innings

Inning 7
Top Half

B:0 S:3 O:1 -
Miguel Olivo strikes out swinging.

B:0 S:0 O:1 -
Alberto Callaspo homers (6) on a fly ball to left field.
DET 3, KC 1

B:0 S:0 O:1 -
Ryan Freel singles on a line drive to center fielder Curtis Granderson.

B:0 S:0 O:1 -
Coaching visit to mound.

B:0 S:0 O:1 -
Pitcher Change: Fu-Te Ni replaces Lucas French.

B:0 S:0 O:1 -
Offensive Substitution: Pinch hitter Brayan Pena replaces Mitch Maier.

B:1 S:1 O:3 - Brayan Pena grounds into double play,
third baseman Brandon Inge to second baseman Placido Polanco to first
baseman Miguel Cabrera. Ryan Freel out at 2nd.


DET 3, KC 1 after 6.5 innings

Bottom Half

B:0 S:0 O:0 -
Defensive switch from shortstop to right field for Willie Bloomquist.

B:0 S:0 O:0 -
Defensive Substitution: Tony PenaJr. replaces Brayan Pena, batting 9th, playing shortstop.

B:0 S:0 O:0 -
Pitcher Change: Juan Cruz replaces Zack Greinke.

B:2 S:2 O:1 -
Curtis Granderson flies out to left fielder David DeJesus.

B:2 S:1 O:2 -
Placido Polanco flies out to right fielder Willie Bloomquist in foul territory.

B:2 S:3 O:3 -
Miguel Cabrera swinging.

DET 3, KC 1 after 7 innings

Inning 8
Top Half


B:1 S:3 O:1 -
David DeJesus swinging.

B:1 S:3 O:1 -
Coaching visit to mound.

B:0 S:0 O:1 -
Pitcher Change: Brandon Lyon replaces Fu-Te Ni.

B:2 S:3 O:2 -
Willie Bloomquist swinging.

B:2 S:3 O:3 -
Billy Butler swinging.

DET 3, KC 1 after 7.5 innings

Bottom Half

B:1 S:3 O:1 -
Marcus Thames swinging.


B:0 S:0 O:1 -
Coaching visit to mound.

B:0 S:0 O:1 -
Pitcher Change: John Bale replaces Juan Cruz.

B:1 S:1 O:2 -
Clete Thomas grounds out, pitcher John Bale to first baseman Billy Butler.

B:2 S:3 O:3 -
Brandon Inge called out on strikes for 3rd time.

DET 3, KC 1 after 8 innings

Inning 9
Top Half

B:0 S:0 O:0 -
Pitcher Change: Fernando Rodney replaces Brandon Lyon.

B:1 S:2 O:1 -
Jose Guillen flies out to center fielder Curtis Granderson.

B:1 S:3 O:2 -
Mark Teahen swinging.


B:2 S:3 O:3 -
Miguel Olivo swinging.

Win 3-1

July 8, 2009

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Kansas City	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		1	6	0
Detroit	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	X		3	7	0

Kansas City AB- R-- H -RBI- BB- SO- LOB -AVG- DeJesus, D, LF 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 .255 Bloomquist, SS-RF 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 .278 Butler, 1B 4 0 3 0 0 1 0 .293 Guillen, J, DH 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 .246 Teahen, 3B 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 .284 Olivo, C 4 0 1 0 0 2 0 .249 Callaspo, 2B 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 .301 Freel, CF 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 .167 Maier, RF 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 .212 --a-Pena, B, PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .319 --Pena, To, SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .089 Totals 32 1 6 1 1 7 8 a-Grounded into a double play for Maier in the 7th. BATTING 2B: Butler 3 (26, French, French, French). HR: Callaspo (6, 7th inning off French, 0 on, 1 out). TB: Butler 6; Olivo; Callaspo 4; Freel. RBI: Callaspo (33). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Guillen, J 2; Maier; Teahen. GIDP: Pena, B. Team RISP: 0-for-5. Team LOB: 5.		Detroit AB- R- H- RBI- BB- SO- LOB- AVG Granderson, CF 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 .255 Polanco, 2B 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 .265 Cabrera, M, 1B 4 0 1 0 0 2 4 .323 Thames, DH 4 0 0 1 0 2 2 .248 Thomas, C, RF 4 0 1 1 0 1 1 .237 Inge, 3B 3 0 0 0 1 3 1 .264 Anderson, J, LF 3 1 1 0 0 1 2 .252 Laird, C 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .243 Santiago, SS 2 0 0 1 0 2 1 .269 Totals 30 3 7 3 2 12 14 BATTING 2B: Anderson, J (4, Greinke). TB: Polanco 2; Cabrera, M; Thomas, C; Anderson, J 2; Laird 2. RBI: Thames (19), Thomas, C (18), Santiago (25). 2-out RBI: Thomas, C. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Polanco; Anderson, J; Cabrera, M. SF: Santiago. Team RISP: 2-for-8. Team LOB: 6. FIELDING DP: (Inge-Polanco-Cabrera, M).
Kansas City IP-- H- R- ER- BB- SO- HR- ERA Greinke (L, 10-5) 6.0 7 3 3 2 9 0 2.12 Cruz, J 1.1 0 0 0 0 2 0 4.30 Bale 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 6.08		Detroit IP-- H- R- ER- BB- SO- HR- ERA French (W, 1-0) 6.1 6 1 1 1 2 1 1.93 Ni (H, 1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.50 Lyon (H, 6) 0.2 0 0 0 0 2 0 3.77 Rodney (S, 19) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 4.03
Pitches-strikes: Greinke 100-61, Cruz, J 18-11, Bale 8-5, French 101-64, Ni 8-6, Lyon 11-7, Rodney 14-10. Groundouts-flyouts: Greinke 5-4, Cruz, J 0-2, Bale 1-0, French 8-9, Ni 2-0, Lyon 0-0, Rodney 0-1. Batters faced: Greinke 27, Cruz, J 4, Bale 2, French 26, Ni 2, Lyon 2, Rodney 3. Inherited runners-scored: Ni 1-0. Umpires: HP: Adrian Johnson. 1B: Jim Wolf. 2B: Brian O'Nora. 3B: Fieldin Culbreth. Weather: 72 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 4 mph, Varies. T: 2:26. Att: 29,104. July 8, 2009

Way to go TIGS!!!

French beats Z. Greinke, who would have thunk it!

I sure wasn't...thought it would be an awful mismatch!