GDT: 9/2/09 - DET (70-61) VS CLE (58-73) - 7:05 p.m. ET

tigerbob wrote:

gdennis59 wrote:

Don't walk the leadoff man!

Wouldn't be Rodney if he did it the easy way. Or the right way.

And people said Jonesy was bad...

Maybe it's just a Detroit closer thing.

B:1 S:1 O:3 - Jhonny Peralta grounds into double play,
second baseman Placido Polanco to shortstop Adam Everett to first
baseman Miguel Cabrera. Shin-Soo Choo out at 2nd.

nice dp!

Tigers win 4-2

Pitcher's best friend wins it.

10 games above .500! Whoo-hoo!

Tigers!!!

September 2, 2009

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

Cleveland AB- R- H- RBI- BB- SO- LOB -AVG- Sizemore, CF 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 .248 Cabrera, A, SS 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .316 Choo, RF 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 .302 Peralta, J, 3B 4 0 1 1 0 0 2 .275 Hafner, DH 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 .273 Valbuena, 2B 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .239 Marte, A, 1B 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .264 Brantley, LF 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .429 Toregas, C 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .200 --a-LaPorta, PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .278 --Shoppach, C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .206 Totals 30 2 7 2 1 3 5 a-Struck out for Toregas in the 8th. BATTING HR: Hafner (14, 8th inning off Porcello, 0 on, 0 out). TB: Sizemore; Cabrera, A; Choo 2; Peralta, J; Hafner 4; Brantley. RBI: Peralta, J (70), Hafner (39). 2-out RBI: Peralta, J. GIDP: Choo; Peralta, J. Team RISP: 2-for-3. Team LOB: 2. BASERUNNING PO: Sizemore (1st base by Porcello). FIELDING E: Valbuena (10, throw), Peralta, J 3 (17, fielding, throw, fielding), Cabrera, A (9, throw). DP: 3 (Cabrera, A-Valbuena-Marte, A 2, Laffey-Valbuena-Marte, A).		Detroit AB- R-- H- RBI- BB- SO- LOB- AVG Raburn, CF-LF 5 0 1 0 0 1 2 .270 Polanco, 2B 4 2 2 0 0 0 1 .274 Ordonez, RF 4 0 3 1 0 0 1 .281 --1-Thomas, C, PR-RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Cabrera, M, 1B 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 .337 Thames, DH 3 1 1 0 0 1 4 .243 --a-Huff, A, PH-DH 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .244 Inge, 3B 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .237 Ramirez, W, LF 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 .286 --Granderson, CF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .256 Laird, C 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 .222 Everett, SS 3 0 0 0 1 1 2 .241 Totals 31 4 9 3 4 4 17 a-Struck out for Thames in the 7th. 1-Ran for Ordonez in the 7th. BATTING 2B: Polanco (28, Laffey). TB: Raburn; Polanco 3; Ordonez 3; Cabrera, M; Thames; Ramirez, W. RBI: Cabrera, M (83), Ramirez, W (2), Ordonez (40). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Thames 2; Everett; Inge; Raburn. SF: Cabrera, M; Ramirez, W. GIDP: Laird 2; Raburn. Team RISP: 1-for-8. Team LOB: 9. FIELDING Outfield assists: Ramirez, W (Peralta, J at 2nd base). DP: 2 (Everett-Polanco-Cabrera, M, Polanco-Everett-Cabrera, M). Pickoffs: Porcello (Sizemore at 1st base).
Cleveland IP --H- R- ER- BB- SO- HR- ERA Laffey (L, 7-4) 6.1 7 4 2 4 3 0 3.36 Perez, C 0.2 2 0 0 0 1 0 3.48 Perez, R 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.98		Detroit IP --H- R- ER- BB- SO- HR- ERA Porcello (W, 12-8) 7.0 5 2 2 0 1 1 4.18 Seay (H, 25) 0.2 1 0 0 0 1 0 3.30 Lyon (H, 11) 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.00 Rodney (S, 31) 1.0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3.17
Porcello pitched to 1 batter in the 8th. WP: Porcello. Pitches-strikes: Laffey 99-58, Perez, C 13-8, Perez, R 13-9, Porcello 80-52, Seay 7-7, Lyon 6-4, Rodney 13-7. Groundouts-flyouts: Laffey 10-6, Perez, C 0-1, Perez, R 1-2, Porcello 11-7, Seay 1-0, Lyon 0-0, Rodney 3-0. Batters faced: Laffey 29, Perez, C 4, Perez, R 4, Porcello 23, Seay 3, Lyon 1, Rodney 4. Inherited runners-scored: Perez, C 1-1, Lyon 1-0. Umpires: HP: Phil Cuzzi. 1B: Jerry Crawford. 2B: Brian O'Nora. 3B: Tom Hallion. Weather: 73 degrees, clear. Wind: 1 mph, L to R. T: 2:18. Att: 25,840. September 2, 2009

Phil Cuzzi wore the light blue shirt; like he always does when he works the plate; Too bad the other three umpires wore their long sleeve jackets;


It was 73 degrees; calm winds at game time; only 69 when the game ended; they could have all worn light blue shirts;

I know I am the only person in the Western Hemisphere that cares what the umpires wear; But I love when they wear the light blue shirts; I hate the black shirts; including the long sleeve ones the HP ump often wear when it below 60 degrees



And it pissed me off when they wear jackets [ base umpires] in 73 degree weather; bet if Cuzzi had worn a black shirt behind HP; the base umps would probably have done the same

73 is too warm for that shit!

I know I am the only person in the Western Hemisphere that cares what the umpires wear; But I love when they wear the light blue shirts; I hate the black shirts; including the long sleeve ones the HP ump often wear when it below 60 degrees



And it pisses me off when they wear jackets [the base umpires] in 73 degree weather; bet if Cuzzi had worn a black shirt behind HP; the base umps would probably have done the same

73 is too warm for jackets by the way! even for a night game