04-11-12--DETROIT VS TAMPA BAY--1:05 PM

[alwaysthrowheat]

Rays threat ends quickly, after a DP, lazy fly ball to right center.

[alwaysthrowheat]

pop out for Kelly, fly out to left for Jackson.

[alwaysthrowheat]

Ground out for Boesch, going to the 4th.

[T&P_Fan]

Quick 1-2-3 for the Tigers.

[Statik]

Quirky thing: All Tiger errors this season have come in the fourth inning of JV starts.

Also, going by archaic baseball statistics (which I like to do here because it serves my interests-FPCT) Detroit has the best fielding club in the league, and has only half the amount of errors as the second place team.

/jinx on

[alwaysthrowheat]

Verlander strikes out jennings on a curve ball that backed up on him.

[alwaysthrowheat]

Command not that sharp the last couple innings. Verlander shakes off Avila for a curve, aims to throw a fastball inside, lets it leak out over the middle of the plate. Luckily, Pena pops it up to Miggy. 2 outs.

[thefunk]

JV through 4 with one hiccup BB

[wolverinefan]

1-2-3 inning for Verlander, 48 pitches after his half of the 4th

[alwaysthrowheat]

Longoria flies to Donnie Baseball, Verlander has faced the minimum through 4 without his usual sharpness.

[jackson_cannery]

Let's get some more runs on the board.

[Blue Square Thing]

I am pretty ready for some night games. I believe we are the only team in the league not to have played a night game yet.

I'm more than happy with day games - there seem to have been a lot less in the early weeks the last couple of years.

Staying awake till 3am is not a sustainable option, so, yeah, day games rock.

[wolverinefan]

Cabrera singles to right, he is 2-2 today

[alwaysthrowheat]

Miggy is just too good for words.

[thefunk]

[T&P_Fan]

Cabrera singles.

[alwaysthrowheat]

Prince lookng to do damage, swinging on 3-0. Love it.

[wolverinefan]

Fielder walks

[PuNk42AE]

The Peralta shift

[alwaysthrowheat]

This shift is so dumb.

[alwaysthrowheat]

That was an easy double play ball if the infield was just playing normal. Peralta hits a taylor made DP to short, they get one out. First and third, one out.

[T&P_Fan]

Here we go Avila, get this run in. 3-1 count.

[T&P_Fan]

Alex making Shields work.

[PuNk42AE]

Strike em out, throw em out and run around, DP

[wolverinefan]

Avila K's, Peralta was going and in a run down, later to be tagged out. Inning over.

Shields with 57 pitches

1-0 after 4

[T&P_Fan]

Wow, strike em out throw em out. Why would Peralta be going?

[thefunk]

Cabby can't play third. He'll be gone by the ASB

[waffel]

Wow, strike em out throw em out. Why would Peralta be going?

Ask Smokes.

[wolverinefan]

Ben Zobrist singles for Tampa's first hit of the game

[thefunk]

ahh PISS.

[wolverinefan]

Balk called against Verlander...not sure about that one

[thefunk]

Jeez...jackson and boesch almost collide in the outfield.

2 down, man on third.

[Mr.TaterSalad]

Shoot, damn you Zobrist!

[wolverinefan]

Ground ball to Cabrera ends the inning. Verlander with 57 pitches

1-0 Tigers

[wolverinefan]

Dirks doubles inside the first base foul line

[PuNk42AE]

Dirks with a leadoff double.

And Rod just said it was AJax who hit the homer in BP today that hit Hellickson in the head and sent him to the hospital.

[robgrave]

Cabrera making routine grounders look routine. Looks very comfortable out there.

[wolverinefan]

Santiago can't get the job done with bunting, but hits a high chopper to the left of third that does the trick. Dirks to third.

[RandyMarsh]

Shields balks in a run. Sweet!

[wolverinefan]

Shields wants to throw to third, but Longoria was not on the bag. A balk gets Dirks into home.