July 9, 2008

  • Make That 8-1

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    Yep, I was able to check in on the game while I was at work, and I saw good things. Verlander was not living in the high 90s as much as he has been recently, but apparently he didn’t need to. Hell, if not for a couple of hanging breaking balls in the first inning, who knows what would’ve happened. He was awesome for the rest of the game.

     

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    All of a sudden, Miguel Cabrera’s gotten hot with the home run ball. That’s now, like, 4 in the past week or something like that. And Marcus Thames doesn’t go opposite field very often, but he’s got the power to do it. I think Gary Sheffield and Clete Thomas were the only ones not to get a hit. Pudge rounded out the home run heroes after looking a little slow at the plate for most of the night. Better late than never. Hey, he caught 15 innings the other day. Give him a break.

     

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    Tonight rounds out this short series with the Indians. Eddie Bonine gets to take a crack at them. Hopefully he’ll pitch better than he did in Minnesota. Paul Byrd gets the start for Cleveland. He’s been really struggling this year (especially when it comes to giving up home runs), but somehow, some way, the Indians tend to win his starts against the Tigers. Either he pitches well, or our pitching melts down. Pudge and Polanco (who just became a U.S. citizen today) get the night off.