A Dontrelle Willis Sighting

Dontrelle started his first game back from rehab for the Tigers last
night (6/3) and pitched very well. He did give up five walks but he
threw four scoreless innings of two-hit ball. That is encouraging.

Galarraga took over for Willis in the bottom of the 5th inning and
walked two of the first three batters he faced before Eric Chavez took
him deep for a game-tying homer.

Galarraga retired the final seven batters he faced from there, keeping
the game tied for Carlos Guillen's seventh-inning single to pull the
Tigers ahead.

Unfortunately, the Tiger bullpen failed it again giving up 2 runs
including a 2 out in field single in the 11th that won it for the A's.
Bobby Seay put the winning run on the bases and took the loss but it
was Fred Dolsi's bad pitching and fielding that really cost the Tigers
the game. He walked Bobby Crosby on 4 pitches and then Jack Cust
grounded a 1-2 pitch between first base and the mound. Cabrera fielded
the ball, but Dolsi was late off the mound to break for the bag. Cust
beat both of them to first base as Kurt Suzuki came home with the
deciding run.

Before this game the Tigers designated The Crusteacean, Francisco
Cruceta, for assignment and purchased the contract of left-hander
Casey Fossum from Triple-A Toledo to take his spot. Against Oakland,
Fossum gave up a single to Eric Chavez who then advanced on a walk and
scored on Travis Buck's single when Ivan Rodriguez couldn't handle
Clete Thomas' throw home.

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"SkippyPB" <swiegand.DeleteThis@nospam.neo.rr.com> wrote in message
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>
> Dontrelle started his first game back from rehab for the Tigers last
> night (6/3) and pitched very well. He did give up five walks but he
> threw four scoreless innings of two-hit ball. That is encouraging.
>
> Galarraga took over for Willis in the bottom of the 5th inning and
> walked two of the first three batters he faced before Eric Chavez took
> him deep for a game-tying homer.
>
> Galarraga retired the final seven batters he faced from there, keeping
> the game tied for Carlos Guillen's seventh-inning single to pull the
> Tigers ahead.
>
> Unfortunately, the Tiger bullpen failed it again giving up 2 runs
> including a 2 out in field single in the 11th that won it for the A's.
> Bobby Seay put the winning run on the bases and took the loss but it
> was Fred Dolsi's bad pitching and fielding that really cost the Tigers
> the game. He walked Bobby Crosby on 4 pitches and then Jack Cust
> grounded a 1-2 pitch between first base and the mound. Cabrera fielded
> the ball, but Dolsi was late off the mound to break for the bag. Cust
> beat both of them to first base as Kurt Suzuki came home with the
> deciding run.
>
> Before this game the Tigers designated The Crusteacean, Francisco
> Cruceta, for assignment and purchased the contract of left-hander
> Casey Fossum from Triple-A Toledo to take his spot. Against Oakland,
> Fossum gave up a single to Eric Chavez who then advanced on a walk and
> scored on Travis Buck's single when Ivan Rodriguez couldn't handle
> Clete Thomas' throw home.
>
> Regards,
> ////
> (o o)
> -oOO--(_)--OOo-
>
> "I never forget a face, but in your case I'll be glad
> to make an exception."
> -- Groucho Marx
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> Remove nospam to email me.
>
> Steve



I (thankfully) missed listening to the game last night, but it sounds like
an all-too-typical Tiger performance. Different relievers...same results.

Thanks for the capsule summary, though. You spared me ~three hours of agony.