Good Win, But....

OK, Bonderman once again gave up runs in the first. Fortunately it
was only 2 and the Tigers were able to whittle away at Sabathia until
they tied it up. Bonderman settled down and got things working the
way Jeremey usually does.

Bats woke up against Cleveland's bullpen, which appears to be worse
than the Tiger's pen. Jones provided a little excitement in the 10th
but still got the job done. I think he was rusty. Rodney did a good
job after giving up a lead off double in the 9th but looks a bit
shakey out there. Not surprising since he's only pitched in a little
over 33 innings in the majors so far this season. Still, it is good to
see him there and he's not melting under the pressure like he used to.
Now if we could only get Zumaya (who had a good outing in Toledo),
Rogers and Miller back, I'd feel a whole lot better.

Tonight's (8/15) game, however, looks like it could be one we give
back to the Indians. I certainly hope not but we've got a AA pitcher
making his major leage debut going up against Fausto Carmona and his
13-7, 3.26 ERA. Against Detroit this season he is 1-0 and 1 no
decision. In the no decision he gave up 10 hits and 5 runs. That
game was in Cleveland and Detroit lost 12-11.

Jair Jurrjens will be starting for the Tigers tonight He's been in
the Tigers minor league system for the past two seasons. In case you
are wondering he was born Jan. 29, 1986 in Willemstad, Curacao,
Mexico. With the Erie Sea Wolves this season, he is 7-5 with a 3.20
ERA in 19 games. He has a WHIP of 1.27. If he pitches as well as
Lopez did in a relief appearance or Tata did in his first start, then
the Tigers just may have a good chance tonight. I'll be pulling for
the youngster.

Regards,


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"SkippyPB" wrote in message

> OK, Bonderman once again gave up runs in the first. Fortunately it
> was only 2 and the Tigers were able to whittle away at Sabathia until
> they tied it up. Bonderman settled down and got things working the
> way Jeremey usually does.
>
> Bats woke up against Cleveland's bullpen, which appears to be worse
> than the Tiger's pen. Jones provided a little excitement in the 10th
> but still got the job done. I think he was rusty. Rodney did a good
> job after giving up a lead off double in the 9th but looks a bit
> shakey out there.

??????
IIRC, he pitched one inning, and struck out three.




Not surprising since he's only pitched in a little
> over 33 innings in the majors so far this season. Still, it is good to
> see him there and he's not melting under the pressure like he used to.
> Now if we could only get Zumaya (who had a good outing in Toledo),
> Rogers and Miller back, I'd feel a whole lot better.
>
> Tonight's (8/15) game, however, looks like it could be one we give
> back to the Indians. I certainly hope not but we've got a AA pitcher
> making his major leage debut going up against Fausto Carmona and his
> 13-7, 3.26 ERA. Against Detroit this season he is 1-0 and 1 no
> decision. In the no decision he gave up 10 hits and 5 runs. That
> game was in Cleveland and Detroit lost 12-11.
>
> Jair Jurrjens will be starting for the Tigers tonight He's been in
> the Tigers minor league system for the past two seasons. In case you
> are wondering he was born Jan. 29, 1986 in Willemstad, Curacao,
> Mexico. With the Erie Sea Wolves this season, he is 7-5 with a 3.20
> ERA in 19 games. He has a WHIP of 1.27. If he pitches as well as
> Lopez did in a relief appearance or Tata did in his first start, then
> the Tigers just may have a good chance tonight. I'll be pulling for
> the youngster.
>
> Regards,
>
>
> ////
> (o o)
> -oOO--(_)--OOo-
>
> "I've had bad luck with both my wives.
> The first one left me, and the second one didn't."
> Patrick Murray
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> Remove nospam to email me.
>
> Steve