Detroit Tigers
Detroit Tigers
43-35, 1st Central
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Baseball Today
Baseball Today
The Associated Press,
Jul 3, 2009
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Tigers Team Report
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Tigers Team Report Jul 3, 2009
Sometimes the numbers don't tell the whole story. The Tigers will enter the weekend in first place in the American League Central despite just three wins in June from their two best pitchers.
Justin Verlander was 2-1 in June with a 2.91 ERA, while Edwin Jackson, sporting the same ERA, was 1-1. Verlander also lost his first July start.
The Tigers were 15-13 for the month, as a strong effort by the bullpen picked the club up.
The chief reason the aces didn't win more and the club wasn't able to get closer to 20 victories was the offense.
The Tigers hit just .249. Thanks to 35 home runs, they were able to score 108 times, one more run than they had in April but down from 137 in May. "We're going to have to step it up the second half if we're going to ...More |
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| Scores & Schedule |
| Last Five Games |
| Sat, Jun 27 | at Houston | L 1-8 | | Sun, Jun 28 | at Houston | W 4-3 | | Mon, Jun 29 | at Oakland | L 1-7 | | Tue, Jun 30 | at Oakland | W 5-3 | | Wed, Jul 1 | at Oakland | L 1-5 |
| Next Five Games |
| Fri, Jul 3 | at Minnesota | 8:10 pm | | Sat, Jul 4 | at Minnesota | 4:10 pm | | Sun, Jul 5 | at Minnesota | 2:10 pm | | Mon, Jul 6 | Kansas City | 7:05 pm | | Tue, Jul 7 | Kansas City | 7:05 pm |
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