The Eye of the Tiger: A Detroit Tigers Franchise (MLB 2K12)

[TheNumber35]

Fister racks up 12 Ks in 2-1 win over Beckett and the Sox

Doug Fister dominated the Red Sox even more so than Verlander the day before him in a 2-1 win by Detroit. Fister pitched 7.2 innings, striking out 12 and giving up a lone run in an excellent performance. Fister was matched pitch for pitch by Josh Beckett who pitched 8 innings of 2 run ball, a Gerald Laird 2 RBI single that drove in Miguel Cabrera and Prince Fielder being the difference in this game.

Notes: Andy Dirks and Ryan Raburn continue their tear, getting on base a couple of times between the two of them. Fister's 12 Ks is one short of his career high that he set last year against Cleveland.

Tomorrow's Game: Clay Buchholz (0-0) 0.00 ERA vs Max Scherzer (0-0) 0.00 ERA

Boston Red Sox at Detroit Tigers
Apr 7, 2012	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Boston (0-1)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	0
Detroit (1-0)	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	x	2	8	0
W: Doug Fister (1-0) L: Josh Beckett (0-1) S: Jose Valverde (2)

Boston Red Sox
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
CF Carl Crawford	4	1	2	0	0	2	0	.250
2B Dustin Pedroia	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	.000
1B Adrian Gonzalez	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	.500
DH David Ortiz	4	0	1	1	0	2	0	.500
C Ryan Lavarnway	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	.000
3B Kevin Youkilis	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	.250
LF Cody Ross	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	.250
SS Brad Emaus	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	.125
RF Ryan Sweeney	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000

Detroit Tigers
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
CF Austin Jackson	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	.125
RF Brennan Boesch	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	.429
3B Miguel Cabrera	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	.286
1B Prince Fielder	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	.286
LF Delmon Young	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.143
C Gerald Laird	3	0	1	2	0	0	0	.250
SS Jhonny Peralta	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000
2B Ryan Raburn	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	.667
DH Andy Dirks	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	.400

Boston Red Sox
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Josh Beckett	8.0	8	2	2	0	3	0	2.25

Detroit Tigers
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Doug Fister	7.2	7	1	1	0	12	0	1.17
Phil Coke	.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.00
Jose Valverde	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00

[TheNumber35]

Buchholz blanks Tigers, prevents the sweep

Clay Buchholz dominated the Detroit Tigers who were denied a sweep of the Red Sox today. Buchholz pitched a complete game shutout against a lineup which shouldn't ever be shut down. Max Scherzer was outshined, but didn't pitch badly as he pitched 7 innings of 2 run baseball.

Tomorrow's Game: (Tampa Bay 2-1) @ (Detroit 2-1)
Jeremy Helickson (0-0) 0.00 ERA vs Rick Porcello (0-0) 0.00 ERA

Boston Red Sox at Detroit Tigers
Apr 8, 2012	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Boston (0-2)	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	8	1
Detroit (2-0)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	x	0	4	0
W: Clay Buchholz (1-0) L: Max Scherzer (0-1)

Boston Red Sox
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
CF Carl Crawford	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.250
2B Dustin Pedroia	4	0	2	1	0	1	0	.181
1B Adrian Gonzalez	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333
DH David Ortiz	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.416
C Ryan Lavarnway	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000
3B Kevin Youkilis	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.166
LF Cody Ross	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	.333
2B Brad Emaus	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	.181
RF Ryan Sweeney	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	.111

Detroit Tigers
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
CF Austin Jackson	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.083
RF Brennan Boesch	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	.272
3B Miguel Cabrera	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	.300
1B Prince Fielder	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	.200
LF Delmon Young	3	0	1	0	0	2	0	.200
C Gerald Laird	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.142
SS Jhonny Peralta	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	.111
2B Ryan Raburn	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.444
DH Andy Dirks	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	.375

Boston Red Sox
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Clay Buchholz	9.0	4	0	0	0	9	0	0.00

Detroit Tigers
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Max Scherzer	7	8	2	2	0	4	0	2.57
Daniel Schlereth	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.00

[TheNumber35]

Series Recap: Tampa @ Detroit

Game 1: Hellickson Blanks Tigers, Rays win 4-0

The Tigers struggled with the bats again, this time against 2011 rookie of the year award winner, Jeremy Hellickson. Hellickson was masterful, striking out 4 batters and allowing 5 hits over his 9 innings of work. He allowed no runs and was in control really the whole way. Detroit couldn't get a good outing out of Porcello, who went only 4 innings before getting the hook.

Tampa Bay Rays at Detroit Tigers
Apr 10, 2012	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Tampa Bay (2-1)	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	9	0
Detroit (2-1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
W: Jeremy Hellickson (1-0) L: Rick Porcello (0-1)

Scoring Summary
SCORING DETAILS			TAM	DET

Tampa Bay Rays
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
BJ Upton	4	0	0	0	0	3	0	.125
Matt Joyce	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.174
Evan Longoria	4	1	2	2	0	0	0	.273
Carlos Pena	4	0	1	1	0	1	0	.318
Luke Scott	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.130
Ben Zobrist	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	.364
Desmond Jennings	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	.091
Jose Molina	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	.529
Jeff Kepinger	3	1	2	1	0	0	0	.263

Detroit Tigers
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Austin Jackson	4	0	2	0	0	1	0	.208
Brennan Boesch	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.217
Miguel Cabrera	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	.150
Prince Fielder	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286
Delmon Young	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182
Omir Santos	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	.333
Jhonny Peralta	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.118
Ryan Raburn	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	.389
Andy Dirks	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	.235

Tampa Bay Rays
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Jeremy Hellickson	9.0	5	0	0	1	4	0	0.00

Detroit Tigers
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Rick Porcello	4.0	8	4	4	0	2	0	9.00
Colin Balester	3.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0.00
Phil Coke	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.00

Game 2: Turner's debut excellent, Prince Bombs a pair of long balls in 6-0 win

The Tigers came out of their shell offensively in this game, with Brennan Boesch hitting a home run ball and new Tiger Prince Fielder hitting a pair of them. The story of this game was Jacob Turner, who pitched 6 innings of shutout baseball against a very good Tampa team.

Tampa Bay Rays at Detroit Tigers
Apr 11, 2012	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Tampa Bay (3-1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	1
Detroit (2-2)	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	2	x	6	9	1
W: Jeremy Hellickson (1-0) L: Rick Porcello (0-1)

Scoring Summary
SCORING DETAILS			TAM	DET

Tampa Bay Rays
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
BJ Upton	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	.125
Matt Joyce	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	.174
Evan Longoria	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	.273
Carlos Pena	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	.318
Luke Scott	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.130
Ben Zobrist	4	0	2	0	0	2	0	.364
Desmond Jennings	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	.091
Jose Molina	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	.529
Jeff Kepinger	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	.263

Detroit Tigers
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Austin Jackson	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	.208
Brennan Boesch	4	1	2	2	0	0	1	.217
Miguel Cabrera	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.150
Prince Fielder	3	3	2	2	1	1	2	.286
Delmon Young	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	.182
Gerald Laird	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.071
Jhonny Peralta	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	.118
Ryan Raburn	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	.389
Andy Dirks	3	0	0	1	0	2	0	.235

Tampa Bay Rays
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Alex Cobb	6.1	7	4	3	1	5	1	4.26
J.P Howell	1.2	2	2	2	0	0	2	6.75

Detroit Tigers
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Jacob Turner	6.0	3	0	0	0	7	0	0.00
Octavio Dotel	1.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0.00
Joaquin Benoit	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0.00
Daniel Schlereth	1.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0.00

Game 3: Verlander struggles, Price shines, Tigers lose 4-1

This game came down to the fact that David Price had his A game going today...and Justin Verlander didn't. Verlander was roughed around a little bit, giving up 4 runs (only 1 earned!) in 8 innings of work while striking out 10 Rays. The defense let Detroit down, making 3 errors and causing Verlander to throw extra pitches that he shouldn't have had to make.

Tampa Bay Rays at Detroit Tigers
Apr 12, 2012	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Tampa Bay (3-2)	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	8	1
Detroit (3-2)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	3
W: David Price (1-0) L: Justin Verlander (1-1)

Tampa Bay Rays
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
BJ Upton	4	1	2	1	0	1	0	.125
Matt Joyce	4	0	1	0	0	2	0	.174
Evan Longoria	4	0	2	3	0	2	0	.273
Carlos Pena	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	.318
Luke Scott	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	.130
Ben Zobrist	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	.364
Desmond Jennings	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.091
Jose Molina	4	1	2	0	0	1	0	.529
Jeff Kepinger	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	.263

Detroit Tigers
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Austin Jackson	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	.208
Brennan Boesch	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.217
Miguel Cabrera	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	.150
Prince Fielder	4	0	2	0	0	1	0	.286
Delmon Young	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182
Jhonny Peralta	3	0	1	1	0	1	0	.118
Gerald Laird	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.071
Ryan Raburn	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.389
Andy Dirks	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.235

Tampa Bay Rays
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
David Price (W; 1-0)	9.0	4	1	0	0	4	0	.57

Detroit Tigers
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Justin Verlander (L; 1-1)	8.0	8	4	1	0	10	0	1.20
Phil Coke	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0.00

Next Game: Detroit (3-3) @ Chicago White Sox (2-4)

Doug Fister (1-0) 1.17 ERA vs Gavin Floyd (0-1) 0.00 ERA

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Series Recap: Detroit @ Chicago White Sox


Game 1: Fister great, Kelly steals the show

Doug Fister pitched an excellent game here, holding the White Sox scoreless through 7.2 innings and striking out 9 batters. But Don Kelly in his first action of the season came through for Detroit. He hit a 2-run Home Run for Detroit. Also homering was Cabrera for the first time this season, he appears to be breaking his slump

Detroit Tigers at Chicago White Sox
Apr 13, 2012	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Detroit (3-3)	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	4	7	0
Chicago (2-4)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
W: Doug Fister (2-0) L: Gavin Floyd (0-2) S: Jose Valverde (3)

Scoring Summary
SCORING DETAILS			DET	CHW

Detroit Tigers
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Austin Jackson	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.185
Brennan Boesch	4	0	0	1	0	1	0	.185
Miguel Cabrera	4	1	2	1	0	0	1	.208
Prince Fielder	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	.280
Jhonny Peralta	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	.142
Don Kelly	3	1	1	2	1	0	1	.333
Omir Santos	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	.285
Andy Dirks	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.190
Ryan Raburn	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	.380

Chicago White Sox
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Alejandro De Aza	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	.300
Alexi Ramirez	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	.233
Paul Konerko	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	.206
Adam Dunn	4	0	1	0	0	3	0	.150
Hideki Matsui	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	.000
AJ Pierzynski	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.173
Gordon Beckham	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	.150
Dayan Viciedo	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	.148
Alex Rios	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	.391

Detroit Tigers
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Doug Fister (W; 2-0)	7.2	7	0	0	0	9	0	0.59
Jose Valverde (S; 3)	1.1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0.00

Chicago White Sox
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Gavin Floyd (L; 0-2)	8.1	7	4	4	1	6	2	2.45
Matt Thornton	.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	2.08

Game 2: Cabrera Homers, Scherzer pitches well, Tigers win 6-2

Game two of this series started off very oddly, with John Danks being struck on the head by a liner to begin the 2nd inning...he left the game with an undisclosed injury but was later found to be alright and is expected to make his next start. But that left the Sox pen to pitch 8 innings, Eric Stults pitched 7 of those and really shined for Chicago. Andy Dirks has been the odd man out recently with Don Kelly performing at such a high level with the bat.

Detroit Tigers at Chicago White Sox
Apr 14, 2012	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Detroit (4-3)	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	6	10	2
Chicago (2-5)	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	7	0
W: Max Scherzer (1-1) L: John Danks (0-2)

Scoring Summary
SCORING DETAILS			DET	CHW

Detroit Tigers
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Austin Jackson	5	1	1	0	0	2	0	.187
Brennan Boesch	4	2	2	0	1	1	0	.225
Miguel Cabrera	3	2	1	2	0	0	1	.222
Prince Fielder	3	0	0	1	0	2	0	.250
Delmon Young	4	1	3	1	0	0	0	.269
Don Kelly	4	0	1	2	0	2	0	.285
Jhonny Peralta	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.120
Gerald Laird	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.055
Ryan Raburn	4	0	2	0	0	1	0	.400

Chicago White Sox
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Alejandro De Aza	4	0	1	1	0	2	0	.294
Alexi Ramirez	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	.235
Paul Konerko	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	.242
Adam Dunn	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	.166
Hideki Matsui	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000
AJ Pierzynski	4	1	1	0	0	1	0	.185
Gordon Beckham	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125
Dayan Viciedo	4	0	1	0	0	2	0	.161
Alex Rios	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.346

Detroit Tigers
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Max Scherzer (W; 1-1)	6.0	4	1	1	0	5	0	2.08
Colin Balester	2.0	3	1	1	0	1	0	1.80
Daniel Schlereth	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0.00

Chicago White Sox
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
John Danks (L; 0-2)	1.0	3	4	4	1	0	0	7.71
Eric Stults	7.1	7	2	2	0	8	1	2.45
Addison Reed	.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.00

Game 3: Porcello and Jackson Lead the Sweep for Tigers past Peavy, and Sox

The Tigers had another excellent pitching performance tonight, this time from Rick Porcello. Porcello lasted 3 innings longer than his previous start, gave up 6 less hits and no earned runs. Austin Jackson led the charge for the Tigers, hitting his first homer of the season off Peavy to leadoff the game. The Tigers win their 3rd straight game and are feeling good leaving Chicago with the sweep.

Detroit Tigers at Chicago White Sox
Apr 15, 2012	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Detroit (5-3)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	8	0
Chicago (2-6)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
W: Rick Porcello (1-1) L: Jake Peavy (1-1) S: Jose Valverde (4)

Scoring Summary
SCORING DETAILS			DET	CHW

Detroit Tigers
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Austin Jackson	4	1	1	2	0	1	1	.194
Brennan Boesch	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	.235
Miguel Cabrera	4	0	2	0	0	1	0	.258
Prince Fielder	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.218
Delmon Young	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.233
Gerald Laird	4	1	1	0	0	1	0	.090
Ramon Santiago	4	1	1	0	0	1	0	.250
Ryan Raburn	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	.392
Don Kelly	4	0	1	1	0	1	0	.272

Chicago White Sox
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Alejandro De Aza	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	.289
Alexi Ramirez	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	.263
Paul Konerko	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	.222
Adam Dunn	4	0	0	0	0	3	0	.142
Hideki Matsui	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000
AJ Pierzynski	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.166
Gordon Beckham	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.111
Dayan Viciedo	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	.147
Alex Rios	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.310

Detroit Tigers
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Rick Porcello (W; 1-1)	7.0	2	0	0	1	7	0	3.27
Joaquin Benoit	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0.00
Jose Valverde (S; 4)	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.00

Chicago White Sox
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Jake Peavy (L; 1-1)	6.0	8	3	3	1	5	1	2.13
Matt Thornton	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1.42
Dylan Axelrod	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.25

[AustSaint]

How is fatigue in the game?, In a lot of the games you have played the pitchers seem to be having complete games or the relief pitchers aren't being used much.

I like your reports, basic and informative

[TheNumber35]

Quote: Originally Posted by AustSaint

How is fatigue in the game?, In a lot of the games you have played the pitchers seem to be having complete games or the relief pitchers aren't being used much. I like your reports, basic and informative

Thanks! As for fatigue...I'm still practicing and getting better at working the count and getting the pitch counts up. So a lot of the times the guys are around 70-80 pitches in the 8th or 9th inning, which is why they are being left in. Plus I'm just getting flat out dominated by guys lol. But I'm working at finding a good slider set and I've been experimenting with sliders to get the CPU to throw more balls and tire themselves out a little. Overall though, I'm not feeling too bad about fatigue just yet since my guys are getting fatigued (Turner, Scherzer, Fister) in their last 3 starts were at their pitch limits and it showed.

[IRUB2DAHUB]

Ok first I would like to say this is awesome. I to am a diehard tigers fine so thats even better. One question though, what difficult do you play on? Keep up the great post/work!

[TheNumber35]

Quote: Originally Posted by IRUB2DAHUB

Ok first I would like to say this is awesome. I to am a diehard tigers fine so thats even better. One question though, what difficult do you play on? Keep up the great post/work!

I'm on All-Star but I've tinkered with the sliders a little bit so far...after the Chicago series I'm gonna examine some things and mess with them a little more. I think I'm getting better at the timing in this game, which is making it difficult to stay on the same slider set I've been on the last 8 games. And I will most definitely continue the work, thanks for following and any feedback/ suggestions are welcomed and appreciated

Stay tuned on the post above for the game 3 recap at some point tonight...I'm finishing up the game for it now and I'll post the results. Its 2-0 me right now in the bottom of the 5th with Porcello pitching much better than his previous start. A-Jack hit a leadoff jack against Peavy and we haven't looked back yet