Detroit Tigers: Going for Broke in 2012 (MLB the Show 2012)

[Comduklakis]

Scherzer Dominating As Tigers Win 2-0

Max Scherzer has had some tough luck this year. With a lack of run support, Scherzer was 2-3 with a sub 3 ERA heading into his start against the Chicago White Sox. But on this night he wasn't going to let low run support stop him. Although Detroit only scored two runs, both in the first two innings, Scherzer dominated the Sox with 12 K's, facing just 2 hitters over the minimum in his eight innings before Jose Valverde came on to get the save with a 1-2-3 9th.

Austin Jackson provided most of the offense by leading off the game with a homerun to straight away centerfield. He added the other RBI in the 2nd when he knocked a two out single to left to score Jhonny Peralta. Detroit had six hits in the first two innings but just 4 the rest of the way.

Detroit Tigers at Chicago White Sox
May 15, 2012	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Detroit (18-19)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	10	0
Chicago (16-21)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2
W: Max Scherzer (3-3) L: Gavin Floyd (2-3) S: Jose Valverde (3)

Scoring Summary
SCORING DETAILS			DET	CHW
DET	1	Austin Jackson homered to center	1	0
DET	2	Jackson singled to left, Peralta scored	2	0

Detroit Tigers
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Austin Jackson CF	4	1	3	2	0	0	0	.310
Brennan Boesch RF	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	.260
Prince Fielder DH	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.311
Victor Martinez 1b	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	.318
Andy Dirks LF	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.244
Alex Avila C	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	.339
Jhonny Peralta SS	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	.193
Ramon Santiago 2b	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	.309
Don Kelly 3b	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.071
Danny Worth PH-3b	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.600
TEAM TOTALS	34	2	10	2	0	3	0
BATTING: 2B: Avila (6) HR: Jackson (2) RBI: Jackson 2 (13) GIDP: Dirks

Chicago White Sox
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Hudson 3b	4	0	1	0	0	2	0	.279
De Aza CF	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.277
Konerko 1b	4	0	0	0	0	3	0	.195
Dunn DH	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	.226
Pierzynski, C	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.195
Ramirez SS	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	.184
Danks, LF	2	0	1	0	1	1	0	.342
Beckham 2b	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	.229
Rios RF	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	.268
Morel-PH	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.235
TEAM TOTALS	29	0	4	0	1	13	0
BATTING: GIDP: Beckham
BASERUNNING: CS: Hudson (1)

Detroit Tigers
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Max Scherzer (W, 3-3)	8.0	4	0	0	1	12	0	2.24
Jose Valverde (S, 3)	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4.50
TEAM TOTALS	9.0	4	0	0	1	13	0	0.00

Chicago White Sox
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
floyd (L, 2-3)	6.0	8	2	2	0	2	0	3.71
Ohman	3.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0.35

[Comduklakis]

Tigers Lose Pitching Duel 2-0 to Minnesota Twins

Minnesota Twins at Detroit Tigers
May 16, 2012	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Minnesota (17-21)	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	6	2
Detroit (18-20)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
W: Scott Diamond (3-3) L: Drew Smyly (3-2) S: Matt Capps (8)

Scoring Summary
SCORING DETAILS			MIN	DET
MIN	7	Casila sacrifice fly to center, Willinghma scored	1	0
MIN	7	Nishioka singled to center, Plouffe scored	2	0

Minnesota Twins
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Revere, RF	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.321
Span, CF	3	0	2	0	1	0	0	.304
Mauer, C	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	.262
Morneau, 1b	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.277
Willingham, LF	3	1	0	0	1	1	0	.225
Plouffe, 3b	4	1	1	0	0	1	0	.269
Doumit, DH	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	.281
Casilla, 2b	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	.215
Nishioka, SS	3	0	1	1	0	1	0	.259
TEAM TOTALS	28	2	6	2	3	6	0
BATTING: RBI: Casilla (11), Nishioka (3) SF: Casilla SAC: Mauer, Doumit, Morneau GIDP: Mauer
FIELDING: E: Willingham, Casilla

Detroit Tigers
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Austin Jackson CF	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	.302
Brennan Boesch RF	5	0	1	0	0	1	0	.258
Prince Fielder 1b	3	0	0	0	1	2	0	.305
Victor Martinez DH	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	.329
Delmon Young LF	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.317
Alex Avila C	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	.330
Jhonny Peralta SS	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	.197
Andy Dirks-PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.239
Danny Worth SS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.600
Ryan Raburn 2b	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.307
Ramon Santiago 3b	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.293
TEAM TOTALS	34	0	6	0	2	7	0
BATTING: 2B: Peralta (4), Martinez (8) HBP: Santiago SAC: Jackson

Minnesota Twins
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Diamond (W, 3-3)	6.0	5	0	0	2	6	0	4.44
Swarzak (H, 1)	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4.05
Perkins (H, 5)	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.00
Capps (S, 8)	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.79

Detroit Tigers
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Drew Smyly (L, 3-2)	7.0	5	2	2	2	5	0	3.73
Phil Coke	2.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	3.46
TEAM TOTALS	9.0	6	2	2	3	6	0	2.00

[Comduklakis]

Porcello Breaks Out Of Slump, Tigers Shutout Twins 4-0

Minnesota Twins at Detroit Tigers
May 17, 2012	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Minnesota (17-22)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
Detroit (19-20)	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	x	4	8	2
W: Rick Porcello (2-4) L: Brian Duensing (1-4)

Scoring Summary
SCORING DETAILS			MIN	DET
DET	3	Fielder doubled to left, Jackson scored	0	1
DET	3	Martinez singled to left, Fielder scored	0	2
DET	4	Peralta homered to right	0	3
DET	6	Santiago singled to center, Avila scored	0	4

Minnesota Twins
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Revere, RF	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	.319
Span, CF	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	.309
Mauer, C	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.254
Morneau, 1b	4	0	0	0	0	3	0	.268
Willingham, LF	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	.221
Doumit, DH	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	.275
Plouffe, 3b	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	.270
Casilla, 2b	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.207
Nishioka, SS	3	0	0	0	1	2	0	.233
TEAM TOTALS	31	0	4	0	5	9	0
BATTING: GIDP: Span
BASERUNNING: SB: Span (8)
FIELDING: E: Span (5)

Detroit Tigers
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Austin Jackson CF	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	.302
Andy Dirks RF	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.220
Prince Fielder 1b	4	1	1	1	0	2	0	.304
Victor Martinez DH	3	0	1	1	1	1	0	.329
Delmon Young LF	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	.315
Alex Avila C	3	1	0	0	1	1	0	.322
Jhonny Peralta SS	4	1	3	1	0	0	1	.215
Ryan Raburn 2b	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.299
Ramon Santiago 3b	3	0	1	1	0	1	0	.295
TEAM TOTALS	31	4	8	4	3	7	1
BATTING: 2B: Jackson (15), Fielder (9) HBP: Peralta (3) RBI: Fielder (28), Peralta (12), Santiago (6), Martinez (15)
BASERUNNING: CS: Young (1), Santiago (1)
FIELDING: E: Raburn (4), Avila (1)

Minnesota Twins
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Duensing (L, 1-4)	5.0	5	3	3	2	5	1	5.31
Gray	1.0	2	1	1	1	1	0	2.45
Burnett	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	7.85
TEAM TOTALS	8.0	8	4	4	3	7	1	4.50

Detroit Tigers
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Rick Porcello (W, 2-4)	7.0	4	0	0	4	7	0	5.36
Duane Below	2.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0.00
TEAM TOTALS	9.0	4	0	0	5	9	0	0.00

[Comduklakis]

Verlander Has Off Night, Pirates Win Inter-league Matchup 10-7

Pittsburgh Pirates at Detroit Tigers
May 18, 2012	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Pittsburgh (19-20)	3	3	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	10	15	0
Detroit (19-21)	1	0	1	1	3	0	1	0	0	7	13	0
W: Charlie Morton (4-0) L: Justin Verlander (4-2) S: Joel Hanrahan (12)

Scoring Summary
SCORING DETAILS			PIT	DET
PIT	1	Walker homered to center, McCutchen and Jones also scored	3	0
DET	1	Martinez doubled to right, Dirks scored	3	1
PIT	2	McCutchen doubled to left, McGhee and Mercer scored	5	1
PIT	2	Walker singled to left, McCutchen scored	6	1
DET	3	Boesch doubled to right, Dirks scored	6	2
DET	4	Avila homered to right	6	3
PIT	5	Alvarez homered to left	7	3
DET	5	Boesch sacrifice fly to left, Kelly scored	7	4
DET	5	Martinez doubled to right, Dirks scored	7	5
DET	5	Young singled to left, Martinez scored	7	6
PIT	6	McCutchen homered to left	8	6
PIT	7	Jones singled to center, McGhee and Herenandez scored	10	6
DET	7	Martinez singled to left, Fielder scored	10	7

Pittsburgh Pirates
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Hernandez, LF	6	1	1	0	0	2	0	.131
Tabata, RF	6	0	1	0	0	2	0	.290
McCutchen, CF	4	3	4	3	1	0	1	.276
Jones, 1b	2	1	2	2	3	0	0	.240
Walker, 2b	4	1	2	4	1	2	1	.261
Barajas, C	4	0	0	0	1	1	0	.263
Alvarez, 3b	5	1	1	1	0	2	1	.209
McGehee, DH	5	2	2	0	0	1	0	.272
Barmes, SS	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	.258
Mercer, PR-SS	3	1	1	0	1	1	0	.189
TEAM TOTALS	40	10	15	10	7	11	3
BATTING: 2B: Hernandez (5), McCutchen 2 (8), McGehee (7) HR: McCutchen (7), Walker (4), Alvarez (6) RBI: McCutchen 3 (26), Walker 4 (19), Jones 2 (13), Alvarez (17)
BASERUNNING: SB: Mercer (2) CS: Tabata (2), Walker (2)

Detroit Tigers
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Andy Dirks CF	5	3	3	0	0	0	0	.255
Brennan Boesch RF	4	0	1	2	0	0	0	.257
Prince Fielder 1b	5	1	1	0	0	2	0	.301
Victor Martinez DH	4	1	3	3	0	0	0	.340
Delmon Young LF	4	0	1	1	0	1	0	.313
Alex Avila C	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	.320
Danny Worth SS	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.444
Ryan Raburn 2b	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	.289
Don Kelly 3b	4	1	2	0	0	1	0	.125
TEAM TOTALS	38	7	13	7	0	6	1
BATTING: 2B: Boesch (6), Fielder (10), Martinez 2 (10) HR: Avila (3) RBI: Boesch 2 (21), Young (21), Avila (15), Martinez 3 (18) SF: Boesch GIDP: Boesch

Pittsburgh Pirates
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Correia	2.0	3	1	1	0	1	0	7.78
Morton (W, 4-0)	3.0	6	5	5	0	3	1	4.08
Leroux (H, 1)	1.2	3	1	1	0	2	0	2.65
Resop (H, 3)	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.95
Watson (H, 6)	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.38
Hanrahan (S, 120	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.31
TEAM TOTALS	9.0	13	7	7	0	6	1	7.00

Detroit Tigers
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Justin Verlander (L, 4-2)	4.0	9	7	7	5	8	2	3.65
Duane Below	2.0	3	1	1	1	0	1	0.44
Al Alburquerque	1.0	3	2	2	1	1	0	5.94
Joaquin Benoit	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3.12
TEAM TOTALS	9.0	15	10	10	7	11	3	10.00

[pokerplaya]

Just wondering, are you also playing all of your games with the Tigers as well? I have a franchise here in the HQ as well with the Tigers, I play every game, every pitch, and we're very close to the same progress. I'm currently playing the Cleveland series just past the Pirates series you just updated from.

Will be following, obviously a Tigers fan... live 15 minutes from Downtown...

[Comduklakis]

Fister Cruises, Laird Has Big Night As Tigers Beat Pirates 3-0

Pittsburgh Pirates at Detroit Tigers
May 19, 2012	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Pittsburgh (19-21)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
Detroit (20-21)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	x	3	9	1
W: Doug Fister (5-3) L: Jeff Karstens (2-2) S: Jose Valverde (4)

Scoring Summary
SCORING DETAILS			PIT	DET
DET	7	Laird homered to left	0	1
DET	8	Laird doubled to left center, Martinez and Boesch scored	0	3

Pittsburgh Pirates
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Tabata, RF	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	.289
Hernandez, LF	3	0	1	0	1	1	0	.141
McCutchen, CF	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	.269
Barajas, C	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	.263
Walker, 2b	3	0	0	0	1	2	0	.256
Jones, 1b	4	0	1	0	0	2	0	.241
McGehee, DH	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	.264
Barmes, SS	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	.252
Mercer, 3b	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.179
Presely, PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.341
Alvarez, 3b	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.209
TEAM TOTALS	31	0	4	0	4	9	0
BATTING: 2B: Tabata (10) GIDP: McGehee
BASERUNNING: SB: Hernandez (3)

Detroit Tigers
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Austin Jackson CF	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	.295
Brennan Boesch RF	4	1	2	0	0	1	0	.264
Prince Fielder 1b	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	.295
Victor Martinez DH	4	1	2	0	0	1	0	.343
Delmon Young LF	4	0	0	0	0	3	0	.304
Gerald Laird C	4	1	2	3	0	1	1	.250
Jhonny Peralta SS	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	.224
Ryan Raburn 2b	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.282
Ramon Santiago 3b	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	.297
TEAM TOTALS	33	3	9	3	1	11	1
BATTING: 2B: Peralta (5), Laird (2) HR: Laird (1) RBI: Laird 3 (7)
FIELDING: E: Peralta (4)

Pittsburgh Pirates
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Karstens (L, 2-20	7.0	7	1	1	0	10	1	2.61
Cruz	0.2	2	2	2	1	1	0	3.48
Grilli	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.86
TEAM TOTALS	8.0	9	3	3	1	11	1	3.38

Detroit Tigers
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Doug Fister (W, 5-3)	7.0	3	0	0	2	6	0	2.93
Octavio Dotel (H, 4)	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3.72
Jose Valverde (S, 4)	1.0	1	0	0	2	1	0	4.00
TEAM TOTALS	9.0	4	0	0	4	9	0	0.00

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Tiger Bats Come Alive In 12-4 Romp, Worth Hits Grand Slam

Pittsburgh Pirates at Detroit Tigers
May 20, 2012	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Pittsburgh (19-22)	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	4	11	0
Detroit (21-21)	3	0	0	0	5	0	4	0	x	12	13	0
W: Max Scherzer (4-3) L: A.J. Burnett (2-5)

Scoring Summary
SCORING DETAILS			PIT	DET
DET	1	Avila doubled to right, Jackson, Boesch, and Martinez scored	0	3
PIT	3	Hernandez doubled, McKenry scored	1	3
DET	5	Martinez singled to left, Jackson and Boesch scored	1	5
DET	5	Dirks homered to right, Fielder and Martinez also scored	1	8
PIT	6	McGehee singled to center, Walker scored	2	8
PIT	7	McCutchen tripled to center, Presley scored	3	8
DET	7	Worth Grand Slam, Dirks, Avila, and Peralta also scored	3	12
PIT	8	Jones homered to right	4	12

Pittsburgh Pirates
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Presley, RF	5	1	1	0	0	1	0	.336
Hernandez, LF	5	0	2	1	0	0	0	.159
McCutchen, CF	4	0	1	1	1	1	0	.269
Alvarez, 3b	5	0	0	0	0	3	0	.201
Walker, 2b	4	1	3	0	0	1	0	.269
Jones, 1b	3	1	1	1	1	0	1	.243
McGehee, DH	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	.264
Barmes, SS	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.252
McKenry, C	3	1	1	0	1	1	0	.286
TEAM TOTALS	37	4	11	4	3	7	1
BATTING: 2B: Hernandez 2 (7), Walker 2 (9), Barmes (3) 3B: McCutchen (2), Presley (3) HR: Jones (3) RBI: Hernandez (1), McCutchen (27), Jones (14), McGehee (12) GIDP: Presley
BASERUNNING: SB: Walker (3)

Detroit Tigers
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Austin Jackson CF	4	2	2	0	1	1	0	.300
Brennan Boesch RF	3	2	1	0	2	0	0	.266
Prince Fielder DH	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	.292
Victor Martinez 1b	4	2	1	2	1	1	0	.341
Andy Dirks LF	4	2	2	3	0	0	1	.271
Alex Avila C	4	1	3	3	0	1	0	.333
Jhonny Peralta SS	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	.227
Danny Worth 2b	4	1	2	4	0	1	1	.462
Ramon Santiago 3b	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.279
TEAM TOTALS	35	12	13	12	5	5	2
BATTING: 2B: Avila (7) HR: Worth (1), Dirks (2) RBI: Worth 4 (4), Avila 3 (18), Dirks 3 (9), Martinez 2 (20) GIDP: Boesch

Pittsburgh Pirates
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Burnett (L, 2-5)	4.0	4	6	6	5	2	0	6.60
Resop	1.0	3	2	2	0	2	1	3.63
Leroux	1.1	5	4	4	0	1	1	4.42
Watson	1.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.23
TEAM TOTALS	8.0	13	12	12	5	5	2	13.50

Detroit Tigers
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Max Scherzer (W, 4-3)	7.0	10	4	4	2	7	1	2.58
Joaquin Benoit	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2.79
TEAM TOTALS	9.0	11	4	4	3	7	1	4.00

[Comduklakis]

Quote: Originally Posted by pokerplaya

Just wondering, are you also playing all of your games with the Tigers as well? I have a franchise here in the HQ as well with the Tigers, I play every game, every pitch, and we're very close to the same progress. I'm currently playing the Cleveland series just past the Pirates series you just updated from. Will be following, obviously a Tigers fan... live 15 minutes from Downtown...

No I am not playing every game. I play 1 out of every 3 or 4. I simply don't have time to play every game since in addition to work and family I'm also still doing a Pistons dynasty on OS. I do go into each game as if I'm going to play it and then fast forward so i get the game log. if you just sim games from the calendar you don't get that and can't put in the details about how runs were scored.