Tiger's Miguel Cabrera Beats Jays

by Tom Dakers on Apr 8, 2009 10:35 PM EDT in Toronto Blue Jays Game Recaps

Tigers 5 Jays 1

Can't win them all. Apparently. The game was basically the 1st inning, after two singles that barely missed gloves. One a pop up that Travis Snider just missed after laying all out for it. I really thought it was Vernon's ball but he didn't go for it. The next batter, Magglio Ordonez bounced one up the middle that Litsch just missed. Then Miguel Cabrera crushed a homer.

In the Jays half of the 1st, Scoot doubled, Hill doubled, Rios singled, Wells walked. Bases loaded, none out and 1 in, things looked good. But Lind was too aggressive and swing at the 1st pitch, it was off the outside of the plate and Tigers got the force at home. Rolen flied out to shallow right, Rios tried to tag up and score but was thrown out easy. And that, basically, was the game. We should have come back that inning. After that Zack Miner shut us down for 5.2 innings and we couldn't get a hit off the Tigers crappy bullpen for 3.1.

Litsch looked good at times but gave up 3 homers in 6 innings, 2 of them to Cabrera, for 5 runs total, with 5 strikeouts. Frasor pitched two good innings and Tallet pitched a good 9th striking out 2. Offensively we did little. Scoot had 2 hits, Hill, Rios, Wells and Rolen each had one. 0fers go to Lind, Overbay, Barajas and Snider. Snider looked over matched much of the game.

We did have 1 other chance to get into the game, when we had 2 on in the 6th with 2 outs. But the Tigers brought in lefty Bobby Seay to pitch to Lyle Overbay. Cito did his usual statue imatation and left Lyle in to strikeout. Those of us in the Game Thread figured it would have been a good moment to get Kevin Millar or Jose Bautista into a game.

No Jays of the Day today. Suckage Jays were Lind (-.214 WPA) and Litsch (-.203).

Tomorrow's Jays/Tigers game has an early start, 12:30 Eastern. Ricky Romero gets his first career start for the Jays while Rick Porcello gets his first career start for the Tigers. Should be interesting. Unfortunately, the game doesn't look to be on TV and since MLB.tv blacks out all Jays games in Canada I guess we won't get a chance to watch.

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despite the home runs

I thought Litsch didn’t pitch badly at all. The Tigers do have one of the best lineups in the AL, at least, outside the AL East. Let’s take tomorrow’s game and the series!

"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman

by hugo on Apr 9, 2009 12:15 AM EDT reply actions

"Snider looked overmatched much of the game"?

Sigh… I hope I’m wrong, and I hope I’m not jinxing anyone, but this reminds me of another rookie lefty in LF for the Jays — Carlos Delgado in 1994 (maybe 1995?)
The difference is that Snider’s bat was awesome in March, whereas Delgado’s was awesome in April. Delgado then sucked, got sent down to AAA a few weeks later and became the 1B in Syracuse. At least that’s how I remember….

by PFHLai on Apr 9, 2009 10:16 AM EDT reply actions

oh it's just one game....

Delgado was up and down a few times, but Cito, in those days didn’t like younger players. I am hoping he has changed since then.

by Tom Dakers on Apr 9, 2009 10:49 AM EDT up reply actions

don't forgt last season

Cito had Lind brought up and played him everyday

"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman

by hugo on Apr 9, 2009 1:26 PM EDT up reply actions

Game is scheduled to show on Rogers 399 and 401, same as Tuesday night, hopefully it comes through again…

…and I agree, it’s just one game, I admit I was getting all hyped up for 162-0 after the first two, we have to keep it realistic and remember there’s inevitably going to be some awful days at the plate, like yesterday.

We WILL see a parade down Yonge Street one day soon...and I WILL be very drunk.

by snaptoit on Apr 9, 2009 11:20 AM EDT reply actions