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Detroit Tigers 2013

 

[RobToxin]

2013 DETROIT TIGERS

OBJECTIVE: Complete the 2013 season.

2012: 88-74 AL Champions

OPENING DAY STARTERS
C: Victor Martinez
1B: Prince Fielder
2B: Omar Infante
3B: Miguel Cabrera
SS: Ramon Santiago
LF: Andy Dirks
CF: Austin Jackson
RF: Joe Mather
DH: Jhonny Peralta

OPENING DAY LINEUP
1. Austin Jackson
2. Andy Dirks
3. Prince Fielder
4. Miguel Cabrera
5. Victor Martinez
6. Jhonny Peralta
7. Omar Infante
8. Joe Mather
9. Ramon Santiago

BENCH
Alex Avila
Eric Patterson
Torii Hunter
Jerad Head
Don Kelly

PITCHING ROTATION
1. Max Scherzer
2. Justin Verlander
3. Doug Fister
4. Anibal Sanchez
5. Rick Porcello

BULLPEN
Closer: Drew Smyly
Setup: Joaquin Benoit
Short Relief: Darin Downs and Shawn Hill
Middle Relief: Al Alberquerque
Long Relief: Matt Hoffman

BUDGET
Ticket Prices: $25.00
Player Salaries: $139,100,345 (5th)
Farm System $7,100,000 (5th)
Scouting $6,800,000 (6th)
Medical Staff $8,800,000 (4th)
Projected Profit: $896,758

PREDICTED FINISH
AMERICAN LEAGUE
CENTRAL
DETROIT
Chicago
Cleveland
Kansas City
Minnesota

EAST
Boston
Toronto
New York
Tampa Bay
Baltimore

WEST
Los Angeles
Texas
Seattle
Oakland
Houston

WILD CARD: Texas over Toronto

ALCS: Detroit over Los Angeles

NATIONAL LEAGUE
EAST
Washington
Philadelphia
Miami
Atlanta
New York

CENTRAL
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
St Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee

WEST
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Arizona
San Diego
Colorado

WILD CARD: San Francisco over Philadelphia

NLCS: Los Angeles over Cincinnati/Washington

WORLD SERIES: Los Angeles over Detroit

EXPIRING CONTRACTS
Max Scherzer
Doug Fister
Alex Avilla

TOP PROSPECTS
Nick Castellanos
Casey Crosby
Tyler Gibson

DETROIT TIGERS SPRING TRAINING NEWS
March 1: Signed free agent RF Joe Mather
March 11: Placed Andy Dirks on the DL with a broken hand.
March 13: Rick Porcello suffered a rotator cuff injury and missed 8 days of spring training.
March 21: Rick Porcello returned from injury.
March 26: Andy Dirks returned from DL. Tyler Gibson suffered a bruised foot and missed three days of spring training.
March 29: Tyler Gibson returned from injury.

NEWS AROUND THE MAJOR LEAGUES
March 2: Phillies trade Phillippe Aumont.
March 4: Jim Henderson goes to Washington.
March 7: Phillies send Orr to San Francisco in six-person deal.
March 9: San Francisco trades George Kontos to New York.
March 10: Braves send O’Flaherty to Kansas City in five-person deal.
March 13: Nationals continue without Gonzalez. Diamondbacks get Desmond for three players.
March 15: Diamondbacks trade Cliff Pennington. Werth will sit out with twisted knee.
March 16: Bay not long for Seattle.
March 18: White Sox send Beckham to Houston in nine-person deal.
March 23: Red Sox get Storen for three players.
March 27: Angels trade Kevin Jepsen. Jim Miller traded from Yankees to Mets.
March 28: Homer Bailey goes to Atlanta.
March 30: Athletics trade Tejada to Royals.

OPENING SERIES: April 1,3-4 at Minnesota

 

[RobToxin]

(The following is a work of fiction based on the game Baseball Mogul 2014)

The acids had burned in the pits of their stomachs for months. The sickening sights of brooms ready to send each one of them into a violent rage. The hatred for everything Giants-related had boiled over to the point where they even felt some consolation when seeing the New York Football Giants miss the playoffs completely.

Being the favorites to win the American League again in 2013 did nothing to dispel that anger. Especially when the experts said they would lose the World Series yet again.

Their hadn’t left their hearts in San Francisco but they had never allowed their pain to travel too far away from the place where their World Series nightmare still called home.

The 2012 Detroit Tigers had been swept in the World Series by the San Francisco Giants.

The 2013 Detroit Tigers were determined to right that horrible wrong and win their first World Series in almost 30 years.

DETROIT AT MINNESOTA
APRIL 1, 2013
The Tigers opened the season in Minnesota. Max Scherer took the mound for the Tigers and it was Carlos Zambrano pitching for the Twins.

The Tigers got a run in the top of the first when a Zambrano wild pitch scored Andy Dirks.

In the top of the second, an RBI single by Austin Jackson gave the Tigers a 2-0 lead.

The Twins got a run in the bottom of the second to make it 2-1 but the Tigers increased their lead in the top of the third as Jhonny Peralta had an RBI single and Victor Martinez scored on a double play ground ball to give the Tigers a 4-1 lead.

The Twins added a run in the bottom of the third to make it 4-2.

The Tigers put it away in the top of the sixth inning. Dirks had an RBI single and then Miguel Cabrera and Martinez both walked with the bases loaded to build the lead to 7-2.

The Twins did get a pair of runs in the bottom of the ninth to make the final 7-4.

After the game, Austin Jackson reported he had a strained calf.

APRIL 3, 2013
Torii Hunter replaced Austin Jackson in center field for this game. Justin Verlander got the call against Samuel Deduno.

The Tigers scored in the top of the first on a sac fly by Victor Martinez.

In the top of the third, it was Martinez with an RBI double to give the Tigers a 2-0 lead.
In the top of the fifth, Martinez drew a bases loaded walk to make it 3-0.

The Twins came back with a run in the sixth and then two in the ninth to force the game into extra innings.

In the top of the tenth, Andy Dirks got an RBI single for the 4-3 win.

APRIL 4, 2013
Austin Jackson was back in the lineup for the series finale. Doug Fister took on Rich Harden.

The Twins got three in the bottom of the second to take an early lead.

Andy Dirks hit a sacrifice fly in the top of the sixth to make it 3-1.

The Twins then scored three in the bottom of the sixth to win 6-1.

Harden struck out 11 in 7.2 innings.

NEXT SERIES: New York Yankees (2-1) at Detroit (2-1)

NEWS AROUND THE MAJOR LEAGUES
March 31: Win over Houston puts Texas in lead. Athletics get Craig for three players.
April 1: New York wins 3-2 to take first. Hernandez dominates Athletics – allows just three hits.
April 2: Win over Houston puts Texas in lead. 2-0 shutout is Baltimore’s first win of 2013.
April 3: 4-0, McCarthy no-hits Cardinals. Holland strikes out twelve. New York wins 4-0 to take first. Hellickson crafts 6-3 victory.
April 4: Buchholz throws shutout for Boston win.

 

[herky]

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[RobToxin]

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I might could do a Cubs one. Any particular season you would be interested in it starting with?

 

[RobToxin]

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Home-openers are the most exciting moments in baseball. April is just getting underway and fans of every team file into the stadiums with the belief that, this year, their team can do it.

This was especially true for the team that had won the ALCS the year before. And what a better opponent to start the season with than the team they had swept the year before.

Realignment in the ‘90s may have replaced them as division foes, but the Tigers, like all other teams in baseball, took special satisfaction out of beating the Yankee

NEW YORK YANKEES (2-1) AT DETROIT(2-1)
APRIL 5, 2013
Anibal Sanchez took the mound opposite Kyle Davies in the opener.

Both pitchers shut their opponents out for the first three innings.

The Yankees scored in the top of the fourth but an RBI single by Omar Infante tied it in the bottom of the fourth.

Robinson Cano homered to give the Yankees a 2- lead in the top of the fifth but, in the bottom of the fifth, Miguel Cabrera had a 2-RBI single to give Detroit a 3-2 lead.

The Yankees scored in the top of the sixth to make the score 3-3.

In the bottom of the seventh, Andy Dirks hit the Tigers’ first homerun of the season, a 2-run shot over the right field fence off Boone Logan and that was the difference as Detroit took the series opener 5-3.

APRIL 6, 2013
The second game of the series saw Rick Porcello battle C.C. Sabathia (1-0).

The Yankees scored two in the top of the first but that was all as Porcello would just allow 4 hits in 8 innings.

Austin Jackson and Miguel Cabrera hit solo homers in the bottom of the first to tie the game.

Jhonny Peralta led off the bottom of second with a solo blast, Andy Dirks added a sac-fly ribbie and Prince Fielder mashed a 3-run crush to right-center as the Tigers scored 5 in the inning to take a 7-2 lead.

In the bottom of the fifth, Cabrera hit his second solo shot of the game to make the final score Tigers 8 Yankees 2.

APRIL 7, 2013
Maz Scherzer (1-0) took the mound opposite Ivan Nova in the series finale.

Austin Jackson had an RBI-single in the bottom of the third to give the Tigers a 1-0 lead.

The Yankees, though, scored 6 in the sixth inning to take a 6-1 lead.

Jackson had a solo shot in the bottom of the eighth to cut it to 6-2.

The Yankees added three in the ninth to win 9-2.

NEXT SERIES: Toronto Blue Jays (3-3) at Detroit (4-2) April 9-11

AROUND THE MAJOR LEAGUES
April 5: First place belongs to Orioles.
April 6: 25,105 watch Chicago beat Seattle 6-0. Nationals edge Reds to extend lead to 1. Cardinals win 2-1 to share division lead. Tampa Bay squeaks by Cleveland in 15 innings.
April 7: Oakland wins 8-3 to take first. Beckett out for eight days.

 

[herky]

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[RobBase]

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[RobToxin]

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Website is here: Baseball Mogul Simulation Game

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What you do have is the ability to start with any year between 1901 and 2013. Or you can create a fictional team and/or league. Finances, scouting, drafting, etc.

I do believe that there is a tryout download that will give you a chance to play without buying it to see if it is what you are looking for.

Another popular one is called Out of the Park: Out of the Park Baseball: Home

 

[RobBase]

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[calsnowskier]

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[RobToxin]

TORONT (3-3) AT DETROIT (4-2)
APRIL 9, 2013
The Tigers went with Justin Verlander in the series opener against Brandon Morrow.

Prince Fielder drew a two-out walk in the bottom of the first and then scored on a Miguel Cabrera triple to give the Tigers a 1-0 lead.

The Blue Jays tied it in the top of the third but, in the bottom of the third, Cabrera added an RBI single and the Tigers had a 2-1 lead.

Victor Martinez came up with an RBI single in the bottom of the fifth for a 3-1 lead.

Toronto got a run in the top of the sixth to cut it to 3-2 but Fielder got a 2-RBI single in the bottom of the sixth to make it 5-2 Tigers.

In the bottom of the seventh, Joe Mather added an RBI single and Omar Infante scored on a Ramon Santiago groundball to the pitcher as the Tigers took the opener 7-2.

APRIL 10, 2013
A huge shakeup in the roster of the Tigers as Ramon Santiago was out with a sprained finger. The Tigers signed street free agent Julio Lugo to play short stop and he was in the starting lineup immediately.

Doug Fister and Mark Buehrle were the opposing pitchers in what would not be a day to be a pitcher.

The Blue Jays got a run in the top of the first but Victor Martinez and Jhonny Peralta each had an RBI single in the bottom of the first to give the Tigers a 2-1 lead.

Colby Rasmus homered in the top of the second to tie the game at 2.

Prince Fielder led off the bottom of the third with a homerun to break the tie. Joe Mather and Lugo added RBI singles and then Austin Jackson hit a three-run shot over the centerfield fence to give Detroit an 8-2 lead.

In the bottom of the fourth, Jhonny Peralta smacked a 2-RBI double, Mather an Lugo added RBI singles again and Andy Dirks pitched in a sac-fly as the Tigers had built a 13-2 lead.

Dirks then led off the bottom of the sixth with a homer for a 14-2 lead.

Toronto would then score six in the top of the seventh to make the final 14-8.

Twenty-two combined runs.

APRIL 11, 2013
The Tigers had been horrible in the finale of the first two series, being outscored by a combined 15-3 by the Twins and Yankees. For this finale, Anibal Sanchez squared off against R.A. Dickey.

And the result was pretty much the same.

Toronto scored two in the first, four in the second, one in the fifth, three in the sixth and four in the seventh to build a 14-0 lead.

In the bottom of the eighth, Austin Jackson hit a two-run shot and Omar Infante and Joe Mather added RBI singles to make it 14-4.

In the bottom of the ninth, Victor Martinez hit a 2-RBI single to make the final 14-6 in favor of Toronto.

NEXT SERIES Detroit (6-3) at Oakland (6-4)

HEADLINES AROUND THE MAJOR LEAGUES
April 8: Harvey Dominates Phillies – Allows Just Two Hits.
April 9: Holland Holds Tampa Bay To Just Three Hits. Strasburg Strikes Out Ten. Broken Ankle Benches Jaso.
April 11: Orioles Take Charge With 7-1 Win Over Red Sox.

 

[RobToxin]

DETROIT TIGERS (6-3) AT OAKLAND A’S (6-4)
APRIL 12, 2013
The Tigers begin the series one game behind 7-2 Kansas City while the A’s are tied in the West with Texas. Max Scherzer (1-1) faced off against Tom Milone (0-2).

In the top of the first, Prince Fielder took the ball over the left field fence with a runner on and Detroit led 2-0.

In the top of the second, Andy Dirks brought in a run while grounding out to second and Detroit led 3-0.

Oakland got on the board in the bottom of the third to cut it to 3-1.

Detroit blew it open in the top of the fourth. Austin Jackson doubled in the right field gap for two RBIs and Detroit led 5-1. Then, Fielder singled to center, scoring a run to make it 6-1 Tigers. Finally, Jhonny Peralta singled down the first base line for two RBIs and the lead was 8-1.

Oakland got a run in the fifth and another in the seventh to trim the Tigers’ lead to 8-3.

In the top of the eighth, Dirks turned another groundout to second into an RBI and it was 9-3 Tigers with one inning to go.

In the top of the ninth, Joe Mather tripled in the right field gap for three RBIs and then scored when Julio Lugo grounded to short and the Tigers led 13-3.

The A’s scored three in the bottom of the ninth to make the final 13-6 in favor of the Detroit Tigers.

Max Scherzer improved to 2-1 and Tom Milone fell to 0-3.

And, with Toronto beating Kansas City 5-2, the Tigers moved into a first place tie in the AL Central.

APRIL 13, 2013
The Tigers sent Rick Porcello (1-0) to the mound against Brett Anderson (2-0).

Austin Jackson led off the game with a home run and Miguel Cabrera also hit a solo shot as the Tigers got a pair in the top of the first. Oakland scored in the bottom of the first to make it Detroit 2-1 after one.

In the top of the fourth, Victor Martinez homered into the right field bleachers for two RBIs and Julio Lugo added a sacrifice fly that scored a run to make it 5-1 in favor of Detroit.

In the top of the ninth, Andy Dirks had an RBI single, Cabrera had a groundout RBI, and Martinez added an RBI on a groundout and the Tigers had an 8-1 win.

Porcello improved to 2-0 and Anderson fell to 2-1.

APRIL 14, 2013
Once again, the Detroit Tigers entered a series finale with a chance to sweep. This time it was Justin Verlander (1-0) going against Bartolo Colon (1-1).

It wasn’t until the top of the fourth that either team broke through. With two out, Joe Mather doubled in the left field gap for two RBIs and the Tigers led 2-0.

In the top of the fifth, Miguel Cabrera doubled in the right field gap, scoring a run and the very next batter, Victor Martinez doubled in the right field gap for two RBIs to increase the Tigers lead to 5-0.

Oakland did score a pair in the bottom of the seventh but the Tigers had themselves a sweep with a 5-2 win.

Verlander got the win to improve to 2-0. Colon fell to 1-2. And Drew Smyly picked up save number one on the season.

And, with the Royals losing to Toronto 2-1, the Tigers were alone in first place in the AL Central.

NEXT SERIES: Detroit (9-3) at Seattle (4-10) April 16-18.

HEADLINES ACROSS THE MAJOR LEAGUES
April 12: Francis Holds San Diego To Just Four Hits. NL East Lead Shared By Nationals And Braves.
April 13: Santana Excels, Allows Just Three Hits. Zambrano Holds New York To Just Four Hits. Colorado Wins 7-2 To Share First. Washington Wins 3-2 To Take First.
April 14: Peavy K’s Six On Way To 3-0 Shutout. Hughes Crafts 6-2 Win. 6-0 Win Put St Louis In First. Atlanta Wins 2-0 To Share First.

 

[RobToxin]

DETROIT 9-3 AT SEATTLE 4-10
The best team in baseball record-wise visited the worst for three games. Detroit, with 80 runs so far, led all of baseball in runs scored as well as with a .328 team batting average.

April 16
Doug Fister (1-0) took the mound opposite Felix Hernandez (2-1) in a pitcher’s duel. Andy Dirks got the Tigers’ only RBI in the top of the fifth as the Mariners scored two runs in the bottom of the seventh to take the opener 2-1.

April 17
The Tigers sent Max Scherer (2-1) to face Hisashi Iwakuma (1-0).

The Tigers got the first run of the game in the top of the second on an RBI groundout by Julio Lugo.

In the top of the fifth, a Prince Fielder RBI single made it 2-0 in favor of Detroit.

In the top of the sixth, Omar Infante had an RBI double and Lugo added an RBI single for a 4-0 Tigers’ lead.

Things got really out of hand in the top of the seventh. Miguel Cabrera singled to center, scoring a run; Jhonny Peralta doubled to the wall in left, scoring a run; Infante singled through the left side, scoring a run; and Joe Mather grounded to the pitcher, scoring a run. By the time the seventh inning stretch came about, the Tigers had an 8-0 lead.

Seattle avoided the shutout with a pair of ninth inning runs but Detroit had won 8-2 to become the first AL team to reach 10 wins on the season.

Max Scherer improved to 3-1 on the season as the Tigers stretched their AL Central lead to 2 games.

April 18
Anibal Sanchez (0-1) started the finale opposite Doug Davis (1-1).

Sanchez got no run support at all as Seattle scored two in the sixth and three in the seventh to take a 5-0 lead into the ninth inning.

Then, in the top of the ninth, Omar Infante homered over the left field fence for three RBIs before the next two batters went down to end the game. Detroit lost 5-3 and lost a series for the first time this season.

NEXT SERIES: Detroit 10-5 at Los Angeles Angels (8-7) April 19-21

HEADLINES AROUND THE MAJOR LEAGUES
April 15: Angels Embarrass Twins 15-4.
April 16: Los Angeles Wins 8-5 To Share First. Dickey Shuts Out Chicago 1-0.
April 17: Tampa Bay Wins 8-2 To Share First.
April 18: 3-0, Kennedy Shuts Down Yankees.

 

[RobToxin]

DETROIT TIGERS AT LOS ANGELES ANGELS
April 19
Justin Verlander took the mound in the opener of this series.

The Angels got a pair in the bottom of the third to go up 2-0.

Prince Fielder led off the top of the fourth with a home run to cut LA’s lead to 2-1.

The Angels got another run in the bottom of the sixth and led 3-1.

In the top of the eighth, Miguel Cabrera homered over the left field fence to make the score 3-2. But that was not only the Tigers last run of the game, it was also their last hit as the Angels took the opener 3-2.

April 20
Rick Porcello took the mound for the Tigers, who had lost back-to-back games for the first time all season and only led the AL Central by ½ game.

The Tigers got an RBI from Miguel Cabrera, Victor Martinez and Jhonny Peralta in the top of the first for a quick 3-0 lead.

Austin Jackson had an RBI triple in the top of the second but the Angels got two in the bottom of the second to make it 4-2 Detroit after two.

The Angels tied it with two in the bottom of the fourth, took a lead with a run in the fifth, added a run in the seventh and three more in the eighth to build a 9-4 lead.

Cabrera homered over the right field fence for two RBIs in the top of the ninth to make the final LA 9 Detroit 6.

The losing streak was at three as the Angels took over first place in the AL West.

APRIL 21
Doug Fister took the mound in the finale as the Tigers tried to avoid the sweep. Alex Avila started the game behind the plate to give Victor Martinez a day off.

The Angels got two in the first and three in the third to build a 5-0 lead.

RBIs from Julio Lugo and Austin Jackson in the top of the fifth cut into the lead but the Angels added a run in the bottom of the sixth to build a 6-2 lead.

Prince Fielder homered over the right field fence in the top of the eighth but it went for naught as the Angels completed the sweep with a 6-3 win and dropped Detroit out of first place in the Central.

NEXT SERIES: Kansas City 10-7 at Detroit 10-8 April 23-25.

HEADLINES AROUND THE MAJOR LEAGUES
April 19:Norris Excels, Allows Just Four Hits. Cubs Win 9-2 To Share Division Lead. Liriano Permits Just Three Hits.
April 20: Astros and Harrell shut out Indians 1-0.
April 21: 11-7 Win Puts Kansas City In First.

 

[RobToxin]

KANSAS CITY 10-7 AT DETROIT 10-8
April 23
Max Scherzer took the mound in this early season series opener for first place in the division. The Tigers also made a bullpen swap, moving Al Alberquerque to short relief and putting Shawn Hill at middle relief.

In the bottom of the third, Joe Mather singled to short right-center to lead off and then stole second. Julio Lugo then grounded to the pitcher to move Mather to third with one out. Kansas City brought the infield in, but Austin Jackson grounded to second, scoring Mather and Detroit took a 1-0 lead.

Prince Fielder led off the bottom of the fourth with a homerun over the left field fence to make it 2-0.

The Royals got a run on two hits in the top of the fifth to make it 2-1.

In the bottom of the seventh, Victor Martinez homered into the center field bleacher with one out to lift Detroit on to the 3-1 win.

Scherzer improved to 4-1 on the season, pitching 8 innings, allowing 1 run on 5 hits with 1 walk and 7 strikeouts. Drew Smyly allowed 1 hit and struck out 2 in the ninth to pick up his second save of the season as the Tigers reclaimed first place in the AL Central.

April 24
Justin Verlander took the mound for the second game of the series.

The teams trades solo homeruns in the first inning, with Austin Jackson hitting the one for Detroit.

Kansas City got a solo homerun in the top of the fourth to take a 2-1 lead.

In the bottom of the eighth, Julio Lugo doubled down the left field line to lead off. Jackson walked, Andy Dirks flied out to left and then Prince Fielder walked to load the bases with one out. Miguel Cabrera doubled down the third base line for two RBIs and then Victor Martinez grounded to short, scoring a run and Detroit led 4-2 going into the ninth.

The Tigers brought Verlander out in the ninth and the Royals made them pay with three runs and won 5-4 to retake first place from the Tigers.

Verlander got the loss, going 8.2 innings, allowing 5 runs on 8 hits, walking 1 and striking out 10.


April 25
Doug Fister took the mound for the series finale.

The Royals scored in the top of the first to lead 1-0.

Miguel Cabrera led off the bottom of the second with a single up the middle. Victor Martinez flied out to right field and then Cabrera moved to second when Jhonny Peralta grounded to second for the second out before Omar Infante singled to short right-center, scoring Cabrera to tie the game.

In the bottom of the third, two Kansas City errors and a bases-loaded walk helped the Tigers bring two home and take a 3-1 lead.

Kansas City committed another error in the bottom of the fifth and Prince Fielder made them pay for it with a two-run blast to give the Tigers a 5-1 lead.

Joe Mather homered in the bottom of the sixth and Fielder homered again in the bottom of the seventh as the Tigers built a 7-1 lead.

In the bottom of the eighth, the Royals committed their fourth error of the game, leading to an RBI single by Cabrera and the Tigers jumped back into first place in the Central with an 8-1 win, fueled by 3 homeruns and 5 unearned runs.

Fister improved to 2-3 on the year, pitching 8 innings, allowing 1 run on 5 hits with 1 walk and 7 strikeouts.

NEXT SERIES Atlanta (11-10) at Detroit (12-9

HEADLINES AROUND THE MAJOR LEAGUES April 22: Toronto Wins 7-3 To Take First. Los Angeles Beats Texas – Lead Now 1 1/2. Harden Crafts 5-1 Win. Win Over St Louis Puts Washington In Lead.
April 23: Cleveland’s Justin Masterson Hurls 1-0 Shut Out.
April 24: First Place Belongs To Rockies.
April 25: Win Over Minnesota Puts Texas In Lead.

 

[RobToxin]

ATLANTA AT DETROIT
April 26
Anibal Sanchez took the mound in the Tigers’ first interleague game of 2013.

With three in the third, two in the fourth and one in the fifth, the Braves opened up a 6-0 lead.

In the bottom of the seventh, Joe Mather hit a 2-RBI double and scored on a double play groundball to cut the lead to 6-3.

The Braves got a pair in the eighth and a run in the ninth and led 9-3.

In the bottom of the ninth, the Tigers rallied as Austin Jackson hit a sac fly for an RBI, Miguel Cabrera had an RBI single, Andy Dirks scored on a wild pitch and Jhonny Peralta added an RBI singe. But it wasn’t enough as the Tigers lost 9-7.

April 27
Rick Porcello took the mound in the second game of the series.

Prince Fielder gave the Tigers a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the fourth.

Atlanta scored three to take a 3-1 lead in the top of the fifth but Austin Jackson gave the Tigers the lead back in the bottom of the inning with a three-run shot that made it 4-3.

Atlanta then scored a run in the sixth to tie it and then another in the eleventh to win 5-4 and capture first place in the NL East.

April 28
Max Scherzer was sent to the mound to try and prevent a sweep.

The Braves scored first in the top of the second but Jhonny Peralta tied it with an RBI single and the second inning ended 1-1.

Five different Tigers had an RBI single in the bottom of the third as Detroit built a 6-1 lead.

Only to lose 7-6 as the Braves came from behind to complete the sweep.

The sweep dropped the Tigers to 12-12 on the season, 1.5 games behind Kansas City in the AL Central division.