On the heels of acquiring reliever Joe Blanton early this morning, the Pirates have made another trade to bolster their bullpen by exchanging AA OF/SS JaCoby Jones with the Detroit Tigers for RHP Joakim Soria. Soria anchored the back-end of the Tigers bullpen posting a 3-1 record with 23 saves in 26 opportunities while holding a 2.85 ERA with 36 strikeouts in 41 innings of work. Soria is in the final year of a 3 year / $14.5 million contract and is owed just over $2.5 million for the ... Read More
Giants one game from title
Giants 2 – Tigers 0 The Giants pitching staff is for real. They are the first team to post back-to-back shutouts since 1966. The Giants tandem of Ryan Vogelsong (5 H, 0 ER, 4 BB, 3 K’s), Tim Lincecum, and Sergio Romo (Save) held the Tigers to no runs and only one scoring threat which came in the fifth inning when Alex Avila and Omar Infante singled before an Austin Jackson walk to load the bases with one out. Vogelsong, would then get Quintin Berry to strike out and Miguel Cabrera to pop out ... Read More
Giants play complete game, roll to game one victory
Giants 8 – Tigers 3 It is a manager’s dream; stellar pitching, timely hitting, and a performance only The Babe and two others could equal. That’s what the Giants had going for them in game 1 of the fall classic. Barry Zito shut the Tigers down to the tune of one run on seven base runners (one walk) in 5 2/3 innings pitched while the bullpen allowed two runs on two hits in 3 1/3 to help the Giants to an 8-3 victory. Justin Verlander, on the other hand, did not have a good night as Pablo ... Read More
Giant Comeback Completed – San Francisco advances to World Series
San Francisco will be back in the World Series for the second time in three years thanks to three straight wins over St. Louis in elimination games. The Giants are 6-0 in elimination games this postseason, something the Cardinals had done last year on their way to the title. The Giants put this game out of reach early and with the help of Matt Cain and his fellow bullpen teammates as they were able to keep the Cardinals from pulling off another deciding-game comeback. Cain went 5 2/3 innings ... Read More
Detroit heads to World Series, Sweep Yankees
The Yankees seemed powerless as they only put one run on two hits against Max Scherzer and Co. as the Tiger pitching staff dominated the Bronx Bombers throughout the series. As for the AL Champs, they finally found their swing as they threw out eight runs on sixteen hits in the clincher against Yankeea ace, CC Sabathia. The Tigers got a run on the board in the first and third innings thanks to RBI singles by Delmon Young and Avisail Garcia. They would then put the game out of reach in the ... Read More
Tigers go up 3-0 on Yankees
ALCS Game 3: Tigers 2 – Yankees 1 Justin Verlander again showed why he is the best pitcher in baseball as he beat the Yankees while only giving up three hits and no walks in 8 1/3 innings as the Tigers are within a game of the AL Pennant. Two of the three New York hits came from Ichiro, who singled in the fourth and in the seventh. The Tigers, on the other hand, knocked out seven hits and two runs. They scored the first run off of starter Phil Hughes in the fourth when Delmon Young took ... Read More