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It wasn't a delayed steal, Rod Allen. Morel went as soon as that ball hit the dirt and bounced. Good read.

Atta boy Brent, pulls it through the drawn-in infield. Perfect combination of defense, clutch hitting and the right pitches today (with the exception of one fastball from Jake that wasn't quite low enough).

That was worse than Canseco, Pete Incaviglia and Kevin Reimer combined. Yikes. And you wonder why Gardenhire was driven crazy by that guy?

Ramirez has to win a Gold Glove at some point. It's going to take some big offensive fireworks from Alexei and the Sox in the playoff hunt, though.

Amazing/spectacular double play there Alexei. Gutsy call leaving Matty in to face Thornton, almost backfired. Still not sure why they don't trust Crain, but it could have something to do with how much time he missed in ST.

So Thornton for Boesch, Crain for Cabrera and hopefully Santiago for Fielder to start the top of the 9th.

Exactly what we didn't want to do. Have to go to Thornton. But then you have Cabrera.

Interesting decision by Ventura to stick with Reed over going to Crain to start the 8th. Not the typical bullpen management style.

QUOTE (jeffro2525 @ Apr 13, 2012 -> 03:26 PM) Gordon just looks terrible... It's hard to get pumped when we all know that if Morel, Becks and Dunn continue to be bad this team has ZERO shot to do anything this season... And Rios. Fukudome/Lillibridge might be able to cover for ONE of those guys, but that's it.

13 k's. Can't lay off the high fastball that inning, Dayan and Gordon both succumbing.

Two huge plays in a row defensively by Dayan. First preventing the tying run from scoring the previous play, then preventing the go-ahead run the next batter.

Viciedo, Gold Glove. lol

Have to stop the bleeding now. Nice hustle from Viciedo there to prevent the tying run from scoring.

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Apr 13, 2012 -> 03:08 PM) Please don't tell me you wanted him replaced before Young came up.... Nope, I was saying what a breakthrough it would be for him to get all the way through the heart of the order and through the 7th against a team like the Tigers. It didn't work out, but I like Ventura's confidence in pushing him, having higher expectations.

QUOTE (sin city sox fan @ Apr 13, 2012 -> 03:05 PM) If the playoffs started now, who do you have pitching game 1 of the postseason? Danks, Sale, or Peavy? By the end of the season, it will be Sale hopefully. But this game's way far from done. That Tigers' line-up is way too dangerous, 1-9.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 13, 2012 -> 03:04 PM) Peavy had thrown 86 pitches at the start of this at bat. Based on a normal pitcher's standards he should have plenty of gas left in the tank. From a psychological standpoint, it was definitely worth it.....OOOPS And, there goes that idea. In there one batter too long. He got through Cabrera and Fielder but not Young. Sinking fastball that didn't get down far enough.

Cabrera 4/28 (143) career against PEAVY. Walks. Ohman against Fielder? Reed's close to ready as well. They key today has been the change-up....against TEX, it was only fastball and a not-so-tight or crisp slider.

Yep, and you don't want to leave it up to Alex Rios to drive him in with 2 outs there. Good risk/reward move, tagged him when he was already on the plate...a little bit too far back when he started to make the stab at him instead of blocking the plate.

All 3 runs and 5 hits with 2 outs. Good sign. Dunn, 24 K's in last 44 AB's against Tigers pitching DET is 19-6 against us in their last 25 games in the series, dating back to late 2010.

Was hoping Dunn could get off to a decent start in front of the home crowd, but Paulie picked him and Scherzer is near 100 pitches now.

At least Morel's been bunting well the last couple of games. That's one thing Alexei and Beckham struggle with a lot, in terms of suitability for the 2 spot.

Raburn just missed the hanging slider right down the middle. Well, he was already out when he walked into the ball coming out of the batter's box, so karma. Going to be a really tough call for Ventura how long to stick with Jake, with the chance to go to Thornton against Boesch and Fielder next inning. Peavy at 76 pitches, 48 strikes. This exact area of pitches thrown was his trouble zone last year.

Pretty funny, the ONLY highlight at MLB.com for the first 5 innings was Cabrera and the umpires changing the batting box and the Konerko/Peavy play at first.

QUOTE (sunofgold @ Apr 13, 2012 -> 02:30 PM) Jake Peavy...the Reconstructed Resurrected Jake Peavy...pitching like an ace. AJ and Peavy are working great together. JaKKKKKKKe He's gotten a few pitches up to 94, but the majority of his pitches are 90-92/93 today. 7 K's for Gordon already, trails Morel and Dunn by one. UGH.

There you go, Dayan. Wish he had done that the first time up, but we'll take it.