If Charlie Brown is still throwing spit balls, he needs to stop.
His tenth inning line: 0.2 innings, three hits, six runs, one earned.
Maybe he threw Prince Fielder a spitter when he lobbed Eric Young's sacrifice bunt over the first baseman's head.
The error put runners on first and third. A walk and a groundout followed , but then the circus music started to play. Single, walk, sac fly, single, out comes Papa Shut 'Em Down. Enter Luis Marte. Carlos Gonzalez and Michael Cuddyer hit two of the longest home runs you'll ever see hit at Comerica. All of Papa's runs scored. Eight Rockies touched home plate in the inning. Final: 12-4 Colorado.
But the game was really over in the Tigers' ninth, when the three-four-five-six hitters went down on nine pitches.
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Two up, two down describes a generic row house plentiful in England, having two floors and two big rooms in each.
It also fits the Tigers roster situation after tonight's game. Casey Crosby (four runs in 3.2 tonight) and Matt Young down, Doug Fister off the DL and Thad Weber up because the bullpen is exhausted, especially after tonight. It seems like they're either disabling someone, or calling up / sending down every day. And who in any line of work can be productive when one's workmates change that often?
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Of all the players whose names appear in major league box scores, only Rugburn could go 1 for 5 and raise his average (to .160).
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