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Road to MLB 14- Detroit Tigers 2014

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Tigers Dig The Long Ball:
Hunter Saves The Day!

Game 4: April 11th, 2014

Detroit Tigers @ New York Mets
Game 1 of 3

Early on, there were a plethora of popouts for both sides. Pitching definitely dominated the majority of this game.

After what felt like a cheap run by the Mets in the bottom of the second, QBerry hit a HR to left field on an outside 2seam fb in the top of the third to answer.

Pena absolutely smoked a homer to right center first pitch of the inning. It was a hanging curveball and he was ready for it.

Mets make double switch in top 7 to sub Gee out. We go down quickly after that and in the bottom they almost tie it up again on a deep fly ball down the line in right field.

Bottom 8: Ike Davis HR to left, first pitch sinker outside at the knees... ugh I brought in Duane Below for lefty/lefty matchup and still he jacked one.

Torii Hunter PH for Below against Johann Santana in the top of the 10th. Hunter's first AB of the season was the go-ahead HR in extra innings. What a wily ol' vet.
Austin Jackson decided he wanted to try to seal it and takes Santana yard as well.

But wait! There's more... With 2 outs in the top of the 10th and a 2 run lead, Prince Fielder decides to join the HR party. He puts a bow on this game with a solo shot to center field.

Joaquin Benoit came in to attempt to get the save, but only got 1 out, gave up 1 hit and had to endure an error by Jhonny Peralta. Luckily Smyly came in and got the final two outs for us en route to his first save of the season.

Tigers at Mets
Apr 11, 2014	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Extras	R	H	E
Detroit (3-1)	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	5	13	2
New York (1-3)	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	11	0
W: D. Below (1-0) L: J. Santana (0-1) S: D. Smyly (1)

Detroit Tigers
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Jackson, CF	5	1	1	1	0	1	1	.250
Garcia, RF	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	.315
Cabrera. 3B	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	.375
Fielder, 1B	5	1	2	1	0	0	1	.473
Pe�a, C	3	1	1	1	0	0	1	.333
Martinez, C	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	.307
Holaday, PR-C	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Dirks, LF	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.250
Peralta, SS	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.187
Berry, 2B	2	1	2	1	0	0	1	.500
Castellanos, 2B	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	.153
Fister, P	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000
Hunter, PH	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1.000
TEAM TOTALS	41	5	13	5	0	3	5	.317
BATTING: HR: Jackson (2), Fielder (1), Pe�a (1), Berry (1), Hunter (1) RBI: Jackson (5), Fielder (3), Pe�a (1), Berry (3), Hunter (1) GIDP: Pe�a
BASERUNNING: SB: Berry (2) CS: Garcia
FIELDING: E: Peralta (1), Castellanos (1)

New York Mets
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Murphy, 2B	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	.210
Tejada, SS	5	0	1	0	0	1	0	.312
Wright, 3B	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	.235
Davis, 1B	4	2	3	1	0	0	1	.428
Flores, PH	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	.500
Ethier, RF	5	0	2	0	0	2	0	.166
Baxter, LF	4	0	2	1	0	1	0	.461
Nieuwenhuis, CF	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.285
Morris, 1B	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	.100
D'Arnaud, C	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.187
Gee, P	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	.500
Brown, CF	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.454
TEAM TOTALS	42	2	11	2	0	0	1	.262
BATTING: 2B: Davis (1) HR: Davis (1) RBI: Davis (1), Baxter (4) GIDP: Nieuwenhuis

Detroit Tigers
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Fister	7.0	8	1	1	0	4	0	1.28
Villarreal, (H, 1)	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.00
Below, (W, 1-0)	1.1	2	1	1	0	2	1	4.50
Benoit	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
Smyly, (S, 1)	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.00
TEAM TOTALS	10.0	11	2	2	0	8	1

New York Mets
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Gee	6.0	6	2	2	0	1	2	3.00
Perez	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.00
Aardsma	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.90
Santana (L, 0-1)	1.0	4	2	2	0	1	2	4.15
Mejia	1.0	1	1	1	0	0	1	9.00
TEAM TOTALS	10	13	5	5	0	3	5

Game Highlights:

In minor league action:

AAA Toledo Mud Hens lost 5-10 to the Louisville Bats. Starter gave up 7 runs in 3.1 innings. Seems like AAA starting rotation might have some issues this season. But it's nice to see another solid offensive performance from Argenis Diaz (2 for 5, 2 RBI). While not recording a hit, Andres Olivo drew 2 walks, stole a base, and scored once.

AA Erie Sea Wolves lost 5-7 to the Akron Aeros. Only 4 of the 7 runs were earned. Poor defensive play it seems, had 2 errors. Again, the bright side... Young guys hitting well: SS Fred Ragland (2 for 4, 2R, BB), RF Steven Karlic (3 for 5, 2B, 1R, 2RBIs) and Brock Keisler (3 for 5, 1R, 2RBIs)

Olivo, Ragland and Keisler are top 50 prospects, so hopefully they'll mature into talented guys. Ill definitely be keeping an eye on them, especially Ragland because I hate the way Peralta is playing right now.