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Monday, March 10, 2014

Road to MLB 14- Detroit Tigers 2014

Posted on March 10, 2014 at 11:41 PM.

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Porcello, Good Start to Season:
Peralta's Early Season Slump Continues

Game 5: April 12th, 2014

Detroit Tigers @ New York Mets
Game 2 of 3

After falling behind 2-0 in the bottom of the 2nd inning as a result of a Jhonny Peralta error, Porcello turned it up and really got it going. He set down 9 straight including 4 Ks.

I really tried to play station to station ball this game. Fighting an uphill battle, I knew runs were at a premium and tried to scape away. We ended up stringing a few hits together and got both runs back in the top of the 5th inning. Matt Tuiasosopo ended the day with 3 hits and really catalyzed the offense.

Dirks Took the Lead for us with a leadoff homer in the top of the 7th. I pumped my fists in excitement and starting warming up the bullpen because Porcello was getting a little bit tired. I figured that I basically have 3 closers on my roster and that they would come in and get me a few 1-2-3 innings.

The Amazin' Al Alburquerque comes in and immediately gives up a hit and eventually an RBI double to Ike Davis. Sad, no win for Porcello.
At that point I was very disappointed and left Al out there to finish the inning. I even decided to leave him out there for the 8th, he went 3 up, 3 down there.

In the top of the 9th we just got a hold of Mejia. He was trying to groove some fastballs by us and we weren't having any of that. We scored 2 more there and then put the save on Duane Belows left arm vs the lefty-heavy Mets lineup.

That was the first save for Mr. Below. He's a "long reliever" and normally wouldn't be put in this position, but he handled it nicely.

Detroit Tigers at New York Mets
Apr 12, 2014	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Detroit (4-1)	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	2	5	11	1
New York (1-4)	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	10	0
W: A. Alburquerque (1-0) L: J. Mejia (0-1) S: D. Below (1)

Detroit Tigers
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Berry, CF	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	.411
Hunter, RF	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	.333
Cabrera, 3B	4	1	0	0	1	1	0	.300
Fielder, 1B	4	0	1	2	1	1	0	.434
Pe�a, C	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	.375
Dirks, LF	4	1	2	1	0	2	1	.375
Peralta, SS	4	1	1	0	0	1	0	.200
Tuiasosopo, 2B	4	1	3	0	0	0	0	.533
Porcello, P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Martinez, PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.285
Castellanos, PH	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	.214
TEAM TOTALS	35	5	11	5	2	6	1	.314
BATTING: 2B: Fielder (2), Pe�a (1), Tuiasosopo 2 (4) HR: Dirks (1) RBI: Berry (4), Hunter (2), Fielder 2 (5), Dirks (1) SF: Berry SAC: Berry, Porcello HBP: Porcello
FIELDING: E: Peralta (2)

New York Mets
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Murphy, 2B	5	1	1	0	0	2	0	.208
Tejada, SS	5	0	2	0	0	1	0	.333
Wright, 3B	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	.181
Davis, 1B	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	.454
Ethier, RF	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	.136
Baxter, LF	4	1	3	1	0	0	1	.529
Nieuwenhuis, CF	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	.272
d'Arnaud, C	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	.150
Marcum, P	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Flores, PH	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.333
Buck, C	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.000
TEAM TOTALS	38	3	10	2	0	9	1	.263
BATTING: 2B: Davis (2), Nieuwenhuis (1), Buck (1) HR: Baxter (2) RBI: Davis (2), Baxter (5) SAC: Marcum
BASERUNNING: SB: Murphy (1)

Detroit Tigers
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Porcello	6.0	7	2	1	0	4	1	1.50
Alburquerque (W, 1-0)	2.0	2	1	1	0	3	0	3.00
Below (S, 1)	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	3.00
TEAM TOTALS	9.0	10	3	2	0	9	1

New York Mets
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Marcum	6.0	6	2	2	0	5	1	3.00
Herndon	0.2	2	1	1	0	0	0	3.37
Aardsma	0.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.50
Farnsworth	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	5.40
Mejia (L, 0-1)	0.2	2	2	2	1	0	0	16.20
Perez	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
TEAM TOTALS	9.0	11	5	5	2	6	1

In minor league news:

AAA Toledo Mud Hens (1-2) lost their second straight game. A 5-3 loss to the Louisville Bats. Argenis Diaz and Andres Olivo both recorded a hit. 4 runs given up in 3.1 innings by our starting pitcher. This is getting out of hand quickly...

AA Erie Sea Wolves (1-2) beat the Akron Aeros 1-0. They played a clean defensive game today, no errors and only 5 combined strikeouts for our pitchers. Fred Ragland had another great game (2 for 4, RBI). Brock Keisler and Steven Karlic each had one hit and Keisler drew a walk. Young Guys still showing promise early on this year. Maybe I'll have to keep an eye out for todays starter as well. Kyle Lobstein (I dont like that last name for a pitcher lol)

Thursday, February 27, 2014

Road to MLB 14- Detroit Tigers 2014

Posted on February 27, 2014 at 01:00 AM.

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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.

Wednesday, February 26, 2014

Road to MLB 14- Detroit Tigers 2014

Posted on February 26, 2014 at 01:22 AM.

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Jackson And Sanchez Show Out:
Cabrera Hits 3rd Home Run!

Game 3: April 10th, 2014

Detroit Tigers @ Minnesota Twins
Game 3 of 3 (rubber match)

**I originally won 6-4 but had to leave for work before i could finish the box score

so i simmed it for a W.

Apparently, Austin Jackson was a double shy of the cycle and Miggy was being Miggy. 3 Homers in 3 Games... CRAZY!!!

I need to figure out how to get Peralta and Castellanos to hit. In my incomplete game Castellanos hit the ball hard every at bat, but each one was right at a fielder. But I need to find a way to get them to find open space.

QBerry is starting off strong, minus 2 errors through 3 games. But to be fair, he isn't a second baseman. He is making a case for platoon OF position however.

Detroit Tigers at Minnesota Twins
Apr 10, 2014	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Detroit (2-1)	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	6	2	10	15	1
Minnesota (1-2)	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0
W: A. Sanchez (1-0) L: B. Duensing (0-1)

Detroit Tigers
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
Jackson, CF	6	2	3	4	0	2	.266
Garcia, RF	5	1	1	1	0	1	.357
Cabrera, 1B	4	1	2	1	1	1	.454
Fielder, DH	5	1	2	1	0	1	.500
Martinez, C	3	2	1	0	2	1	.250
Tuiasosopo, LF	3	1	1	0	1	1	.454
Peralta, SS	5	1	2	2	0	0	.166
Castellanos, 3B	4	0	1	0	1	0	.090
Berry, 2B	5	1	2	1	0	2	.416
TOTALS	40	10	15	10	5	9	.375
BATTING 2B: Peralta 3B: Jackson HR: Jackson, Cabrera RBI: Jackson 4, Garcia, Cabrera, Fielder, Peralta 2, Berry HBP: Tuiasosopo GIDP: Peralta
FIELDING E: Berry

Detroit Tigers
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Sanchez (W, 1-0)	8.0	2	2	2	3	9	2.25
Rondon	1.0	0	0	0	1	2	0.00
TOTALS	9.0	2	2	2	4	11

Minnesota Twins
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
Drew, SS	4	0	0	0	0	1	.416
Frandsen, 2B	3	1	1	0	1	0	.272
Mauer, 1B	2	1	0	0	1	1	.111
Arcia, RF	4	0	1	2	0	1	.250
Pinto, C	4	0	0	0	0	1	.090
Willingham, LF	3	0	0	0	1	3	.272
Plouffe, 3B	3	0	0	0	1	2	.181
Rosales, DH	3	0	0	0	0	0	.100
Hicks, CF	3	0	0	0	0	2	.000
TOTALS	29	2	2	2	4	11	.069
BATTING 2B: Frandsen, Arcia RBI: Arcia 2 HBP: Mauer GIDP: Rosales

Minnesota Twins
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Lee	7.0	4	2	2	1	7	2.57
Duensing (L, 0-1)	0.0	2	2	2	0	0	54.00
Fien	0.0	2	2	2	1	0	10.80
Hendriks	1.0	3	2	2	2	0	18.00
Gaudin	1.0	4	2	2	1	2	18.00
TOTALS	9.0	15	10	10	5	9

In Minor league action:

Minor league opening Day, AAA Toledo Mud Hens beat the Louisville Bats 7-2 behind a strong offensive showing (14 hits) and riding the arm of Jose Alvarez (1-0) who went 8 ⅓ and only have up 6 hits and 2 earned runs.

AA Erie Sea Wolves lost 5-8 to the Akron Aeros. The lone bright spot of this loss was our rookie SS Fred Ragland went 3 for 4 with an RBI and a stolen base. Starting pitcher Drew Verhagen was yanked after 5 inning pitched. He gave up 5 runs in the 4th inning, but was off the hook when the Wolves tied it up 5-5 in the top of the 8th inning.

Next series is @ Citi Field against the NY Mets for 3 games.

Road to MLB 14- Detroit Tigers 2014

Posted on February 26, 2014 at 01:21 AM.

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Tigers Offense shows up in Game 2:
Cabrera Goes Yard Again.

Game 2: April 9th, 2014

Detroit Tigers @ Minnesota Twins
Game 2 of 3

Detroit Tigers at Minnesota Twins
Apr 9, 2014	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Detroit (1-1)	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	6	16	0
Minnesota (1-1)	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	4	9	3
W: M. Scherzer (1-0) L: C. Lewis (0-1) S: J. Benoit (1)

Scoring Summary
SCORING DETAILS			DET	MIN
DET	1	Fielder ground ball single to center. Garcia scores. Cabrera to 2nd.	1	0
DET	1	Tuiasosopo doubles to center. Cabrera Scores. Fielder to 3rd, Martinez to 2nd	2	0
MIN	2	Pinto homered to left.	2	1
DET	3	Cabrera homerd to left. Garcia scores	4	1
MIN	3	Drew homered to right.	4	2
DET	6	Berry doubles to center. Tuiasosopo scores	5	2
MIN	6	Arcia homered to center. Mauer scores	5	4
DET	9	Cabrera sac-fly to right. Jackson scores	6	4

Detroit Tigers
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
Jackson, CF	5	1	0	0	0	1	.111
Garcia, RF	5	2	4	0	0	0	.444
Cabrera, 1B	4	2	2	3	0	0	.429
Fielder, DH	5	0	5	1	0	0	.556
Martinez, C	5	0	1	0	0	1	.222
Tuiasosopo, LF	5	1	3	1	0	0	.500
Peralta, SS	4	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Castellanos, 3B	4	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Berry, 2B	4	0	1	1	0	0	.429
TOTALS	41	6	16	6	0	2	.390
BATTING 2B: P. Fielder (1), M. Tuiasosopo 2 (2), Q. Berry (1) HR: M. Cabrera (2) RBI: M. Cabrera 3 (4), P. Fielder (1), M. Tuiasosopo (1), Q. Berry (1) SF: M. Cabrera GIDP: J. Peralta
BASERUNNING SB: Jackson (2)

Detroit Tigers
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
M. Scherzer (W, 1-0)	6.2	8	4	4	0	4	5.40
D. Smyly (H, 1)	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
A. Alburquerque (H, 1)	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
D. Below (H, 1)	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
J. Benoit (S, 1)	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0.00
TOTALS	9.0	9	4	4	0	4
PITCHING Pitches-Strikes: M. Scherzer (77-57), D. Smyly (1-1), A. Alburquerque (2-2), D. Below (3-2), J. Benoit (8-7)

Minnesota Twins
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
Drew, SS	4	1	3	1	0	0	.625
Frandsen, 2B	4	0	0	0	0	0	.250
Mauer, 1B	4	1	1	0	0	1	.143
Arcia, RF	4	1	1	2	0	1	.250
Pinto, C	4	1	1	1	0	0	.143
Willingham, LF	4	0	2	0	0	1	.375
Plouffe, 3B	4	0	1	0	0	0	.350
Rosales, DH	4	0	0	0	0	0	.143
Hicks, CF	3	0	0	0	0	1	.000
TOTALS	35	4	9	4	0	4	.257
BATTING 2B: J. Mauer (1), S. Drew (1) HR: S. Drew (1), O. Arcia (1), J. Pinto (1) RBI: S. Drew (1), O. Arcia 2 (2), J. Pinto (1) GIDP: T. Plouffe
FIELDING E: B. Duensing (1), K. Randsen (1), A. Hicks (1)

Minnesota Twins
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
C. Lewis (L, 0-1)	4.2	10	4	4	0	1	7.71
K. Correia	1.1	2	1	1	0	0	6.75
J. Burton	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0.00
B. Duensing	0.1	2	1	0	0	1	0.00
C. Fien	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0.00
TOTALS	9.0	16	6	5	0	3
PITCHING Pitches-Strikes: C. Lewis (55-42), K. Correia (13-8), J. Burton (22-13), B. Duensing (8-6), C. Fien (6-4)

I thought I put this game out of reach, but then they kept hitting HRs.
They swung at a lot of fastballs early in the count, especially Drew. Didn't let me get ahead in the count with a easy one down the middle. The first HR was on a hanging slider however... meh

Their starter was tossing up meatballs for the first inning and then tightened it up for an inning or two before the manager yanked him. Much different than my first game where i lost 3-2. I like how this game felt a lot different that the first game.

After two games of my first actual franchise playthrough, I'm thinking that it's going to be an interesting season. Will try to trade Fielder unless my young guys in the minors progress well... I have QBerry playing 2nd base (lol), he had a crucial error in the first game.

My "starting" 2B is injured. I picked him up in the Rule 5 Draft and he got hurt in spring training smh.

Road to MLB 14

Posted on February 26, 2014 at 01:18 AM.

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So now that The Show 14 has a general release date, I figured it's the perfect time to shake off the rust and get back into baseball mode.

I'll be playing each game I've written about.

My settings are:

Batting:

All-Star difficulty
Zone + Analog batting
PCI ON
PCI appearance - outline
Hitting view- catcher
Bunting interface- analog
Guess pitch- default

Pitching:

All-Star Difficulty
Pure Analog Interface
Pitching View- Offset (new to me)
Pitching Ball marker - Off
API - On

Fielding:

Pure Analog throwing
Throw Meter- On
All-Star difficulty
Throw Canceling- On
Fielding Decision- Assist
Defensive Shift- Manual
Catch Region Indicator- On
Catch Position Indicator- On
Rob home run Indicator- On

General:

Strike Zone- Off
Hot zones- Preview
Balks- On
Umpire Balls and Strikes- Variable
Umpire Close Plays- On
Check Swing Appeals- On

Sliders are starting as TNK Realism via OS

On Vita I use meter pitching and I've tuned pitch speed down 1 notch and Starter stamina up 1.

http://www.operationsports.com/forum...m-sliders.html