Nate Robertson took the mount in Lakeland, FL today for the Tigers and pitched four scoreless innings in a 9-7 win in 10 innings over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Carlos Guillen had himself a day with a home run and triple while Miguel Cabrera broke out of his spring slump with a double. But it was Freddy Guzman who became the hero with a walk-off three-run homer in the 10th. The scary news: Todd Jones gave up three earned runs in the 9th inning that blew Detroit's lead. The bullpen is looking shakier and shakier.
On Saturday, the Tigers took on the Blue Jays with Jeremy Bonderman getting the start. Bondo had a rough outing, giving up 3 runs and 5 hits in 4 innings pitched in a 4-3 loss. All three runs were given up in the 2nd inning, unlike his usual first inning blow ups. Denny Bautista and Bobby Seay both pitched scoreless innings and have had great springs so far. At the plate, Placido Polance and Mike Hessman both hit solo home runs.
Here's another article outlining Todd Jones' rough spring. Mostly just another game recap, though.
And this has more information on Bonderman's start yesterday. Bondo likes how he feels out there so far, I guess. Anway, this article has some interesting bullets under the "Around the Horn" heading. That's not a very creative heading guys.
Danny Knober says that Cabrera and Gary Sheffield are both fine and should be ready to go for the start of the regular season. Hopefully this is a continuing trend of health.
The Free Press reminds us that the prospects we traded for Cabrera and Willis are now the Marlin's building blocks. It will be very interesting to see how this trade looks five or six years from now.
Video of the Day: Just wanted to give everyone a reminder what it's like when the Detroit Tigers are in the Playoffs.
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