Game 9 : Record 5-4

I love it when Chicago loses, especially to Detroit!

Armando Galarraga was outstanding again today. Virtually unhittable in his two outings. His line for today: 6.1 IP, 4 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 5 SO.

His numbers for 2009 so far: 13.1 IP, 9 H, 1 ER, 3 BB, 13 SO. 2-0 record.

These numbers cannot be quibbled with - they are too good.

Placido had a nice game today also with 3 RBI and Miguel went deep with a no-doubt-about-it HR in the 6th. Ramon "Mantle" Santiago had another base knock, plus 2 walks and 2 RBI. As I said previously, Ramon is a better hitter than we all tend to think and his defense is second to none. He should play everyday and Everett should be the backup.

Josh Anderson showed why the Tigers got him and are so high on him. He had 2 hits today and scored two runs. His bunt for a hit is something we have only seen from this set of Tigers a few times in the past 4 years. They just haven't had guys that can do that. It is such an exciting play and I love to see it executed properly. The last Tiger that was really good at that was Alex "roid" Sanchez. That kid could bunt really well...he had many other problems as a player, but the guy could put it down and run it out.

So, they split the shortened two game series with Chicago. They are 5-4 with a day off tomorrow and then play 3 in Seattle. Good luck out west, guys!!!