Mike Rabelo, welcome to the majors
posted in 2007 season, Seattle Mariners, around the central |Detroit 7, Seattle 3
First off, I liked Jeff Weaver. I even admitted to that before the World Series. Then he won two World Series games against the Tigers. Now I still want Jeff Weaver not to stink so bad, but I enjoyed all six runs the Tigers scored on his watch. But this isn’t a post about schadenfreuding on Weaver.
No, this is a post about Mike Rabelo getting not just one hit, not just two hits, but three(!) hits including a triple. That’s the second game in three days a Tiger came off the bench and had a great showing. Omar Infante did it Tuesday. Well, and Marcus Thames came off the bench and scored a run, but Thames always seems to do something even if his average is walking the Mendonza line.
Gonna make this paragraph a hot key pretty soon: Placido Polanco had a three-hit day. Magglio Ordonez had a home run.
On the pitching side of things, Justin Verlander didn’t throw a real great game by his standards. He kept finding himself in trouble. But he kept finding ways out of the trouble until the sixth inning. Bobby Seay baled him out in that one and threw the seventh inning, getting his ERA down to 2.45. This man is fast becoming the most reliable in the bullpen. Oh, and Fernando Rodney blew threw the eighth in three batters and 12 pitches. Wil Ledezma had a not-so-good ninth.
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The Tigers are now alone in first place, as the Indians got blown out by the Anaheim Angels, 8-0. The White Sox beat the Twins — who host Detroit Friday — 3-0.
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What’s funny to me is that Weaver gave up six runs and still lowered his ERA.