Brad Bergesen is struggling badly at the outset of today's start against the Detroit Tigers. He allowed the first five batters to reach base -- three of them on walks -- and four of them have scored.
Never a good policy to walk the first two batters with Magglio Ordonez and Miguel Cabrera coming up. Ordonez lined a double over the head of Adam Jones for two runs and Cabrera launched a shot into the parking lot behind left field to make it 4-0, almost before the National Anthem was over.
Instant update: Bergesen pulled it together after the four-run fourth, but Cabrera just hit his second home run of the game to straightaway center, and we're still waiting for it to come down. It cleared the fence and the batter's eye and was so impressive that Adam Jones was still watching it when Cabrera rounded third. Jones watched it so long, in fact, that he may have showed up his starting pitcher.