Full day of baseball today with a 1:05 ET opener, and then the second game at 7:05 tonight. Buehrle goes for the White Sox in the afternoon game, their starter is TBD for the evening game.
Tigers desperately need to win the series. Anything else simply won’t do. Beck puts a positive spin on things on MLB.com today.
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18 responses to “Game 2010.105: White Sox at Tigers”
Lineup posted:
Jackson CF
Damon DH
Frazier LF
Cabrera 1B
Peralta 3B
Boesch RF
Raburn 2B
Laird C
Worth SS
awesome, 4-0 already. i can’t stand the white sox.
7-1 top 5th. This is going well…
Ouch Would have liked a better showing,,,,,,,,,,,, lets see how we do in the night cap. So I guess we take the next three ……………………. right?
it would be nice if we could blame it all the injuries and playing so many rookies, but that doesn’t explain why the pitching staff is giving up 12 runs…
I was in gwinnett last night for the mud hens game. Strieby did not play, Casper is starting to hit the ball a little, Chris White threw a laser to get a guy at the plate and Oliver was not locating at all last night. His stat line reflected as much.
Well there is still some silver lining in this one, right guys? Mr. X? Somebody?
Umn, we got unlucky? I got nothing for ya.
We battled back, scored the last run of the game to get us within two grand slams and a two run homer of tying the game. So close!
I can’t believe I bought 4 tickets for Saturday’s game this morning…
Baseball folk wisdom says it’s practically impossible to win both games of a double-header.
So by losing the first game, we greatly increased the odds of winning tonight.
There, that’s the best I can do.
Word has it Busta Rhymes will be batting cleanup in the nightcap.
As Dandy Don Meredith would croon during a MNF blowout: ‘turn out the lights, the party’s over.’
I predict:
lineup:
Raburn CF
Santiago 2B
Frazier LF
Kelly 1B
Peralta 3B
Boesch RF
Rhymes DH
Worth SS
Avila C
Tigers 7, White Sox 5
Because that’s how baseball is.
I’d switch Boesch and Santiago though. Brennan is 7 for his las 71 (all singles with his last HR being June 27th) which makes him perfectly suited for the 2-hole. Laird can’t hit there because he played in game 1. Besides, we know Brennan isn’t comfortable hitting 5th (or 3rd) and Leyland will have to bat him somewhere. Also, because our firstbaseman bats cleanup, you have to switch Frazier and Kelly.
The Tiger record vs AL Central teams this year 16-23; 2009 = 39-34; 2008 = 27-45; 2007 = 36-36
Tiger vs White Sox – over last six years: 35 – 62
2010 = 1-4
2009 = 9-9
2008 = 6-12
2007 = 7-11
2006 = 7-12
2005 = 5-14
7-12 against the White Sox in ’06, after which a WS appearance. Looking good!
On the positive side, Leyland didn’t screw up today.
Sitting here watching the local news: ” a fan favorite is coming to West Michigan. We’ll tell you all about it after the break” Cringe is playing for the Whitecaps tonight.