The comeback boys look to take an appended 4 game series with today’s make-up of a rain-out from mid-may.
Danny Duffy is a 22 year old lefty in his first season in the bigs. He throws a low to mid 90’s fastball, and has had a strong minor league career, posting sub 3 ERAs with lower than .230 BAAs at every stop. But, considering that his highlights on MLB.com are all pickoffs, he may not exactly bring the heat. On the other hand, the Tigers have a knack for struggling against Unknown Rookie Guy.
Phenom Jacob Turner makes his 2nd big league start, as the organization’s top prospect auditions for the playoff rotation. The expanded roster also now includes Will Rhymes (remember him?), Andy Dirks and Luis Marte, who posted some AlAl-ish K numbers at Erie.
Today’s Series Winning Lineup:
1. Jackson, CF
2. Ordonez, RF
3. Young, LF
4. Cabrera, 1B
5. Martinez, DH
6. Avila, C
7. Peralta, SS
8. Raburn, 2B
9. Inge, 3B
Comments
31 responses to “Game 2011.137: Royals at Tigers”
Did Magglio and Boesch switch bodies? A Double and a Stolen Base? Go Maggs!
The Kansas City Red Sox are back today…
Magglio!
Inge makes me want to break things.
Yeah…seriously…The guy has his head in the clouds. How much longer does he have left on his contract with the Tigers? Is it to the point where he will be kicked to the curb at the end of the year?
5.5 million for 2012, 6 million club option 2013. I won’t be happy if I see Inge in a Tigers uniform next year
agreed
What makes me sick is that he probably will be the starting 3B next year, after he hits .220 in Spring Training…
Okay, Leyland, time to pull Turner before this gets out of control, he is no longer getting people out.
the Native Americans just went down 6-0 in the 8th
make that 7-0
Yay! Another pitching meltdown today! So glad Perry was brought in!
Brilliant Leyland, leave in Perry…that’s a good idea after he just gave up two runs!
Prediction: Perry — aka “the human gas can” — will no longer be a Tiger beginning 11/1/11.
Uh…… Magglio?
Magglio is on a tear today! That’s the old Magglio we used to love!
Maggs the time-traveler… if only the Tigers could get another month and half out of the “vintage Maggs”…
How about August 2007 Magglio?
.393/.445/.692 for a 1.138 OPS with 10 HR and 31 RBI
Baseball is fun.
Heading to the D tomorrow morning, CoPa tomorrow night.
well the bullpen HAD been quite good lately… apparently middle relief has reverted back to a relatively ineffective enterprise.
…but i must admit, KC has got some quality hitters in their lineup
See you there, Kevin. I’ll be the one with the camping gear. You can’t miss me.
Hmmmmmmm. Lets throw our green relievers in the fire.
Because this plan worked so well last time, Leyland.
Third time’s a charm.
-Leyland
off the bus from Toledo… and into the fire. i’ve never understood this logic. Yes i know Chicago and then the Indians are up next, but at this point in the season a win is a win.
Oh great…Coleman.
I have had enough of Coleman! Let’s beat him black and blue!
Coleman has now pitched a complete game, 5 hit, shutout against the Tigers this year.
Pauley has been awful since arriving.
give up 9 runs (game 1) and 11 runs (game 4) and you’re likely to lose.
commendable come-back in game 4 (though a bit short), as well as games 2 and 3… hopefully this attitude continues over the next 6 games with CWS and CLE.
I thought this was an interesting article about the Yankees-Red Sox game last night:
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/writers/joe_lemire/09/02/yankees.red.sox.pitch.counts/index.html?sct=mlb_t11_a0
Their ability (and strategy) to dive up pitch counts is going to be a problem for us in the playoffs… even, perhaps, for Verlander.
Here’s the Detroit Tigers’ starting inge-included lineup for tonight’s game CWS. Left-hander John Danks is starting CWS. Danks ’11 against DET, 12 IP, 15 H, 4 ER, 18 K’s, 3.00 ERA.
1. Austin Jackson, CF
2. Magglio Ordonez, RF
3. Delmon Young, LF
4. Miguel Cabrera, 1B
5. Victor Martinez, DH
6. Alex Avila, C
7. Jhonny Peralta, SS
8. Ramon Santiago, 2B
9. Brandon Inge, 3B