“Squander” is yesterday’s word of the day, as the Tigers left 12 on base, including 6 by Justin Upton, who picked an inopportune time to finally cool off.
Cleveland stayed hot, however, and now it’s 5 1/2. Norris pulls his van up to the mound for a big rubber game.
Today’s Let’s Try This Again Lineup:
- Kinsler, 2B
- Iglesias, SS
- Cabrera, 1B
- V Martinez, DH
- JD Martinez, RF
- Upton, LF
- Collins CF
- McCann, C
- Romine, 3B
Same lineup as last night, that hasn’t happened much lately.
Comments
50 responses to “Game 2016.136: Tigers at Royals”
A good read about Dan Dickerson’s game prep. The 3×5 cards are awesome; Jim’s and Dan’s love and knowledge of the game is why I listen to the game with the TV sound down. I also keep a notebook on every season going back to 2000 when I got the Tigers on Direct. I keep score on every game plus include key comments. I love to hear how Dan and Jim keep score; I’ve heard them mention using highlighters while I share the exclamation point for good play. http://on.freep.com/2bYXvJ6
Nice article and perhaps explains why I think Dan is the Tiger’s best announcer (wish he were on TV). He doesn’t have to engage in conversations on moon phases or barking dogs.
Our how the ball can get thermal uplifts while flying thru the outfield!
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Mistakes like lettuce made are not made by championship caliber clubs.
Baserunning..Brad..”were gonna work on that in Spring Training”!
Yes but that goof should be instinctive. He is looking at the batter and where and how the ball is hit. Where does he think he is going.
+1
Perez may be very good but our McCannon doesn’t take a back sat.
Norris is dealin!…
Lettuce comes through, gives Van Man a chance.
Ian is my Tiger MVP.
Too bad, Norris was very good.
Gee Brad lets leave him in a little longer….you have 13 pitchers and Wilson doesn”t have it today…Brad -2…no -3 still clueless and unprepared with pitchers
The Blowpen rears its ugly head.
Brad is not 100% to blame. He does have limited options and Alex has been good. If JV had started, he would not have let Brad pull him.
You all should realize this could be the season.
Hang on, Upton Time!!
JUP..first of the month shipment must have arrived on time!…u kiddin me!!!….atta boy!
Earlier this year I said that if the Royals were using Soria they were really hurting. J-Up is making up for the lost months early this season.
It’s nice that the KC fans are getting to know what it’s been like for the Tiger fans.
In the end, guys, if he ends up with 25 dingers and 85 RBI..will it be worth it. Does One month of a tear make up for 5 months of nothing?…the career, yearly averages just might be there. Thats a tough one!…Maybe the answer is if it gets you in the playoffs thats enough, but if not earlier this year numbers could have..what do u guys think?
If it gets them in the playoffs, and he continues hitting like this in the postseason…worth it.
agreed
that’s been Upton’s MO the past few years, lot of K’s and a streaky hitter (a/o non-hitter) – probably never going to be a .300+ hitter, but he may find a way to get 20-25 HR’s and 80-100 RBI
…pretty steady defensively, and decent baserunner – and Kirk Gibson (when asked by AAvila & DET mngmt) gave him a glowing endorsement… which from a guy who managed him, probably pushed DET to Upton rather than Cespedes in the FA market…and he’s a bit younger (than Cespedes)
DET w/5 player w/20 Hr’s or more and w/Castellanos w/18
when is the last time DET had 5 guys w/20 or more HR’s on the same team? …how about 6 players?
Ian Kinsler may possibly be the most picked off human alive.
But he is a fielder!
And a gamer!
Brad…”were gonna work on that pickoff stuff in Spring Training”!!!!
My kinda player…just rub a little dirt on it…atta boy Kins!
i agree w/all the Kinsler comments (fielding and picked-off specialist…and tough… a true “ball player”)
…KRod now tied for 4th in all time saves…guess one could also assign ‘a save’ to Kinsler (in the field) and Upton @ the plate
Sweet home Alabama…lets go to Chicago!
They are all huge!….this was HUGE!…and a DeathStar to KC!
Don’t forget we have 3 more with KC later this month right after they play 3 with the Indians.
KC will need sweeps not series wins though!
Great weekend of baseball. This sure is a lot of fun when the games mean something. Is Ian a warrior? Go Miami!
Soria…once in the Tiger blowpen…always in the Tiger blowpen….just the way it is!
DET really needs HOU to take 3 of 4 from CLE this week (@ CLE) – fortunately HOU is still in the WC hunt, so they’ll be in ‘must win’ mode. CLE has the starting pitching edge in 3 of the 4 matchups…so we shall see.
i see where DET has Zimmerman slated to start against MIN on 9/12 – if DET could get April Zimmerman for 3 starts in Sept, that would be HUGE
And…Rodney coughs it up to the Indians. That’s appropriate. Blowpen giveth, blowpen taketh away.
Fernano Rodney…once Tiger blowpen pitcher always a Tiger blowpen member….just the way it is!
Must be Tiger Closer Reunion weekend with the outings by Soria and Rodney…both were ugly.
OTFiM – loved the article on Dickerson. Thank you for posting.
This bullpen will be the end of us.
For the first time in a long time, this team is playing like a team. Sept will be interesting.
Pelfrey off DL and into the pen
http://www.freep.com/story/sports/mlb/tigers/2016/09/05/detroit-tigers-mike-pelfrey/89885636/
JaCoby Jones in the lineup against his old pal Mr. Sale.
…that was Cabrera’s 30th of the year and 300th as a Tiger
Up side is seeing Maybin and JJ in lineup. Downside is Mario and Gibby on TV. Woof-Woof.
the K’s (5 in 2 IN) are nice for JV, but it also drives up the pitch count (33 thru 2), and w/Sale pitching, we’ll likely need JV to go deep into this game, w/little margin of error
…need to make Sale throw some pitches, get his pitch count up there – and get to CWS bullpen