Tonight the Tigers try to stop their longest losing streak of the season at 3 when they take on the surprising Cleveland Indians. The Tigers send Max Scherzer to the mound, which seems like a good plan to stop the losing, since Max so far this season has known only winning (4-0). The key to Scherzer’s success has been that he has been able to locate his pitches well and not get behind in the count. That may be a more difficult task against the Indians than it was against the free-swinging White Sox.
Jeanmar Gomez takes the mound for Cleveland for only his 2nd start of the season. The first he only lasted 4 1/3 innings vs KC and gave up 9 hits. More of that would be nice.
Of note is the fact that the Tigers went to Cleveland by bus–the Red Wings got dibs on the team plane. Maybe this will allow each player to get in touch with his inner minor leaguer.
Ol’ Smokey managed the bus trip without throwing anybody under. So the lineup will be what we’re used to.
It’s hard to get used to though: we have a leadoff hitter who can’t get on base, a 3 hitter with 1 RBI, and the weakest top third of the lineup in the league, maybe in all of baseball.
Just a quick look at DET vs CLE top of the lineup OBP/OPS fills one with envy:
1 DET .223 .456 2 DET .300 .596 3 DET .312 .672
1 CLE .393 .971 2 CLE .318 .758 3 CLE .317 .747
Today’s nobody-under-the-bus lineup:
- Jackson CF
- Rhymes 2B
- Ordonez DH
- Cabrera 1B
- Boesch RF
- Raburn LF
- Peralta SS
- Avila C
- Inge 3B
Comments
24 responses to “Game 2011.26: Tigers at Indians”
The Tigers offense is in complete disarray……no wonder…….Smoke on the Brain puts three batters hitting well below the Mendoza line as his leadoff three! I wonder if Miggy is as pi$$ed off as all the rest of the Tiger fans? He should have a lot more RBI’s if those batting in front of him would get on base once in a while!
Caboooommmmm!!!
See what happens if one of the 1-3 hitters gets on base? Good for Wee Willie. Now why in the world anyone would pitch to Cabrera with 1st open, that’s a different question
avila is a strong cat
Allie Cat
It seems that Raburn is involved in the Clown Show in a lot of games.
Mad Max is dealin’
Hey Mags, yes that was a strike and yes you did leave them loaded. Come on!
LOBblio
NORBIlio
Am I the only one who hates that drum?
Is is my imagination, or on that single by Duncan did Raburn quadruple-clutch before he threw it in?
He did indeed. Were you expecting urgency?
Triple-Cabrera sighting! Cabrera on 2nd, chatting with Cabrera and Cabrera
Jhonny!
RhBI
unbelievable break there. thought jim was great to keep max in, max lays up a meatball. ugly
Jackson is killing this offense. He turned a 3 and 1 count into a 3 swing strike out. Wake up Leyland.
Isn’t Orlando Cabrera the guy who killed the Tigers in that season ending final game of ’09?
I think that guy’s name was Zach Miner
Adam Everett sighting
Geez, I wonder how this will end???
Oye Como Va
Put this game down as a should have won. Plenty of scoring ops and Scherzer left in too long. Momentum Indians.