Category: Game Post

It can’t be worse than last night right? Jeremy Bonderman and R.A. Dickey will be hurling the leather for their respective teams.

The Tigers head to New York to take on the second place Mets. Justin Verlander is on the bump for the Tigers and he’ll be opposed by Jon Niese.

Niese is getting his first extended time in the rotation after making a handful of starts in both 2008 and 2009. His peripherals are solid (6.7 K/9 and 2.9 BB/9) and he’s been good at limiting the long ball with just 5 homers allowed in his 64.1 innings. Three of those five homers came in his last start, but he’s been money in his 3 June starts going at least 7 innings each time and allowing just 4 runs. Lefties have managed just a 209/333/326 line against him this year.

Max Scherzer faces his former team and one of the other players involved in this past offseason’s blockbuster trade. Scherzer will try to move his record to 2-0 this season when pitching against starters named Ian.

The Tigers try to keep it going against familiar foe Edwin Jackson while Rick Porcello returns to the mound after a layoff caused by the need for some extra bullpen work.

The Tigers finally get to resume their natural rivalry with their geographical cousins, the Arizona Diamondbacks. Kind of weird to have both Dontrelle Willis and Armando Galarraga starting in the same game huh?

Jeremy Bonderman takes on Luis Atilano as the Tigers go for their second consecutive sweep. Your lineup today is:

1. Raburn, 2B
2. Santiago, SS
3. Ordonez, RF
4. Cabrera, 1B
5. Boesch, LF
6. Guillen, DH
7. Inge, 3B
8. Avila, C
9. Kelly, CF

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Justin Verlander takes the mound against Livan Hernandez who has a freakishly low ERA for somebody who strikes out like nobody.

Armando Galarraga takes the Comerica Park mound since, well, you know when.Still no Magglio Ordonez in the lineup, and this is the perfect time for a Carlos Guillen day off?

1. Jackson, CF
2. Santiago, SS
3. Damon, DH
4. Cabrera, 1B
5. Boesch, RF
6. Inge, 3B
7. Avila, C
8. Kelly, LF
9. Worth, 2B

Jeremy Bonderman and Paul Maholm  do battle at Comerica Park tonight.

Is anybody else ready for this team to start playing good baseball again? Justin Verlander and Ross Ohlendorf do the honors tonight.

Max Scherzer’s ERA is 6.66. That’s scary on a number of levels. John Danks opposes in this afternoon’s rubber game.