Tigers vs. rangers Game Thread May 17

[kalinecountry]

Tigers lineup:
Dirks LF
Hunter RF
Cabrera 3B
Fielder 1B
Martinez DH
Avila C
Peralta SS
Kelly CF
Santiago 2B
Porcello P

http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2013_05_17_detmlb_texmlb_1&mode=gameday&c_id=det
Gameday from mlb.com

http://scores.espn.go.com/mlb/preview?gameId=330517113&teams=detroit-tigers-vs-texas-rangers
Tigers vs. rangers Game Preview.

http://espn.go.com/mlb/player/batvspitch/_/id/29966/rick-porcello
Porcello vs. ffrangers.

http://espn.go.com/mlb/player/stats/_/id/32700/nick-tepesch
ffrangers pitcher tepesch is a rookie.

http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2013_05_17_detmlb_texmlb_1&mode=preview&c_id=det
Tigers vs. ffrangers Game Preview.
Porcello tasked with cooling off Rangers' bats.
from the Tigers official site

http://www.mlive.com/tigers/index.ssf/2013/05/detroit_tigers_gameday_rick_po_6.html
Detroit Tigers Gameday: Rick Porcello gets break with Ian Kinsler out of lineup for Texas Rangers.
from Mlive

Rick Porcello gets to start on turn against a Rangers club that has hit him for a .383 average and .964 OPS in five career starts, not counting his relief appearance in the ALCS a couple years ago. That said, much of the damage came in that disastrous outing last April, when Texas got him for nine runs, eight earned, on 10 hits in an inning plus at Comerica Park. He actually beat the Rangers a couple months later with six innings of one-run ball in Arlington.
Ramon Santiago gets the start at second, giving Omar Infante a day off.
On the Rangers side, Ian Kinsler is out with bruised ribs. Leury Garcia starts in his place.
from JasonBeck'sTigersblog

 

[turok]

Was wondering about posting the game thread myself KC, but was gonna wait til ~7pm since you hadn't been signed in most of the day.

rumper-room rangers lineup vs Porcello (per MLive):

1. Elvis Andrus, SS (2-for-14, .222, 2 RBIs)
2. Leury Garcia, 2B
3. Lance Berkman, DH
4. Adrian Beltre, 3B (5-for-18, .278, 2 2Bs)
5. Nelson Cruz, RF (4-for-18, 2 RBIs, 6 SOs)
6. Mitch Moreland, 1B (3-for-6, .500, 2B, 2 RBIs)
7. Geovany Soto, C (3-for-5, .600, 2B, HR)
8. David Murphy, LF (9-for-15, .600, HR, 2 RBIs)
9. Leonys Martin, CF (0-for-2 1BB)

 

[kalinecountry]

http://detroit.tigers.mlb.com/mlb/events/all_star/y2013/ballot.jsp?partnerId=ASG13_HP_MW
2013 All-Star Game MLB.com Ballot. Vote for deserving Tigers players.

 

[bavarianinnman]

Awesome Kellys starting again, why bring up Garcia if your not going to play him.

 

[turok]

Awesome Kellys starting again, why bring up Garcia if your not going to play him.

Kinda ironic that this was the lineup vs twinks one year ago today:

D Kelly CF
a-R Santiago PH-2B
A Dirks LF-CF
M Cabrera 3B
P Fielder 1B
D Young DH
A Avila C
B Boesch RF
J Peralta SS
R Raburn 2B-LF

I agree that I would rather see Garcia in CF b/c he is being wasted not getting any playing time, especially on offense. Kelly is NOT going to improve, his Mendoza-line ceiling was reached long ago.

 

[bavarianinnman]

We got to many outfielders right now, I would have thought this was a way to showcase Garcia to package him later on during the summer.

 

[tigermud]

I know it's still early, but every counts... we could drop out of first tonight, we just got smoked last night so lets sit guys hitting over .300 and start guys hitting under .200

Brilliant

 

[turok]

Play Ball!!!

Go Tigers!!!

 

[bavarianinnman]

Fuck i cant wait for next year im so Hopen Leyland is gone and we bring Gibson Home. I got to think Gibson and Trammel would come back home?

 

[turok]

Infante woulda had that

 

[turok]

Cmon Rick

 

[turok]

That'll work..20 pitch 1st though.

 

[turok]

Victor with the leadoff walk, but getting into the weaker part of the order.

tepesch sweating like a pig, hope its getting in his eyes.

Peralta walks

 

[turok]

bleah..but thats what you get with Kelly and Santiago @ the bottom of the lineup, Jimmy.

 

[tigermud]

Second time through, lets get this bum!

 

[turok]

1-2-3 WTG Ricky!!

 

[turok]

Torii scuffling so far this month hitting only .228

 

[manchild98]

Out by a mile.

 

[johnny2x2x]

Damn Lamont!!!

 

[turok]

Shit!!