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Tigers lineup:
Dirks LF
Hunter RF
Cabrera 3B
Fielder 1B
Martinez DH
Peralta SS
Pena C
Kelly CF FFS, Austin Jackson come back, Please.
Infante 2B
Verlander P
Someone that reads this, please add the MLB Gameday.
I will be gone for cigar night.
It won't surprise me if a Tigers Hitter or 2 gets hbp tonight.
http://scores.espn.go.com/mlb/preview?gameId=330522105&teams=detroit-tigers-vs-cleveland-indians
Tigers vs. Indians Game Preview.
http://espn.go.com/mlb/player/batvspitch/_/id/6341/justin-verlander
Verlander vs. indians. 56 for 236, 8 hr, 29 rbi, 28 bb, 77 K's, .237 .318 .394 .712
Tigers Hitters vs. ubaldo. 70 for 252, 5 hr, 33 rbi, 28 bb, 49 k's, 278 .355 .425 .779
Jimenez is 2-1 with a 2.18 ERA vs. Tigers at Progressive Field, and hasn't lost decision to them there since Sept. 5, 2011.
The reverse splits that Corey Kluber had going into last night?s start (splits that largely didn?t hold true, unless one counts Cabrera) are nowhere to be found with Ubaldo Jimenez. He?s holding right-handed hitters to a .175 average (10-for-57) this season, compared with a .256 average (23-for-90) for left-handed batters. The big hope for right-handers is the walk total, 12 out of 71 plate appearances. With the at-bats that Tigers hitters have been putting together recently, that could be a factor, but Jim Leyland is going to his left-handed hitters for this one where he can ? except one.
Alex Avila, 1-for-21 in his last seven games, gets the night off with Justin Verlander on the mound. Brayan Pena, a switch-hitter who normally gets against lefties, is behind the plate for Verlander for the fourth time this season.
Not a whole lot of good numbers by Tigers off Jimenez. Miguel Cabrera?s 13-for-38 includes a 10-for-30 clip since Jimenez jumped to the American League. Fielder, despite the lefty strength, went 4-for-16 against him last year before doubling off him in Detroit a few weeks ago. I went with Cabrera in Beat the Streak, for what it?s worth.
You can follow the game online via Gameday, watch online through MLB.TV or listen on MLB.com Gameday Audio. Locally, you can watch on Fox Sports Detroit and listen on 97.1 FM.
The Indians, meanwhile, present us with our first matchup between Verlander and former Tiger Ryan Raburn. Michael Brantley, 11-for-26 lifetime against Verlander, is batting cleanup.
from Jason Beck
Dirks LF
Hunter RF
Cabrera 3B
Fielder 1B
Martinez DH
Peralta SS
Pena C
Kelly CF FFS, Austin Jackson come back, Please.
Infante 2B
Verlander P
Someone that reads this, please add the MLB Gameday.
I will be gone for cigar night.
It won't surprise me if a Tigers Hitter or 2 gets hbp tonight.
http://scores.espn.go.com/mlb/preview?gameId=330522105&teams=detroit-tigers-vs-cleveland-indians
Tigers vs. Indians Game Preview.
http://espn.go.com/mlb/player/batvspitch/_/id/6341/justin-verlander
Verlander vs. indians. 56 for 236, 8 hr, 29 rbi, 28 bb, 77 K's, .237 .318 .394 .712
Tigers Hitters vs. ubaldo. 70 for 252, 5 hr, 33 rbi, 28 bb, 49 k's, 278 .355 .425 .779
Jimenez is 2-1 with a 2.18 ERA vs. Tigers at Progressive Field, and hasn't lost decision to them there since Sept. 5, 2011.
The reverse splits that Corey Kluber had going into last night?s start (splits that largely didn?t hold true, unless one counts Cabrera) are nowhere to be found with Ubaldo Jimenez. He?s holding right-handed hitters to a .175 average (10-for-57) this season, compared with a .256 average (23-for-90) for left-handed batters. The big hope for right-handers is the walk total, 12 out of 71 plate appearances. With the at-bats that Tigers hitters have been putting together recently, that could be a factor, but Jim Leyland is going to his left-handed hitters for this one where he can ? except one.
Alex Avila, 1-for-21 in his last seven games, gets the night off with Justin Verlander on the mound. Brayan Pena, a switch-hitter who normally gets against lefties, is behind the plate for Verlander for the fourth time this season.
Not a whole lot of good numbers by Tigers off Jimenez. Miguel Cabrera?s 13-for-38 includes a 10-for-30 clip since Jimenez jumped to the American League. Fielder, despite the lefty strength, went 4-for-16 against him last year before doubling off him in Detroit a few weeks ago. I went with Cabrera in Beat the Streak, for what it?s worth.
You can follow the game online via Gameday, watch online through MLB.TV or listen on MLB.com Gameday Audio. Locally, you can watch on Fox Sports Detroit and listen on 97.1 FM.
The Indians, meanwhile, present us with our first matchup between Verlander and former Tiger Ryan Raburn. Michael Brantley, 11-for-26 lifetime against Verlander, is batting cleanup.
from Jason Beck
