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Today's lineup: Jackson 8, Hunter 9, Cabrera 5, Fielder 3, Martinez dh, Dirks 7, Peralta 6, Avila 2, Infante 4. Fister is starting.
 
kalinecountry said:
Today's lineup: Jackson 8, Hunter 9, Cabrera 5, Fielder 3, Martinez dh, Dirks 7, Peralta 6, Avila 2, Infante 4. Fister is starting.
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Hoping that Dougie pitches a good game today for his sake...:tup:

ST hasn't really gone too well for Fister, and the regular season is just right around the corner now. Tigers will have only 6 ST games left in FL after today's game.

Only one week left until the Tigers head North...and its still a damned snowy & frigid North too. Opening Day @ Target Field in Minny on April Fools Day might be just a "little" bit nippy...to say the least...with a forecast high of 46 and a low of 32 degrees F...brrr!!!
 
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turok said:
Hoping that Dougie pitches a good game today for his sake...:tup:

ST hasn't really gone too well for Fister, and the regular season is just right around the corner now. Tigers will have only 6 ST games left in FL after today's game.
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With that said. Should Fister not pitch well. Is there any health problems with him and could he start the season on the DL?
 
lonesometiger said:
With that said. Should Fister not pitch well. Is there any health problems with him and could he start the season on the DL?
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Nothing official, he is just struggling w/ his control...has given up 3 BB in two innings so far and fortunately Ked the last hitter he faced who swung @ pitch that Avila had to scramble to round up and toss to Fielder @ 1B in the first. Dougie gave up 2 BBs and 2 WPs in the second and one came in to score on the second WP. He gave up a double and then a run-scoring single w/1 out in the third, before getting out of the inning on a GIDP. Game now tied 2-2. Fister w/ 3 Ks and 3 BBs.

Jhonny walkered and stole second..that doesn't happen very often. Good thing b/c Avila just grounded out to pitcher. Scores on a triple by Infante!! AJax then doubles Omar in...Tigers lead 4-2.

Fister has his first 1-2-3 inning in the 4th the hard way by giving up a leadoff single then erasing it on a GIDP. Miggy taken out of the game after leading off the fifth & reaching on a fielding error by PR Worth...hope that he didn't get hurt or something. Worth has no wheels, and is erased from the basepaths on VMart's second GIDP.

Leyland already making substitutions in the bottom 5th...Berry in for Hunter in RF, Worth @ 3B for Cabrera, and Kelly @ 1B for Fielder. Fister starts the inning, but gets yanked for Downs after giving up his 4th BB and a single w/2 outs. Doug's line for today: 4.2 IP, 2 runs-2 earned, 4 Ks, and 4 BBs.

Peralta coaxes a walk again on 4 straight pitches w/1 out, then Avila comes to the plate & promptly swings on the first pitch & GIDPs..the Tigers should watch the Yankees @ bat and learn to have a little more plate discipline.

Bottom 6th...Al-Al in to relieve Downs, Pena replaces Avila @ C, Ramon in for Jhonny @ SS, and Tuiasosopo in LF for Dirks. Albuquerque gives up a leadoff double...BUT then he proceeds to K out the side swinging on 9 pitches...Woooo!!

Ex-Tigers RP Brandon Lyon in for the Mets in the top 7th....gives up a leadoff double to Infante and then a run-scoring triple to AJax!! Berry follows w/a run-scoring single...Tigers up their lead to 6-2...still no outs. The hits keep coming as Berry scores on a RBI double by Worth who himself scores on a 2 run homer by....Don Freaking Kelly!!! VMart grounds out, but Tuiasosopo joins in on the fun by hitting a double, and Lyon is finally outta there...Tigers lead 9-2. Atchison in to put out the fire...and he does by getting Pena to popup and Infante to groundout, but the Tigers batted around in the inning.

Alvarez (who??) in to pitch for Al-Al in the bottom 7th...has a 1-2-3 inning on a flyout and a couple groundouts.

Atchison stays in the game for the mets in the top 8th, and he also has a 1-2-3 inning, including Ks swinging by Berry, and looking by Worth.

Alvarez remains in the game for the Tigers in the bottom of the 8th, but he gets into trouble, giving up 2 runs on 2 singles and 2 doubles, now w/two outs..he is then lifted by Leyland for Marte, who Ks Hicks for out #3..Tigers lead 9-4.

Jack Leathersich (sounds like a name for a scotch whiskey) in to pitch for the mutts in the top 9th...proceeds to load the bases on two walks and a single, but the Tigers fail to capitalize w/1 out on a foul popup by Pena and a lineout by Infante.

Marte remains in the game for the Tigers...Brad Davis was in for VMart @ DH and Russo replaces Infante @ 2nd...Marte gets the mutts 1-2-3 on 3 flyouts...Tigers win 9-4!!
 
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'Slow starter' Fister sharper despite walks.
Doug Fister battled some command issues in his next-to-last start of Spring Training, but only allowed two runs in 4 2/3 innings thanks to some timely defense and four strikeouts to counter his four walks.

It was a breezy Sunday at Tradition Field, but Fister managed to keep the ball on the ground for the most part, inducing two 6-4-3 double plays to quell a couple of Mets rallies. After retiring the first two hitters of the fifth inning, he walked Kirk Nieuwenhuis and gave up a single to Justin Turner before taking his leave.

He was relieved by Darin Downs, who got Ike Davis to fly out to center field to end the threat. Fister threw 88 pitches total, 48 for strikes.

"He's still having a little bit of command issues with his fastball, but overall he threw well," said catcher Alex Avila, who also caught Fister's last outing and said the right-hander looked sharper on Sunday. "His stuff was good. It's just a matter of him getting his mechanics down and being able to repeat them."

After the outing, Fister now owns a Spring Training ERA of 6.52, over the course of 19 1/3 innings in six appearances. Avila said the last pitch Fister is continuing to work on perfecting is the sinker, particularly inside to left-handers.

"He's always been a bit of a slow starter, at least the last 2 1/2 years or so that I've caught him," Avila said. "But he's on the right track and it looks like he's going to peak at the right time."
from the Tigers official site
 
'Pen competition on display in Tigers game.
A couple of high-stress situations gave Tigers manager Jim Leyland the chance to see some things he liked from his competing relievers on Sunday afternoon.

After two batters reached base with two outs in the fifth inning, starter Doug Fister gave way to left-hander Darin Downs with the Mets' No. 3 hitter Ike Davis at the plate. Downs got Davis to fly out to center, preserving Fister's line and giving Leyland a good look at the southpaw.

"That doesn't happen very often," Leyland said. "It worked out perfect today, because Doug was right about at the pitch count where we wanted him and it gave us the chance to see Downsie against a good left-hander with a couple guys on base."

Downs' one-third of an inning was followed by Al Alburquerque, who now has had back-to-back quality appearances after being roughed up on Thursday against the Astros. He gave up a leadoff double in the sixth, but struck out the next three hitters.

"I thought he threw the ball outstanding and he got sliders in the areas he wanted to," Leyland said. "He did terrific today."

Alburquerque and Downs are both top contenders to break camp in the Tigers' bullpen, which really only has three spots accounted for (Joaquin Benoit, Octavio Dotel and Phil Coke). Alburquerque, for one, has been a significant factor at the big league level, but also struggled at times this spring.

"My confidence is really good," Alburquerque said. "I know when I throw strikes, I can pitch."

Jose Alvarez gave up two runs on four hits in 1 2/3 innings and Luis Marte pitched a scoreless 1 1/3 frames in relief.
from the Tigers official site
 
Knee swelling down, Dirks back in Detroit lineup.
Andy Dirks returned to the Tigers' lineup on Sunday for the first time since Tuesday, when he crashed into the outfield wall and bruised his right knee.

Dirks was slotted into the lineup against the Mets in Port St. Lucie, and he intended to see how he felt during warmups and batting practice before he got the official go-ahead, but manager Jim Leyland said Dirks came out of it all OK.

"It's a Catch-22 because you've got to make sure he's getting some at-bats, but you don't want to do anything stupid," Leyland said. "You always go on the safe side, but he's ready. If he's not, he'd tell me."

Both Leyland and Dirks said it was a matter of getting the swelling down in his knee. And for now, Dirks said, it's the starting and stopping that will be a true test.

"Probably cutting -- slowing down and stopping," Dirks said of what would be most challenging. "It was just getting the fluid out of there."

Expected to be the Tigers' primary left fielder this season, Dirks is hitting .289 with a home run and three RBIs in 14 games this spring.
from the Tigers official site
 
Avisail Garcia did not make the two-day trip with the Tigers (they'll stay overnight before heading to Jupiter, Fla., on Monday) and Leyland did not expect the banged-up outfielder to be ready to play on Tuesday, either.
"I'd probably be taking away at-bats from someone else to be playing him this late," Leyland said. "I don't really know how that's gonna play out. If we make that decision that he can still be ready, then I'd get him some at-bats, because we have decisions to make. Without saying anything definite, I would lean toward [him] probably not going to start the season with us."

Reliever Bruce Rondon's next two outings will be on back-to-back days.

With Rule 5 Draft pick Jeff Kobernus heading back to the Nationals, it appears that Matt Tuiasosopo is more likely to emerge as a possible additional bench piece. Leyland said he feels comfortable with Tuiasosopo either at third or first base, and doubts he'd ever play him in the middle infield.
"What I've seen so far has been hot and cold," Leyland said of Tuiasosopo. "Cold early and hot lately. I didn't really know what to expect. He's hit some balls that had a loud sound, and swung and missed at some balls. Overall, he's done a nice job."

Conditions at Tradition Field in Port St. Lucie were blustery on Sunday, with winds blowing out at about 35 mph.
When asked what he'd like to see from starting pitcher Doug Fister, Leyland joked: "Today, I'd like to see a little less wind."
Leyland added that sometimes with such conditions, it can diminish what a manager takes away from a game.
"It diminishes what the outcome might be for anybody, their pitcher or our pitcher," Leyland said. "Or hitters."

from the Tigers official site
 
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