Game 106 Tigers vs. yankees August 2, 2017

[kalinecountry]

Tigers Lineup:
Kinsler 2B
Adduci RF
Upton LF
Cabrera 1B
Castellanos 3B
Martinez DH
Mahtook CF
McCann C
Romine SS
Zimmermann RHP

yankees lineup:
gardner lf
vaginabury cf
judge rf
sanchez c
gregorius ss
holliday dh
headley 1b
frazier 3b
torreyes 2b
tanaka rhp

http://www.mlive.com/tigers/index.ssf/2017/08/tigers_yankees_preview_new_yor.html#incart_river_index

http://m.tigers.mlb.com/news/article/245876006/which-tanaka-will-show-up-vs-zimm-tigers/?topicId=26688836[/url]
Zimmermann duels with Tanaka in Bronx finale.
Tigers official site

https://www.baseball-reference.com/previews/2017/NYA201708020.shtml
New York Yankees vs. Detroit Tigers, at Yankee Stadium III, August 2, 2017 Matchups.
Baseball Reference

Three things to know about this game
Tanaka has not pitched well during day games this season, posting an 0-5 record with a 14.81 ERA.

Yankees third baseman Todd Frazier is 5-for-18 (.278) with two homers lifetime against Zimmermann.

Detroit's Ian Kinsler leads Major League Baseball with a 19-game on-base streak.
New York's Brett Gardner leads the Majors with a 13-game hitting streak.

Tigers, Yankees preview: New York SP Masahiro Tanaka has allowed most home runs in MLB.
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Detroit Tigers
RHP Jordan Zimmermann (6-8, 5.69 ERA)
20 GS, 112 1/3 IP, 136 H, 71 ER, 23 HR, 34 BB, 77 K, 5.48 FIP

New York Yankees
RHP Masahiro Tanaka (8-9, 5.09 ERA)
21 GS, 123 2/3 IP, 130 H, 70 ER, 27 HR, 27 BB, 132 K, 4.68 FIP

Tigers catcher James McCann is on an 11-game hitting streak. He is 18 for 40 (.450) during that span.

Zimmermann is 2-0 with a 1.80 ERA in three starts against the Yankees.
Opposing hitters are batting .309 vs Zimmermann this season, which is third-worst in the AL. He also has the second-worst ERA in the AL among qualified starters.

Tanaka has allowed 27 home runs this year, which is tied for the most in the majors.
Tanaka has given up five or more earned runs in seven starts this season. He is 0-2 with a 5.60 ERA in three starts against Detroit.

Notable Tigers vs Tanaka: Ian Kinsler (1 for 8, 1 HR), Victor Martinez (2 for 7, 1 HR, 5 RBIs), Nicholas Castellanos (1 for 5, 1 HR).

Overall: 48-57
Current streak: W1
At Comerica Park: 27-25
On the road: 21-32
Day games: 22-15
Night games: 26-42
vs. AL East: 11-11
vs. AL Central: 24-22
vs. AL West: 8-18
vs. NL: 4-6

 

[tinselwolverine]

Looks like I'm going to get this game on the MLB network.

 

[kalinecountry]

About an hour rain delay at a little after 2 o'clock ET.

https://www.accuweather.com/en/us/new-york-city-ny/weather-radar-r1h?play=1

http://www.mlive.com/tigers/index.ssf/2017/08/tigers_yankees_game_delayed_du.html#incart_river_index
Start of Tigers, Yankees game delayed, estimated to start at 2:30 p.m.
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[kalinecountry]

https://www.mlb.com/gameday/tigers-.../491699#game_state=live,game_tab=,game=491699
Gameday.

Sanchez is supposedly hbp on his foot, replays clearly show he moved his foot as ball hit and kicked up dirt, F'n useless Ausmus doesn't challenge.

 

[tomdalton22]

https://www.mlb.com/gameday/tigers-.../491699#game_state=live,game_tab=,game=491699
Gameday.

Sanchez is supposedly hbp on his foot, replays clearly show he moved his foot as ball hit and kicked up dirt, F'n useless Ausmus doesn't challenge.

Ausmus relies on somebody in the booth to relay down to the dugout weather or not a play is worth reviewing.

 

[kalinecountry]

Ausmus relies on somebody in the booth to relay down to the dugout weather or not a play is worth reviewing.

Right, and that guy sucks too.

 

[tomdalton22]

Right, and that guy sucks too.

lol

 

[kalinecountry]

Surprisingly, Zimmermann is pitching a good game with some luck so far,

I don't think it will last, he will implode and assmus will leave him in until too late, then bring in a reliever who sucks with inherited runners and sucks more with risp,

 

[kalinecountry]

Victor lines a double down the right field line for # 400 in his career.

and # 165 as a Tiger.

 

[kalinecountry]

6th inning, runners on the corners and Zimm is getting fn squeezed top of the strike zone by bellino with headley up, gets him to swing through a changeup,

Lucked out another inning,

6 innings 81 pitches 0 runs 6 hits 0 walks 6 K's,

If he comes out for the 7th should leave after first runner,

Rondon warming up, now Stumpf as Zimm begins the 7th,

 

[gotime909]

Miggy almost cost us there with his lazy effort. Thankfully we won the challenge. Nice hustle from Zimmerman almost wasted.

 

[kalinecountry]

Tigers get a break as Ausmus finally grows a pair and challenges the grounder to Miggy who flips to Zimm coevering and 1B ump Jerry the bloat Layne calls him safe, Overturned.

Zimmermann with 7 innings 92 pitches,

Bring a win home Tigers, gotta go.....

 

[lonesometiger]

Out

 

[jas5lf]

Ball game underway again. Tigers batting in the 8th up 2-0.

Those were three dreadful at bats by Adduci, Upton and Cabrera. All down quickly on strikes. 9 pitches by Betances, 3 strikeouts.

According to the Yankees play by play, that's only the 87th time that's happened in MLB history.

 

[jas5lf]

Rondon again in a close game. Let's see if he blows this game too.

Rondon is trash. Ausmus is such an idiot.

 

[jas5lf]

Wow, Tigers win the game and series. Back to back series wins against Houston and NY.

 

[tomdalton22]

Rondon again in a close game. Let's see if he blows this game too.

Rondon is trash. Ausmus is such an idiot.

Like it or not, Rondon is still a young arm that they have to evaluate. I know...he has been a HUGE disappointment (pun intended) but they still have to figure out if he is in their future plans. At this point...run him out there and see what he does. Does it really matter at this point?

 

[kalinecountry]

Ball game underway again. Tigers batting in the 8th up 2-0.

Those were three dreadful at bats by Adduci, Upton and Cabrera. All down quickly on strikes. 9 pitches by Betances, 3 strikeouts.

According to the Yankees play by play, that's only the 87th time that's happened in MLB history.

As posted this morning in the Tigers team notes one of the 87 times;
August 2, 1959: Jim Bunning of the Tigers pitches the only "perfect" inning of the last four decades, striking out three Red Sox on nine pitches. Bunning wins, 3 - 0. The last American League hurler to strike out the side on nine pitches was Lefty Grove, in 1928.

 

[tigermud]

Ball game underway again. Tigers batting in the 8th up 2-0.

Those were three dreadful at bats by Adduci, Upton and Cabrera. All down quickly on strikes. 9 pitches by Betances, 3 strikeouts.

According to the Yankees play by play, that's only the 87th time that's happened in MLB history.

And the second time its happened to the tigers just this year!

 

[jas5lf]

And the second time its happened to the tigers just this year!

You are correct. Carlos Carrasco did it to them not even 4 weeks ago. That is embarrassing.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lis...have_struck_out_three_batters_on_nine_pitches