Game 14 Tigers vs. orioles April 17, 2018

[kalinecountry]

Tigers lineup:
CF Leonys Martin (L)
3B J. Candelario (S)
1B Miguel Cabrera (R)
RF N. Castellanos (R)
DH Victor Martinez (S)
LF Niko Goodrum (S)
C James McCann (R)
SS Jose Iglesias (R)
2B Dixon Machado (R)
Francisco Liriano (L) (1-1, 2.13)

orioles lineup:
LF Trey Mancini (R)
RF Craig Gentry (R)
SS Manny Machado (R)
CF Adam Jones (R)
DH Danny Valencia (R)
1B Chris Davis (L)
3BTim Beckham (R)
2B Luis Sardinas (S)
C Caleb Joseph (R)
Andrew Cashner (R) (1-1, 2.50)

https://www.blessyouboys.com/2018/4...ream-tv-schedule-odds-picks-matchups-and-more
Tigers vs. Orioles Preview: The Tigers might actually play baseball today.
The Tigers should actually get a game in on Tuesday after a three-day break.
BYBTB

https://motorcitybengals.com/2018/04/17/detroit-tigers-previewing-baltimore-orioles/
Detroit Tigers: Previewing the Baltimore Orioles.
MCBTB

 

[SpartyNash]

You could give me a free front row ticket and pay for my valet parking and I would not go tonight. This weather is an absolute joke.

 

[Mitchrapp]

Looking at the lineup for both teams, and what they're batting - lol. How can so many people suck.

 

[tigermud]

Wow they are actually playing baseball tonight what are there about 100 people in attendance lol

 

[tigermud]

Tigers are the first team since 1990 to play 10 consecutive games in under 45 degree weather so just sayith the tv

 

[Mitchrapp]

Tigers are the first team since 1990 to play 10 consecutive games in under 45 degree weather so just sayith the tv

Amen to the schedulers. .

 

[tigermud]

Victor with an opposite field home run 2-0 tigers

 

[Mitchrapp]

Iggy with a .200 slg%. Guys on fire.

 

[Mitchrapp]

I'm sorry Miggy but you suck.

 

[tigermud]

Rib on 3rd migs and they walk him dams it

 

[tigermud]

Miggy left the game before start of 9th with lower back tightness

Yup this is going to go on all year again...sigh

 

[turok]

Nice catch, save and win.

 

[kalinecountry]

Francisco Liriano and four relievers combined for 12 strikeouts as the Tigers beat the Baltimore Orioles 4-2 in the series opener Tuesday night at Comerica Park.

It was the Tigers' first game since Friday after a series of rain-outs and snow-outs washed away their weekend series. The win was the Tigers' first since April 8 and broke a five-game losing streak.

Pitching in 37-degree temperatures, Liriano struck out seven in five innings. He's allowed two runs or fewer in all three of his starts this season.

Relievers Buck Farmer, Daniel Stumpf, Joe Jimenez and Shane Greene pitched four scoreless innings to preserve a one-run lead.

The Tigers took the lead in the second inning on Victor Martinez's two-run homer to left-center, his first of the year.

After the Orioles tied the game at 2, the Tigers retook the lead in the fifth when Leonys Martin reached on a bunt single and then scored on Jeimer Candelario's RBI triple.

The Tigers picked up an insurance run in the eighth when pinch-runner Victor Reyes came home from third on a wild pitch.

WORTH NOTING

* Tigers first baseman Miguel Cabrera left the game with lower back tightness, the team said. Niko Goodrum moved from left field to first base in the ninth inning to replace him.

* The thermometer read 37 degrees at game time, although it felt much colder on the field with a stiff wind.

The attendance reflected the ugly weather. The Tigers announced 15,530 paid tickets sold; the actual number of people in the seats was probably less than 2,000.

* Goodrum made an unusual catch to end the fourth inning. The Tigers left fielder got a poor jump and then got turned around on a ball hit over his head. But he recovered enough to make a jumping catch on the warning track.

Things weren't as bright at the plate, where Goodrum went 0-for-3 with three strikeouts against Orioles starter Andrew Cashner.

https://www.mlb.com/tigers/video/martinezs-two-run-homer/c-1946317483
Webvideo Highlights of the Tigers win over the orioles.

https://www.mlb.com/gameday/orioles...nal,lock_state=final,game_tab=box,game=529654
Boxscore.

Francisco Liriano pitched a strong but short game, as his command eventually eluded him and drove up his pitch count. Yet he managed to hold the Orioles to just two runs on five hits in five innings. He walked three and struck out seven, the first six coming among the first 11 Orioles batters.

Victor Martinez had a hot night at the plate, collecting three hits. This included the first runs of the game when he hit an opposite field two-run home run to left in the second inning. The Orioles cut the lead in half when Trey Mancini homered between the bullpens in the third inning. They would later tie the game in the top of the fifth, but the Tigers quickly untied the game. Leonys Martin laid down a textbook bunt for a base hit, and then Jeimer Candelario drove a ball off the auxiliary scoreboard in right-center field for an RBI triple.

Jimenez was electric, striking out three batters in 1⅓ innings. ? Buck Farmer threw a scoreless inning and Daniel Stumpf retired two of three batters he faced. ? Shane Greene picked up his third save of the season.

Martinez tattooed a ball in the second inning for an opposite-field home run to left-center field. He added two more singles. ? Candelario went 2-for-4 with his triple, scoring Leonys Martin. He reached on a perfect bunt hit between the third base line and the mound. ? The Tigers scored a late insurance run when Martinez singled in the eighth. He was lifted for pinch-runner Victor Reyes, who scored on a passed ball.

 

[Mitchrapp]

2000 people, damn. What is that, 50% temperature, 50% team?

 

[UMRules06]

This has been like the coldest April in Michigan history (or one of the coldest). We can bitch about the schedule makers and rightfully so, but it's hard to foresee such extremes as this. I feel bad for the players having to try and actually play in this stuff.