Game 60 Tigers vs. Red Sox June 9, 2017

[kalinecountry]

Tigers lineup:
1. Ian Kinsler, 2B
2. Nicholas Castellanos, 3B
3. Miguel Cabrera, 1B
4. Victor Martinez, DH
5. J.D. Martinez, RF
6. Justin Upton, LF
7. Mikie Mahtook, CF
8. James McCann, C
9. Jose Iglesias, SS
Jordan 'Smiley 'Zimmermann RHP
Bench: C Alex Avila, IF/OF Andrew Romine, OF Alex Presley, IF Dixon Machado.

Red Sox lineup:
Betts RF
3 Foot 2B
Bogaerts SS
Moreland LF
Benintendi LF
Mr. Negative DH
Bradley Jr. CF
Leon C
El Cul?n aka Fat Daddy 3B
Johnson LHP

https://www.mlb.com/gameday/tigers-...1009#game_state=preview,game_tab=,game=491009
Gameday.

http://www.mlive.com/tigers/index.s...day_jordan_zimmerma_5.html#incart_river_index
Tigers Gameday: Jordan Zimmermann opens 3-game series at Fenway Park.
Mlive

http://m.tigers.mlb.com/news/articl...o-return-as-sox-host-tigers/?topicId=26688836
Zimmermann, Tigers set for test in Boston.
Tigers official site

http://detroitsportsnation.com/detr.../detroit-tigers-boston-red-sox-game-60/93875/
Jordan Zimmermann looking to build off last start.
DSN

http://detroitsportsnation.com/detr...roit-tigers-head-beantown-take-red-sox/93874/
Series Preview: Detroit Tigers head to Beantown to take on Red Sox.
DSN

http://www.blessyouboys.com/2017/6/...ream-time-tv-schedule-how-to-watch-mlb-online
Tigers vs. Red Sox Preview: Detroit takes aim at spot starter Brian Johnson.
Early offense will probably win the day in this game.
BYBTB

http://detroitsportsnation.com/detr...ox-series-a-defining-moment-for-tigers/93851/
Section 313, Seat No. 10 – Red Sox series a defining moment for Tigers.
DSN

http://www.espn.com/mlb/preview?gameId=370609102
Tigers, Red Sox open weekend series in Boston.
espn

http://www.baseball-reference.com/previews/2017/BOS201706090.shtml
Boston Red Sox vs. Detroit Tigers, at Fenway Park, June 9, 2017 Matchups, Tickets, Preview.
Baseball Reference

All-Time BOSTON leads 1034-972

Notable:
The Tigers have won the season-series against the Red Sox in four of the past five years, including winning five of seven last season.

Boston has won 11 of its past 17 games to move into second place in the AL East, however the Red Sox were blown out of the water in their two most recent losses to the Yankees.

Detroit will want to avoid seeing Boston closer Craig Kimbrel. Opposing hitters are 2 for their last 41 against Kimbrel. He has struck out 26 of the last 44 batters he has faced.

Zimmermann is coming off one of the best starts of the season. He allowed one run on seven hits in six innings June 3 against the White Sox.
Opposing hitters are batting .308 against Zimmermann, which is the second-worst in the American League. He also has allowed 16 home runs, which is fourth-worst in the AL.
Zimmermann is 2-1 with a 4.84 ERA in four career starts against Boston. Hanley Ramirez is 10 for 26 against Zimmermann, including a home run. Pablo Sandoval is 7 for 17, while Mookie Betts is 2 for 3, including a home run.
Zimmermann is shying away from his fastball more than ever before. Why?
Opponents are hitting the snot out of it, with a .365 batting average and .823 slugging average (!) in 96 at-bats.

Johnson was a 2012 first-round pick by the Red Sox. He has spent most of the season in Triple-A, making eight starts. He has a 2.72 ERA in 46 1/3 innings.
Johnson pitched a complete-game shutout in his last MLB start May 27 against Seattle. He allowed five hits and struck out eight while walking zero. He has never faced Detroit in three career MLB starts.

Johnson is one of three left-handed starters the Red Sox will pitch this series, with Chris Sale and Drew Pomeranz scheduled to go on Saturday and Sunday, respectively.
That would seemingly favor a Tigers lineup that leans heavily right-handed, but Detroit entered Thursday batting .247 off lefties.
It will also likely sideline left-handed-hitting catcher Alex Avila, one of the hottest hitters on the team.

 

[kalinecountry]

Living here in Boston, there is a blackout of MLB extra innings, so I can't watch the game except on NESN with their announcers Dave O'Brien who iirc was on espn or a national media outlet and long time color man Jerry Remy ex-Angel and RedSox 2B man.
Remy has always knocked both Tiger Stadium and Detroit. As the Red Sox color man, he is an Opinionated shit ass, full of himself.

But past few years in his personal life, he has dealt with lung cancer and his son murdered iirc his wife or GF and is doing life in maximum security.
So I never sent him a twitter to fuck off.
Whatever I watch will probably be on mute.

Sometimes they have Steve Lyons ex-WhiteSox and RedSox, and Dennis Eckersley a couple of real homers and Eck never shuts his pie hole.

Just wanted to share all this with you guys.

Hope one of you will be able to do Saturdays game thread.

 

[tigermud]

The Tigers need to start winning more.. that and it's June 9th and Miggy is still not Miggy enough like.

The Tigers also don't have good track records this year off guys I've never heard of up from the minors. Probably losing tonight. Sorry is it too soon to be negative already tonight?

 

[kalinecountry]

The Tigers need to start winning more.. that and it's June 9th and Miggy is still not Miggy enough like.

The Tigers also don't have good track records this year off guys I've never heard of up from the minors. Probably losing tonight. Sorry is it too soon to be negative already tonight?

Miggy without a Home Run in at least 105 at bats per Dan Dickerson.

A couple of places with the game previews I posted I posted in the comments sections the same thing about rookie pitchers and was it 2 the past few weeks making their ML debuts.

I already feel negative about a weekend series in Fenway and the way this team plays doing the cha cha; 2 wins 3 losses, on and on, runners on 2nd and 3rd 0 outs, 0 runs, Not one starter is pitching consistently well.
Probably be a quiet thread, friday night games are usually like that until later in the game.

 

[tigermud]

Losing two of three to The angels just leaves a bad taste time is going to start running out soon if they continue this .500 cha cha for too much longer..I'm gearing up to let er rip tonight!

 

[tigermud]

1-0 good guys

 

[tigermud]

Terrible at bat miggy

 

[tigermud]

Upton RBI single 2-0 good guys

 

[tigermud]

Zimmerman drilled by a come back liner in the ribs seems to be ok stayin in

 

[kalinecountry]

Sox Announcers are commenting on McCann's pitch framing or lack there of,
on the 1 and 2 pitch to Bogaerts, it was a strike just above the knees, but McCannt slapped down at the pitch and it was called a ball,
Our starting catcher the front office loves.

 

[kalinecountry]

Zimmerman drilled by a come back liner in the ribs seems to be ok stayin in

Looked like it was the back of the leg?

 

[gotime909]

That might have been the worst challenge I've ever seen

 

[tigermud]

Miggy bad throw to 2nd on a DP ball but Iggy gets to the bag in time for one at least, Ferrell challenges the call stupidly and loses the challenge in 2 seconds flat, corners two outs for the whinesoxs

 

[tigermud]

Looked like it was the back of the leg?

Maybe, couldn't really tell from the replay thought Mario said back side looked like back side ribs to me but couldn't tell for sure

 

[kalinecountry]

That might have been the worst challenge I've ever seen

The sox fans hate Farrell maybe more than us Ausmus bashers.

 

[tigermud]

Zimmerman k's the next guy and gets out of the jam

 

[kalinecountry]

12 pitch at bat from Kinsler gets Johnson's pitch count to 47 after top second,

 

[tigermud]

Error machine 3b man strikes again

 

[kalinecountry]

Smiley got away with that curve to Leon,

 

[tigermud]

Huh uh, figured something like that, they were just saying on the foxd broadcast miggy has lost 20 pounds since the start of the season in attempt to reduce load on his back and it shows, his bat has not adjusted to the change in weight