Game 66 Tigers vs. Rays June 16, 2017

[kalinecountry]

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

Rays lineup:
Souza Jr. rf
Dickerson dh
Longoria 3b
Morrison 1b
Beckham ss
Smith cf
Robertson 2b
Sucre c
Bourjos lf
Ramirez rhp

http://www.mlive.com/tigers/index.ssf/2017/06/tigers_rays_preview_1.html#incart_river_index
Tigers, Rays preview: Daniel Norris tries to build on walk-off win.
Mlive

http://www.espn.com/mlb/preview?gameId=370616106
Tigers need bullpen to step up against Rays.
espn

http://m.tigers.mlb.com/news/articl...s-headline-rays-tigers-tilt/?topicId=26688732
Norris aims to continue winning ways vs. Rays.
Tigers official site

http://www.baseball-reference.com/previews/2017/DET201706160.shtml
Detroit Tigers vs. Tampa Bay Rays, at Comerica Park, June 16, 2017 Matchups, Tickets, Preview.
Baseball Reference

Notable:
The Tigers are just 1-16 when they don't hit a home run. They didn't have one Thursday night until Miguel Cabrera's game-winning shot in the ninth inning.

The home run was the 452nd of Cabrera's career, tying him with Carl Yastrzemski for 37th on the all-time list.

Cabrera has hit in five straight games with a .409 average during that span.
Victor Martinez, who left Thursday's game in the seventh inning after feeling ill, broke an 0-for-16 skid with two hits.

Jose Iglesias has a six-game hitting streak, going 9-for-18 over that span. He's hitting .423 (22-for-52) in his last 14 games.

Tigers starter Daniel Norris gave up five runs on eight hits in a start against the Rays earlier this year in St. Petersburg (although he wasn't helped much by his defense).
In three career starts against Tampa, he's 0-1 with a 3.78 ERA.

Rays outfielder Steven Souza has doubled, tripled and homered against Norris in eight career at-bats.

Rays starter Erasmo Ramirez has a 5.05 ERA in 28 2/3 inning as a starter this year and a 3.05 ERA in 20 2/3 innings out of the bullpen.
Ramirez is one of four active Major League players from Nicaragua. The Tigers saw one of the others, Angels pitcher J.C. Ramirez (no relation) just a few days ago.

 

[kalinecountry]

https://www.mlb.com/gameday/rays-vs-tigers/2017/06/16/491113#game_state=live,game_tab=,game=491113
Gameday.

Norris has a Beavis haircut.

Upton runs down a foul fly in LF

Beavis gets out of the inning,

Tigers up bottom first,

Kinsler with a line drive into LF for a Home run,
Kinsler's first HR since May 21,
Kinsler hits the 43rd lead-off HR of his career and third of the season.
Kinsler passed Curtis Granderson (42) to take 6th place all-time in career lead-off HRs. He's one behind Brady Anderson (44) for 5th place.

Good Guys up 1 - 0 early,

Avila sharp grounder up the middle, ss has it,

Miggy takes a pitch off the outside corner and is fucked by home plate ump Hickox a goat fucker,

JD k's swinging on a couple of pitches out of the zopne,

 

[twentythree]

two consecutive offensive plays by the Tigers resulted in home runs. Cabrera's walk of home run of 6/15 and the leadoff home run of Kinsler tonight!!

 

[kalinecountry]

Norris 30 pitches after 2 innings and 4 K's,

 

[kalinecountry]

Norris gives up 2 runs while I was away smoking an Oliva Series G,

and Alex Avila hits an opposite field blast to tie the game up, that is # 10 for the Tigers' catcher who used to be called Alice.

Upton hits a rope that knuckles and backspin flys over the head of the rays cf'er Miggy scores,

Tigers lead 3 - 2,

Now Nick Lines one past Longoria down the LF line and JD and Upton score,

Tigers lead 5 - 2,

presley lines it to second and safe, JD to third,

Sac fly for McCann and JD tags up and scores,

Tigers lead 6 - 2,

Iggy foul fly to right, souza catches it and Presley tags up and slides into second safe,

Kinsler lines to center,

 

[twentythree]

Tigers are crushing it this inning. They really got E. Ramirez figured out.

 

[kalinecountry]

Iggy with two outstanding fielding plays,

one a slow grounder he gloves it and split second to his throwing hand gets the runner, next is a flare to shallow left center and he races back and snatches it out of the air, Those two will make the highlights reel tonight,

 

[tigermud]

Tigers brought some defense tonight, Three outstanding defensive plays by the tigers in the 5th two by Iggy one by upton.

Good awareness play by Avila earlier as well to throw speedy guy out trying to swipe home

 

[manchild98]

Not going to see too many innings with 3 defensive plays like that. Nice work.

 

[twentythree]

I have never seen three awesome defensive plays in the same inning. Because so many defensive plays look easy.

 

[kalinecountry]

Upton ends the inning with another leaping catch next to the wall in left,

 

[jas5lf]

Upton almost made up for last night's sloppy defense. That was one hell of a catch. Saved a home run.

 

[jas5lf]

Tigers rolling now. 8-2

 

[kalinecountry]

Alex beats the shift for a 5th inning single,

Miggy singles past Longoria and cement shoes Alex races to third, and Miggy races into second for a double,

JD gets the IBB,

Bases Juiced full of Tigers,

Upton with a bullet to left and Aoex and Miggy score,

Tigers lead 8 - 2,

wish they hit like this every game,

rays pitcher gets drilled on a grounder gets taken out,

McCann grounder to short and Beckham throws it away,

2 more runs score,

Tigers lead 10 2,

Iggy with a grounder past short for another rbi single,

Tigers lead 11 - 2,

Everybody's Happy tonight, right??!!

 

[tigermud]

Miggy may have left the game after scoreing the 8th run, grabbed his bats and gloves and went underneath

 

[jas5lf]

Miggy may have left the game after scoreing the 8th run, grabbed his bats and gloves and went underneath

Yeah, his night is done. Hopefully it's nothing serious but he has been playing injured lately.

 

[kalinecountry]

Nick knocks in 2 more with a triple down into right, bounces around and souza gives chase,

Tigers lead 13 - 2,

 

[lonesometiger]

13-2 How looong can V-Mart stay on the DL?

 

[lonesometiger]

Did Mahtook go out to play RF or is he still in the dug out?

 

[lonesometiger]

Made all those changes and just like that TB scores, 10 run game. Remember it's the bull pen with Hit-rod in it.