Game 88 Tigers vs. bluejays July 14, 2017

[kalinecountry]

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

blue jays lineup:
elephant ears roidboy batista rf
martin c
donaldson 3b
smoak 1b
morales dh
tulowitzki ss
pearce lf
pillar cf
barney 2b
sanchez rhp

http://m.tigers.mlb.com/news/articl...rlander-open-up-second-half/?topicId=26688732
Verlander takes ball to open up second half.
Tigers official site

http://www.espn.com/mlb/preview?gameId=370714106
Tigers vs. bluejays Game Preview.
espn

https://www.baseball-reference.com/previews/2017/DET201707140.shtml
Detroit Tigers vs. Toronto Blue Jays, at Comerica Park, July 14, 2017 Matchups, Tickets, Preview.
Baseball Reference

Three things to know about this game:
Toronto's Joe Smith threw a side session on Sunday morning, taking the next step in in his recovery from right shoulder soreness that has sidelined him since June 14. He's expected to report to Triple-A Buffalo for a rehab assignment Sunday and, if all goes well, the righty could take the mound against the Red Sox on July 17.

Expect another large contingent of scouts to hit Detroit on Friday. Not all of them will be looking at Verlander, but teams like the Dodgers and Cubs have been following the team during his starts, and others will follow suit to watch some combination of Verlander, J.D. Martinez, Justin Wilson, Jose Iglesias and others.

Blue Jays slugger Josh Donaldson said the team will take a positive attitude going into the weekend series. "As cliche as it sounds, we really can only take it one day at a time," Donaldson said. "We have to fight for our lives each and every day. That's what it's about coming to the ballpark and coming to help our team win on a day-in-day-out basis."

The Tigers return from the all-star break eight games out of first place in the AL Central and 6.5 games out of the second wild card spot.

The Blue Jays have lost 7 of their past 11 and are five game out of the second wild card spot.

Toronto is 14th in the AL in runs scored (366).

Verlander is 3-4 with a 4.76 ERA in 11 career starts against the Blue Jays. His second career no-hitter game against them in 2011 at Rogers Centre.

Some notable Blue Jays against Verlander: Kendrys Morales .302 (13 for 43, 2 HRs), Jose Bautista .316 (6 for 19, 2 HRs), Justin Smoak .278 (5 for 18, 3 HRs).

Sanchez?s July 7 start was his first since May 19. He had been on the disabled list with a finger injury.
Sanchez is still searching for his first win this season after finishing 2016 with a 15-2 record and 3.00 ERA.
Sanchez has a 2.00 ERA in 18 career innings against Detroit.

Hot Hitter
Outfielder J.D. Martinez is 12 for 37 (.324) with one home run, three doubles and four RBIs in his last 10 games.

Cold Hitter
Catcher Alex Avila is 5 for 28 (.179) with one RBI and 13 strikeouts in his last nine games. He has walked eight times during that stretch, though.

Overall: 39-48
Current streak: W1
At Comerica Park: 23-20
On the road: 16-28
Day games: 20-15
Night games: 19-33
vs. AL East: 8-9
vs. AL Central: 20-16
vs. AL West: 7-17
vs. NL: 4-6

The Tigers' final projected record by FiveThirtyEight is 75-87. The site gives Detroit a 6 percent chance of making the playoffs and a 2 percent chance of winning the division

All-Time toronto leads 223-190.

 

[Mitchrapp]

To be honest I have no idea who Joe Smith is..

 

[kalinecountry]

http://www.mlive.com/tigers/index.ssf/2017/07/metallica_concert_comerica_tur.html#incart_river_index
Metallica concert leaves trampled outfield turf at Comerica Park.
Mlive

https://www.mlb.com/gameday/blue-ja...1448#game_state=preview,game_tab=,game=491448
Gameday.

Kinsler out of lineup with flu-like symptoms.

 

[kalinecountry]

To be honest I have no idea who Joe Smith is..

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/smithjo05.shtml
side arm submarine relief pitcher.

 

[kalinecountry]

wtf is with Mario and Gibby and the sound??

 

[kalinecountry]

Nice play by Lettuce with the shift in shallow right to grab the one hop liner off smoak's bat and throws him out.

 

[tigermud]

Lettuce man having himself a game

 

[tigermud]

http://www.mlive.com/tigers/index.ssf/2017/07/metallica_concert_comerica_tur.html#incart_river_index
Metallica concert leaves trampled outfield turf at Comerica Park.
Mlive

Second half 35-5 start sounds good

https://youtu.be/Sh5S3OxiE-s

 

[gotime909]

Miggy kills the rally. Damn

 

[Mitchrapp]

Even in the unearned runs tonight..

 

[tigermud]

Gotta know who's running nick ya had plenty of time dinkus

 

[kalinecountry]

Verlander with 5 strikeouts tonight gives him 2,300 for his career with the Tigers.

 

[tigermud]

Verlander with 5 strikeouts tonight gives him 2,300 for his career with the Tigers.

3 more to crack the top 50 all time

 

[kalinecountry]

3 more to crack the top 50 all time

https://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/SO_p_career.shtml

 

[tigermud]

When was the last time this team played a game that wasn't boring anyway, I'm drawing a blank

 

[kalinecountry]

Be lucky to win 70 for the year.

 

[tigermud]

Can anyone on this dubee staff throw a GD Strike?

 

[tigermud]

Expand the zone swing at everything..it's like watching Groundhog Day over and over again

 

[manchild98]

First game out of the gate and we give up 9 walks.

 

[tigermud]

this tigers team is incredibly boring, at this point I think you have to start fireing people just to bring some excitement back, I mean do something, anything, fk