Game 95 Tigers vs. twins July 21, 2017

[kalinecountry]

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

twinks lineup:
dozier 2b
granite cf
mauer 1b
shit head 3b
kepler rf
grossman dh
rosario lf
adrianza ss
fidel c
e santana rhp

http://www.mlive.com/tigers/index.ssf/2017/07/tigers_twins_preview_anibal_sa.html#incart_river_index
Tigers, Twins preview: Anibal Sanchez opens 3-game series in Minnesota.
Mlive

http://m.tigers.mlb.com/news/articl...tabbed-for-divisional-clash/?topicId=26688836
Anibal tabbed to start opener vs. Twins.
Tigers official site

https://www.baseball-reference.com/previews/2017/MIN201707210.shtml
Minnesota Twins vs. Detroit Tigers, at Target Field, July 21, 2017 Matchups.
Baseball Reference

http://www.espn.com/mlb/preview?gameId=370721109
Tigers vs. twins Game Preview.
espn

http://www.espn.com/mlb/player/batvspitch/_/id/6472/anibal-sanchez
Anibal Sanchez Batter vs Pitching Stats.

http://www.espn.com/mlb/player/batvspitch/_/id/6280/ervin-santana
Ervin Santana Batter vs Pitching Stats.

Things to know about this game
Sanchez has faced Minnesota 20 times (16 starts) in his career, pitching to a 5-4 record with a 3.65 ERA in 98 2/3 innings.

In 19 career starts against the Tigers, Santana has a 9-4 record with a 3.08 ERA, 110 strikeouts and 38 walks across 122 2/3 frames.
When Santana has thrown a pitch in the bottom two-thirds of the strike zone this season, according to Statcast, batters have hit just .213 against him, tied for third lowest among pitchers who have had at least 150 at-bats end in those locations. Yet when he has strayed into the upper third of the zone, his .377 average allowed is the fourth highest (min. 50 at-bats).

As of Thursday, Minnesota is 14th in the AL in ERA (4.80).
Detroit is 13th (4.77).

The Tigers haven?t played the Twins since April 23. Minnesota is a half game behind the Cleveland Indians for the AL Central lead and a half game behind the New York Yankees for the second wild card spot

Anibal Sanchez allowed three home runs Sunday vs the Blue Jays after giving up just one in his first four starts this season (24 innings).
Sanchez is 5-4 with a 3.65 ERA in 20 games (16 starts) against the Twins, although he has struggled against them this season, allowing eight runs on nine hits in three innings.

Santana is tied for second in the AL in wins (11) and third in ERA (2.99).
Santana has allowed one or fewer runs in 11 starts this season.
Santana is 9-4 with a 3.08 ERA in 19 starts against Detroit. Notable Tigers against him: Ian Kinsler .324 (23 for 71, 3 HRs), Victor Martinez .324 (12 for 37, 2 HRs), Miguel Cabrera .267 (8 for 30, 1 HR).

Detroit's hottest hitter:
Mahtook went 7-for-16 with two home runs and two doubles in the recently completed four-game series at Kansas City. Presley went 6-for-11 with a double against the Royals.
Outfielder Alex Presley is hitting .417 (10 for 24) with three doubles in his last nine games.

Detroit's coldest hitter:
Catcher Alex Avila is just 4 for 23 (.179) with no extra-base hits over his past eight games.

Tigers by the numbers:
Overall: 43-51
Current streak: L2
At Comerica Park: 25-21
On the road: 18-30
Day games: 21-15
Night games: 22-36
vs. AL East: 10-10
vs. AL Central: 22-18
vs. AL West: 7-17
vs. NL: 4-6

Vegas Insider says sports books favor the Twins. The consensus has the Twins at -130 and the Tigers at +120 on the money line. This means a $100 bet on the Tigers would win $120, while a $130 bet on the Twins would win $100.

End-of-season projection:
After Thursday's loss, the Tigers' final projected record by FiveThirtyEight is 76-86. The site gives Detroit a 7 percent chance of making the playoffs and a 4 percent chance of winning the division.

 

[kalinecountry]

https://www.mlb.com/gameday/tigers-vs-twins/2017/07/21/491535#game_state=live,game_tab=,game=491535
Gameday.

 

[kalinecountry]

Tonights game Miggy won't get any breaks from the home plate ump huge asshole Tim Timmons has thrown Miggy out of several games. Just rung him up on a questionable check swing.

 

[kalinecountry]

Victor with a Bomb,

Mahtook walks,

single to right center by Elvis and cf'er throws behind Mahtook gets back to the bag twist his right ankle looks safe, f'n ump calls him out, Mahtook in pain and limping, Ausmus challenges, and Tigers get screwed,

1- 0,

 

[kalinecountry]

Iggy singles,

Kinsler grounder to short,

Avila 1st and last strike on punchout clearly out of the k zone, fu timmons,

Upton with a blast to right double scores Iggy,

2 - 1,

Miggy takes a strike call way outside, fu timmons, then k's.

 

[kalinecountry]

Alex Avila is 6-for-39 (with 11 walks, 15 strikeouts) in July and 1-for-14 since ASB.

 

[kalinecountry]

Nick doubles to lead off the 4th,

Victor works a full count, and he gets all of another pitch and blasts it deep to right for a 2 run homer,

Tigers lead 4 - 0,

 

[kalinecountry]

Mahtook slices a fly down the rf line skips away from rf'er and Mahtook turns on the jets from 2nd to 3rd for a triple,

Elvis with a slow grounder to third, out at first,

Iggy 1 and 1 now a 57 foot slider bounces up and away from catcher and Mahtook scores on the wild pitch,

Tigers lead 5 - 0,

 

[sggatecl]

Who is this guy and what did he do with V-Mart?

 

[kalinecountry]

Iggy walks,

santana up to 95 pitches and is removed, with 1 out in the Tigers 4th,

belisle new twins pitcher,

Kinsler taking and Iggy decides to try and steal second, his slide is 5 feet short of the bag, wtf,
Kinsler grounds out to third,

 

[kalinecountry]

Who is this guy and what did he do with V-Mart?

Nice to see him swing like that.

Victor does hit santana well. Before tonight; .324 (12 for 37, 2 HRs),
make that now 14 for 39 with 4 home runs.

 

[kalinecountry]

Still long ways to go in this game.

Sanchez pitching bottom 4th, then the bullpen.....

 

[kalinecountry]

so this is the inning for Sanchez.

5 - 1 now and bases loaded with 2 outs,

Sanchez gets 2 strikes on adrianza and now base hit, by the little shit,

5 - 3,

 

[gotime909]

Good pitches by Sanchez that at bat. Kid went down and got it.

 

[biggunsbob]

Nice job.. even with a shitty ump.

 

[nsonnett14]

This game feels like we are just trying to survive and get out of here !!

 

[nsonnett14]

Iggy !!! lol twins announcers actually thought that was Castellanos

 

[nsonnett14]

Nice 9th here , tack on runs are HUGE !!!

 

[nsonnett14]

Good win boys , lets start another streak here and ya never know !!

 

[biggunsbob]

No freaking walks.dang it