Game 98 Tigers vs. royals July 24, 2017

[kalinecountry]

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

royals lineup:
merrifield 2b
bonafuckio rf
cain cf
hoghead 1b
piano legs c
pigpen 3b
moss dh
scarface ss
the goon lf
hammel rhp

http://www.mlive.com/tigers/index.ssf/2017/07/tigers_royals_preview.html
Tigers, Royals preview: Justin Verlander vs Jason Hammel in rematch from last Wednesday.
Mlive

http://www.freep.com/story/sports/m...-tigers-kansas-city-royals-preview/503715001/
Tigers' next foe: Royals visit, setting up a pair of pitching rematches.
Freep

http://m.tigers.mlb.com/news/articl...eady-for-rematch-in-detroit/?topicId=26688732
Verlander eyes 1st July win in Royals rematch.
Tigers official site

http://www.espn.com/mlb/preview?gameId=370724106
Tigers' Verlander, Royals' Hammel face off again.
espn

https://www.baseball-reference.com/previews/2017/DET201707240.shtml
Detroit Tigers vs. Kansas City Royals, at Comerica Park, July 24, 2017 Matchups, Tickets, Preview.
Baseball Reference

Detroit Tigers
RHP Justin Verlander (5-7, 4.54 ERA)
20 GS, 117 IP, 117 H, 59 ER, 14 HR, 55 BB, 111 K, 4.26 FIP

Kansas City Royals
RHP Jason Hammel (4-8, 4.81 ERA)
19 GS, 106 2/3 IP, 118 H, 57 ER, 14 HR, 35 BB, 83 K, 4.44 FIP

Who: Detroit Tigers (45-52) vs Kansas City Royals (50-47)
When: 7:10 p.m. EDT
Where: Comerica Park
TV: Fox Sports Detroit
Radio: FM 97.1 The Ticket and the Tigers radio network.

Season series.
Detroit leads 6-4.

Verlander and Hammel pitched against each other in their last start.

Verlander allowed two runs on six hits in seven innings, striking out eight,
Verlander is 23-10 with a 3.18 ERA in 44 starts against Kansas City.

Hammel gave up one run on four hits in 6 1/3 innings.
Hammel is 2-2 with a 6.98 ERA in 11 games (eight starts) against Detroit.

Tigers against Hammel: Justin Upton .250 (10 for 40, 2 HRs), Miguel Cabrera .353 (6 for 17), Victor Martinez .182 (2 for 11, 1 HR).

Detroit's hottest hitter.
Outfielder Alex Presley is on a 10-game hitting streak. He is batting .459 (17 for 37) with seven runs scored, four doubles and four RBIs during that stretch.

Detroit's coldest hitter.
Miguel Cabrera is hitting .200 (7 for 35) over his last nine games with just one extra-base hit. He was just 3 for 23 (.130) during the team's seven-game road trip.

Kansas City has won five in a row and is tied with the Tampa Bay Rays for the second wild card spot.

Three things to know about this game.
Verlander has 44 career starts against Kansas City, posting a 23-10 record and a 3.18 ERA. He has struck out 263 batters during that span and walked 70 in 300 innings.

Hammel has a 2-2 record with a 6.98 ERA in 11 career games (eight starts) against Detroit. He has fanned 25 and walked 20 across 40 innings.

Royals first baseman Eric Hosmer has a .259 batting average with a pair of homers in 85 career at-bats against Verlander. Tigers outfielder Justin Upton is 10-for-40 with eight RBIs against Hammel.

Tigers by the numbers.
Overall: 45-52
Current streak: W1
At Comerica Park: 25-21
On the road: 20-31
Day games: 21-15
Night games: 24-37
vs. AL East: 10-10
vs. AL Central: 24-19
vs. AL West: 7-17
vs. NL: 4-6

After Sunday's win, the Tigers' final projected record by FiveThirtyEight is
77-85.
The site gives Detroit a 9 percent chance of making the playoffs and a 4 percent chance of winning the division.

 

[kalinecountry]

https://www.mlb.com/gameday/royals-vs-tigers/2017/07/24/491583#game_state=live,game_tab=,game=491583
Gameday.

 

[kalinecountry]

JV with 5 Strikeouts the first 2 innings.

 

[gotime909]

JV with 5 Strikeouts the first 2 innings.

I'm sure the Dodgers are watching

 

[manchild98]

JV with 5 Strikeouts the first 2 innings.

He's trying his best to impress those Cubs scouts. Although I'm not sure why a team would send scouts to watch JV in person? Is there not enough footage of him over the last 10+ years. Are their TV's broken?

 

[kalinecountry]

You think you have problems and then you see that precious little boy with
his leg like that....God Bless the children.

 

[nsonnett14]

JV looking damn good , i agree with Gotime , i think with Kershaw going down they may make a move . Should be a very interesting week

 

[nsonnett14]

You think you have problems and then you see that precious little boy with
his leg like that....God Bless the children.

Puts things in perspective doesnt it . I'm bitching about sweating bag all day and then i see that

 

[nsonnett14]

Figures as soon as we say JV dealing this happens

 

[lonesometiger]

boo boo boo

 

[nsonnett14]

Cmon bats , lets get it together here !!!

 

[manchild98]

Miggy gets us on the board with an rbi single. 3-1.

 

[manchild98]

Avila's 1st pitch should have been called a ball.

 

[kalinecountry]

Miggy's rbi single if my math is correct was his 2,599 career hit, ties him with Steve Garvey,
1,601 RBI, 1 behind Beltre,
and that game tying run he scored was his 1,357 career run ties him with Doc Cramer and King Kelly.

Alex with a clutch 2 run single,

tied up,

 

[manchild98]

WTG Alex! 3-3.

 

[manchild98]

Miggy's rbi single if my math is correct was his 2,599 career hit, ties him with Steve Garvey,
1,601 RBI, 1 behind Beltre,
and that game tying run he scored was his 1,357 career run ties him with Doc Cramer and King Kelly.

Alex with a clutch 2 run single,

tied up,

So is that why Garvey is at the game?

 

[gotime909]

Offense ties it up for JV and the putz walks the leadoff batter. His arm is still there, but his focus isn't near where it used to be.

 

[kalinecountry]

So is that why Garvey is at the game?

iirc, Garvey is a Michigan guy, went to MSU,
he was saying he is making the rounds for prostrate cancer awareness.

 

[nsonnett14]

Ok boys , now lets get JV a win here !!

 

[manchild98]

I expect Fulmer to pitch like he's got something to prove tomorrow after that last start.