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Tigers lineup :
1. Quintin Berry, CF
2. Matt Young, LF
3. Miguel Cabrera, 3B
4. Prince Fielder, 1B
5. Delmon Young, DH
6. Alex Avila, C
7. Jhonny Peralta, SS
8. Brennan Boesch, RF
9. Ramon Santiago, 2B
Gameday here soon.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/previews/2012/DET201206050.shtml
Tigers - indians Game Preview.
from Baseball Reference
http://scores.espn.go.com/mlb/preview?gameId=320605106&teams=cleveland-indians-vs-detroit-tigers
Tigers vs. indians Game preview.
from espn
Lots of good injury news for Tigers: Avila back, Benoit OK, Laird available.
Optimism on Jackson, Dirks, Fister. Kelly (fever) only question.
The shorthanded Detroit Tigers are a bit less shorthanded.
Alex Avila will return to the starting lineup Tuesday night in the series opener against the Cleveland Indians.
Avila has missed the past two games due to right hamstring tightness. He will start at catcher and bat sixth in the lineup.
Outfielder Matt Young, called up from Triple-A Toledo on Sunday to replace injured outfielder Andy Dirks, will make his first start for the Tigers. He will bat second and start in left field.
Left-hander Drew Smyly (2-1, 3.46 ERA) will make his first career start against the Indians.
Right-hander Ubaldo Jimenez (5-4, 5.79) will start for the Indians. Jimenez is 3-5 with a 5.96 ERA in eight career starts against the Tigers.
Delmon Young is 9-for-17 (.529) with a home run and four RBIs in his career against Jimenez. Avila is hitting .400 (4-for-10) with a home run and six RBIs, while Miguel Cabrera is hitting .350 (7-for-20) with three RBIs and six walks.
Mlive
Remember all the talk about Jim Leyland not caring about the guys who get on base so much as the guys who drive them in? Well, he does have some heart for the OBP guys, apparently, because he cited it as a reason for starting Matt Young tonight against the Indians in the second spot in the order.
“What I do like about him, to be honest with you, and this is kind of being a geek with the numbers, and I’m not into that geek stuff with the numbers, but he does have a pretty good on-base percentage down in Toledo,” Jim Leyland said. “So it looks like he might be able to work the pitcher a little bit, maybe take a walk. He’s not an automatic out. He’s going to give you everything he has.”
Young has 46 walks in 51 games with the Mud Hens, which explains how someone batting .259 could have a .431 on-base percentage.
For the record, the last time the Tigers had two players in the lineup named Young, it was June 17, 2003, and Dmitri Young and Ernie Young were both starting.
from Jason Beck
1. Quintin Berry, CF
2. Matt Young, LF
3. Miguel Cabrera, 3B
4. Prince Fielder, 1B
5. Delmon Young, DH
6. Alex Avila, C
7. Jhonny Peralta, SS
8. Brennan Boesch, RF
9. Ramon Santiago, 2B
Gameday here soon.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/previews/2012/DET201206050.shtml
Tigers - indians Game Preview.
from Baseball Reference
http://scores.espn.go.com/mlb/preview?gameId=320605106&teams=cleveland-indians-vs-detroit-tigers
Tigers vs. indians Game preview.
from espn
Lots of good injury news for Tigers: Avila back, Benoit OK, Laird available.
Optimism on Jackson, Dirks, Fister. Kelly (fever) only question.
The shorthanded Detroit Tigers are a bit less shorthanded.
Alex Avila will return to the starting lineup Tuesday night in the series opener against the Cleveland Indians.
Avila has missed the past two games due to right hamstring tightness. He will start at catcher and bat sixth in the lineup.
Outfielder Matt Young, called up from Triple-A Toledo on Sunday to replace injured outfielder Andy Dirks, will make his first start for the Tigers. He will bat second and start in left field.
Left-hander Drew Smyly (2-1, 3.46 ERA) will make his first career start against the Indians.
Right-hander Ubaldo Jimenez (5-4, 5.79) will start for the Indians. Jimenez is 3-5 with a 5.96 ERA in eight career starts against the Tigers.
Delmon Young is 9-for-17 (.529) with a home run and four RBIs in his career against Jimenez. Avila is hitting .400 (4-for-10) with a home run and six RBIs, while Miguel Cabrera is hitting .350 (7-for-20) with three RBIs and six walks.
Mlive
Remember all the talk about Jim Leyland not caring about the guys who get on base so much as the guys who drive them in? Well, he does have some heart for the OBP guys, apparently, because he cited it as a reason for starting Matt Young tonight against the Indians in the second spot in the order.
“What I do like about him, to be honest with you, and this is kind of being a geek with the numbers, and I’m not into that geek stuff with the numbers, but he does have a pretty good on-base percentage down in Toledo,” Jim Leyland said. “So it looks like he might be able to work the pitcher a little bit, maybe take a walk. He’s not an automatic out. He’s going to give you everything he has.”
Young has 46 walks in 51 games with the Mud Hens, which explains how someone batting .259 could have a .431 on-base percentage.
For the record, the last time the Tigers had two players in the lineup named Young, it was June 17, 2003, and Dmitri Young and Ernie Young were both starting.
from Jason Beck
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