Tigers vs. pirates Game Thread June 22

[kalinecountry]

Tigers lineup :
1.Austin Jackson CF
2.Quintin Berry RF
3.Miguel Cabrera 3B
4.Prince Fielder 1B
5.Delmon Young LF
6.Alex Avila C
7.Jhonny Peralta SS
8.Ramon Santiago 2B
9.Doug Fister P

http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2012_06_22_detmlb_pitmlb_1&mode=gameday&c_id=det
Gameday. from mlb.com

http://www.baseball-reference.com/previews/2012/PIT201206220.shtml
Tigers - pirates Game Preview.
from Baseball Reference

http://scores.espn.go.com/mlb/preview?gameId=320622123&teams=detroit-tigers-vs-pittsburgh-pirates
Tigers - pirates Game Preview.
Fister has faced 2 pirates total, 1 for 5.
http://espn.go.com/mlb/player/batvspitch/_/id/4153/aj-burnett
Tigers hitters vs. burnett.
from espn

http://www.blessyouboys.com/2012/6/...-preview-detroit-tigers-at-pittsburgh-pirates
Tigers - pirates Game Preview.
from blessyouboystigersblog


No one hits HRs against Pirates at higher rate than Prince Fielder.
Prince Fielder has hit 28 home runs against the Pittsburgh Pirates.
He will have a shot to add to that total tonight when the Detroit Tigers open a three-game series against the Pirates.
Fielder has hit a home run once every 12.86 at-bats in his career against the Pirates, the best rate against the Pirates of any active player. He is hitting .283 (102-for-360) with 14 doubles, a triple, 28 home runs and 77 RBIs in 101 games against the Pirates.
Fielder is 3-for-8 with two home runs against right-hander A.J. Burnett (7-2, 3.52 ERA), who will start tonight for the Pirates.
Doug Fister (1-3, 2.68 ERA) will start for the Tigers.
Mlive

 

[cmlfactor]

Back in Northern Michigan for my annual summer visit. Looking forward to actually being able to watch some games on TV. Would be nice to have the division lead back when I head home on July 7th.

 

[zonietigerfan]

cml, good for you. I'll stay here for a while longer, then head up to the SF Bay area next month. Love Phoenix in the fall & winter, merely tolerate it now. I'm heading to Detroit in September & will stay until it starts to cool down down here (meaning: goes from 110 to 90 lol).

 

[grandy]

In case someone hasn't looked at the News thread today

http://www.freep.com/article/201206...tor-Martinez?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|Detroit Tigers
Tigers owner Mike Ilitch hasn't lost faith in team, Victor Martinez.
from the freep

 

[tigermud]

Wow no BB in the lineup, interesting considering he's hitting .429 against burnett.

 

[dpinsea]

In case someone hasn't looked at the News thread today

Victor back in August would be a welcomed boost.

 

[biggunsbob]

Wow no BB in the lineup, interesting considering he's hitting .429 against burnett.

And how much better he is on the road this year also...Maybe something us up???

 

[servinthed]

And how much better he is on the road this year also...Maybe something us up???

I think that Boesch provides more offensively and defensively (sadly) than Delmon, so I'd rather see Boesch over Delmon, especially considering Boesch has better numbers against Burnett.

 

[jmakula87]

I think that Boesch provides more offensively and defensively (sadly) than Delmon, so I'd rather see Boesch over Delmon, especially considering Boesch has better numbers against Burnett.

Thank you for reading my mind and posting it for me.

 

[mjsb2]

And how much better he is on the road this year also...Maybe something us up???

What's up is that he sucks.

 

[tigermud]

Wow Fister getting kicked around tonight.

 

[jas5lf]

What is going on here? Pirates getting to Fister? Can we ever win a series opener?

 

[grandy]

Lucky it's only 2-0

 

[jas5lf]

Nice AB by Young. JFC...

 

[servinthed]

What's up is that he sucks.

He may suck, but Delmon is worse...

 

[buddyboy2121]

What is going on here? Pirates getting to Fister? Can we ever win a series opener?

We just won the series opener against St. Louis.

 

[tigermud]

so glad Delmon is in the lineup tonight instead of BB /:|

 

[jas5lf]

We just won the series opener against St. Louis.

My bad, I thought we lost the opener. They do lose a lot of openers though.

 

[kalinecountry]

Doug Fister allowed 2 runs in 1st inning vs Pirates. He had allowed 2 runs TOTAL in 1st innings in 1st 7 starts.


Burnett is 5-2 with a 5.92 ERA in his career vs. Tigers.

 

[mjsb2]

He may suck, but Delmon is worse...

Ugh.

Sucks we're stuck with one of those two hacks in the lineup and field.

Need Dirks back, and need to trade for an OFer.

I still can't believe they fucking signed Young, just horrible.