Tigers vs. rangers Game Thread August 12

[kalinecountry]

Tigers lineup:
Jackson CF
Dirks LF
Cabrera 3B
Fielder 1B
Boesch RF
Young DH
Avila C
Peralta SS
Infante 2B
Porcello P

http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2012_08_12_detmlb_texmlb_1&mode=gameday&c_id=det
Gameday from mlb.com

http://www.baseball-reference.com/previews/2012/TEX201208120.shtml
Tigers vs. rangers Game Preview.
from Baseball Reference

http://scores.espn.go.com/mlb/preview?gameId=320812113&teams=detroit-tigers-vs-texas-rangers
Tigers vs. rangers Game Preview.
http://espn.go.com/mlb/player/batvspitch/_/id/29966/rick-porcello
Porcello vs. rangers. Yikes....June 25th Good, April 21st 1 inning 9 runs Game score negative -1.
http://espn.go.com/mlb/player/batvspitch/_/id/32055/yu-darvish
Tigers hitters vs. FU darvish.
from espn

http://www.blessyouboys.com/2012/8/12/3231821/2012-game-115-preview-detroit-tigers-at-texas-rangers
Tigers vs. rangers Game Preview.
from blessyouboystigersblog

The Japanese right-hander is 1/3 with a 7.76 ERA in his last five outings. He allowed six runs and a career-high 11 hits in 6 2/3 innings of a 9-2 defeat against Boston on Monday.

Pretty much a regular lineup today. Dirks starts again in place of Berry, batting second. Worth noting that Berry has started once in the past week. Also worth noting that Berry is in an 0-for-10 slump and his batting average has dropped to .274, his lowest average since his second game of the season. Are we seeing Berry’s transition to a bench role, or is that just a casualty of the outfield rotation?
Should be interesting to see how the Tigers approach Yu Darvish in their third meeting. He struck out 10 Tigers over seven innings here at the end of June, but gave up four runs doing it.
from Jason Beck

Rick Porcello has had tough time in four starts against Texas Rangers.
The Detroit Tigers have had plenty of success in recent weeks with Rick Porcello on the mound. But Porcello has not had much success against the Texas Rangers.
The Tigers have won seven of the past eight games that Porcello (9-6, 4.62 ERA) has started. But Porcello is 2-2 with an 8.47 ERA in four career starts against the Rangers. He 1-1 with an 11.57 ERA in two starts against them this season.
Current members of the Rangers are hitting a combined .361 (35-for-97) with a .944 OPS against Porcello. David Murphy is 8-for-12 with a home run against Porcello, while Ian Kinsler is 7-for-12 with five RBIs. Michael Young is 7-for-15 with six RBIs.
Yu Darvish (11-8, 4.57 ERA) will make his second start against the Tigers this season. He picked up the victory in a start against the Tigers in June. Prince Fielder had two hits, including a home run, against Darvish in that game.
from Mlive

 

[grandy]

Porcello vs Darvish

Over/Under 20 runs this game?

 

[tigermud]

yikes today's lineup combined .ave against Darvish 4 for 36 hope we improve on that today and find away to take this series.

 

[tonyballs]

Berry out again?

 

[tigermud]

Berry out again?

Yep, he's the new late inning Defensive OF replace instead of Don Kelly. That's his role and that's just how it's going to be.

 

[hellifino]

"Dirks starts again in place of Berry"

I think the job is Dirks at the moment, Berry might replace Boesch eventually thou.

 

[Thumb]

"Dirks starts again in place of Berry"

I think the job is Dirks at the moment, Berry might replace Boesch eventually thou.

There is no logic in Berry starting over either Boesch or Dirks at this time.

 

[tigerfan2272]

More unprofessional at bats to a guy not throwing strikes.

 

[tigermud]

Not good, 2 first inning k's and a weak pop up all on ball 4 pitches. wow not good at all, they really let him off the hook already. Suxs up 1-0 in the 4th, Tigers you just can't be hacking away at ball 4 like that. I think i'm going to go hit the course or something cuz I just can't watch this garbage today

 

[mjsb2]

Should be 1-0 with bases loaded and no outs.

 

[mjsb2]

Didn't see Jacksons AB, but both Fielder and Cabrera chased pitches nowhere near the strike zone.

 

[tigermud]

Didn't see Jacksons AB, but both Fielder and Cabrera chased pitches nowhere near the strike zone.

AJ let himself get jammed on a 3-1 pitch inside would have been ball 4. I hate watching them when they are over aggressive like this. If I stop watching they'll probably do better so I'm outta here.

 

[manchild98]

According to Rod, Hamilton swings at the first pitch more than anyone in baseball...48% of the time.

 

[manchild98]

2-0 homer by the addict.

 

[spockmaster]

lets see, offense is being stupidly aggressive and porcello is sucking as usual. not feeling good about todays game.

 

[manchild98]

lets see, offense is being stupidly aggressive and porcello is sucking as usual. not feeling good about todays game.

Sidenote...we've won 7 of the last 8 Porcello starts.

 

[tigerfan2272]

You can probably make that 7 of the last 9.

 

[nydo77]

I wonder about the mental preparation of this team. I get the feeling that most of the offense goes up with the plan of swinging at anything close and hoping for a cookie. With a pitcher like Darvish with so many different pitches, you should have a clear strategy in mind, which I see little evidence of. Do they actually study tapes of these pitchers?

 

[grandy]

Lol just end it now.

 

[tbone413]

Wtf is this..amateur hour?