Tigers vs. redsox Game Thread May 28

[kalinecountry]

Tigers lineup :
Berry CF
Raburn RF
Cabrera 3B
Fielder 1B
Young DH
Peralta SS
Dirks LF
Laird C
Worth 2B
Fister P

http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2012_05_28_detmlb_bosmlb_1&mode=gameday&c_id=det
Gameday from mlb.com

http://www.baseball-reference.com/previews/2012/BOS201205280.shtml
Tigers - redsox Game Preview.
from Baseball Reference

http://scores.espn.go.com/mlb/preview?gameId=320528102&teams=detroit-tigers-vs-boston-red-sox
Tigers - redsox Game Preview.
http://espn.go.com/mlb/player/batvspitch/_/id/30370/doug-fister
Fister vs. redsox.
from espn

Detroit Tigers pitcher Doug Fister takes a sub-2.00 earned-run average to the mound today in search of his first win, against the Boston Red Sox, without backup from his closer.
Jose Valverde will not pitch if the Tigers have a late lead in the 1:35 p.m. Memorial Day opener of a four-game series. Valverde pitched each of the last three days as the Tigers swept a three-game series at Minnesota.
“He is terrific,” Tigers manager Jim Leyland said of Valverde. “Outstanding
closer, he's an outstanding guy. He takes the ball for me. He told me he'd take it today, if I wanted him to. But I could tell, when I talked to him, that if he got a day off, it would be good for him.”
Ryan Raburn moves up to the No. 2 slot in the lineup, largely because Leyland said he didn't want two left-handed hitters – Quintin Berry and Andy Dirks – at the top of the order against Red Sox left-hander Felix Doubrant (4-2, 3.96). Dirks moves to the No. 7 slot as the Tigers try to add some extra right-handed punch with Fenway Park's Green Monster looming teasingly in left field.
Fister (0-2, 1.84) makes his sixth start of the season, and second against the Red Sox. He started against Boston on April 7, in a 10-0 Tigers win, but suffered a left costochondral strain early in that game. He was not involved in that decision and missed a month with the injury.
Mlive

 

[grandy]

World Series lineup

Fister is gonna need to pitch a gem

 

[tonyballs]

Raburn batting 2nd??? LMFAO!!

 

[Thumb]

First time Leyland has really juggled the lineup because of a lefty on the mound.

 

[cmlfactor]

Ew. More holes in that lineup than Casey Anthony's cover story...

 

[kalinecountry]

Dirks vs. LHP: .238;
Raburn vs. LHP (.119 in '12/.260 career).
Neither has faced BOS LHP Felix Doubront, whom LH hit better.

 

[hellifino]

where in gods name in hell does smoker come up with these lineups? we win a few in a row and now he wants to fuck it up some more....and Raburn hitting 2nd is a freaking joke.

 

[hellifino]

Ew. More holes in that lineup than Casey Anthony's cover story...

or Karen Carpenters belt.

 

[biggunsbob]

Jesus Raburn batting second... Going to have to eat more then 4 Popsicles today...

 

[biggunsbob]

Jim does not want 2 lefty's in a row at the top but he would rather have a .151 hitter instead of moving up Jp to try and get his bat going.... Genius Jim Genius

 

[kalinecountry]

Hope we can get a split against these bastardredsox.
Miserable fans right on top of the players screaming profanities/vulgarities/racialslurs at them and their families,
Watch for their pitchers, like beckett and a couple of relievers, morales and padilla throwing at Tigers hitters these next 4 games.
F'nchimpscumbag bobby valentine and the new varitek, catcher saltalamacchia will be involved in it.

 

[grandy]

I can only think of this when I see Bobby Valentine

 

[biggunsbob]

Just had number one POP!!!!!! Maybe a second for RR's first inning homer coming up!!!!! Should would be nice to see him stop swing at balls and missing them by a foot!!!

 

[biggunsbob]

I tried...

 

[tazmac]

Well, at least Raburn made contact.....

 

[biggunsbob]

DD needs to send him to Toledo...

 

[biggunsbob]

damn that was a easy half inning...

 

[grandy]

Good thing I started drinking early

 

[kingofdetroit57]

Ugly at bat by Miggy. He was waving at those pitches from his tip toes. Didn't look comfortable at all.

 

[tinselwolverine]

I got the beantown broadcast team calling the game.

I don't know who they are but already they're on my nerves.