Tigers vs. rockies Game Thread June 15

[kalinecountry]

Tigers lineup :
1. Austin Jackson, CF
2. Brennan Boesch, RF
3. Miguel Cabrera, 3B
4. Prince Fielder, 1B
5. Delmon Young, DH
6. Jhonny Peralta, SS
7. Ryan Raburn, LF
8. Danny Worth, 2B
9. Bryan Holaday, C
Casey Crosby, LHP

http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2012_06_15_colmlb_detmlb_1&mode=gameday&c_id=det
Gameday. from mlb.com

http://www.baseball-reference.com/previews/2012/DET201206150.shtml
Tigers vs. rockies Game Preview.
from Baseball Reference

http://scores.espn.go.com/mlb/preview?gameId=320615106&teams=colorado-rockies-vs-detroit-tigers
Tigers vs. rockies Game Preview.
from espn

http://www.blessyouboys.com/2012/6/15/3089538/game-64-preview-colorado-rockies-at-detroit-tigers
Tigers vs. rockies Game Preview.
from blessyouboystigersblog

For tonights Tigers - rockies game;
With the designated hitter back for the Tigers for the next six games, keep an eye out on how many games Delmon Young starts at DH. Leyland said last Sunday that he would probably get him a couple games a week in left field, thinking the occasional time can help him at the plate.
With lefty Jeff Francis starting for Colorado, Ryan Raburn gets the start in left field, giving Jim Leyland the extra right-handed bat he wants. Raburn is 3-for-10 with a home run lifetime off Francis, but went just 1-for-7 off Francis last year when Francis was in Kansas City.
With Casey Crosby on the mound, Bryan Holaday gets his first start at catcher since last homestand.
from Jason Beck

Ryan Raburn starting in left field, Delmon Young at DH in Detroit Tigers' opener vs. Colorado Rockies.
Detroit Tigers manager Jim Leyland told reporters Thursday that recently recalled outfielder/infielder Ryan Raburn would have to earn his playing time this time around.
It appears he did enough in his first game back to earn a second straight start.
Raburn is batting seventh for the second consecutive game and starting in left field as the Detroit Tigers open a three-game series tonight against the Colorado Rockies at Comerica Park.
In his first game back since being optioned in late May, Raburn went 2-for-3 and contributed right away, with an RBI double in the second inning to give Detroit a 2-0 lead.
Danny Worth will start at second Friday and bat behind Raburn and Delmon Young, who has started in left field the past six games while playing in National League ballparks. Young has been tabbed tonight's DH and will bat fifth behind Prince Fielder.
Left-hander Casey Crosby will make his third career start and will face a Colorado lineup that does not include Troy Tulowitzki. The shortstop is eligible to come off the 15-day disabled list on Friday, but he reaggravated a groin injury during a rehab assignment Wednesday.
The Rockies will counter with Jeff Francis, who gave up eight runs and 10 hits in 3 1/3 innings of an 11-5 loss Saturday.
from Mlive

http://walkoffwoodward.com/?p=3678
Tigers Could Find Themselves Enjoying that Cold Taste of the Rockies this Weekend.
from WalkoffWoodwardTigersblog
The rockies have some serious run differentials between home and away.

Tigers are 17-17 away from Detroit, 13-16 at Comerica. They are 166-106 at Comerica since start of '09 (3rd best in MLB).

 

[hellifino]

anytime you can get a quality glove in left field it's great, but a excellent bat as well is a bonus.

 

[biggunsbob]

Raburn is batting .143 verses LHP this year.. Maybe he will get hot...I guess it is a LHP so i guess he starts even though I don't like it much.

 

[mhughes0021]

Raburn is batting .143 verses LHP this year.. Maybe he will get hot...I guess it is a LHP so i guess he starts even though I don't like it much.

.143....awesome. Id rather have Berry in the OF to make plays and have the chance for speed on the bases. But no....lets put that dbag raburn in there.

Earn his time? lol. How many chances does he get to earn his time....its been years! Give the guy thats actually producing for you time.

 

[cmlfactor]

I'm not liking the way that Leyland is going to be using Berry, so far. He'd better see more time in left than Rugburn...

 

[cmlfactor]

Are the folks in Michigan getting this game on MLB network or are you stuck with Yankees/Nationals like I am?

I'm in Arizona I don't know how they can call that "regional coverage"...Colorado is only about 1000 miles closer to me...ugh...

 

[jas5lf]

Please tell me we're not going to make Francis look like Cy Young tonight.

 

[cmlfactor]

Oh great....isn't this the d-bag umpiring crew from the Boston series?

Jeff Nelson behind the plate tonight...the one that tossed Brookens...

 

[cmlfactor]

Cabby just can't charge anything can he? Ugh....

 

[kalinecountry]

Oh great....isn't this the d-bag umpiring crew from the Boston series?

Jeff Nelson behind the plate tonight...the one that tossed Brookens...

yes it is, one of the arse crews.

 

[kalinecountry]

Tigers put the shift on roidsgiambi Cabrera at short and Tigers get the dp.

 

[jas5lf]

Giambi is still in the league? Holy crap is he slow.

 

[cmlfactor]

A 3-5-1 DP...that's rare...

 

[kalinecountry]

Five batters into Casey Crosby's outing, and Miguel Cabrera has a diving stop at 3rd and turned a 3-5-1 double play on the shift.

 

[cmlfactor]

yes it is, one of the arse crews.

Not that I care what happens to any of the White Sox but Nelson tosses Rios from a game yesterday...in the 9th with one out...what's the point of that?

And he just stands over there with his arms folded like his shit don't stink...I just want to deck him in the nose...

 

[Thumb]

These guys are absolutely terrible away from Coors.

Crosby going to look like Verlander tonight.

 

[kalinecountry]

Crosby getting it done early, 27/28 pitches after 2 innings.

 

[cmlfactor]

JP's average climbing slowly but surely. Just wish he'd stop the stupid shot over at SS...

 

[kalinecountry]

Delmon shyts himself,

Jhonny doubles to the left center field wall, Peralta's hitting .385 with two doubles and a triple since returning from the paternity list,

Raburn 2 and 0, takes an offspeed on the corner for a strike, beats it in the ground to short,

Worth takes a curve in the dirt blocked by catcher, takes a strike, 86 mph fastball inside, grounder to short,

francis with 28 pitches,

 

[cmlfactor]

Boy 7-8-9 in our lineup tonight. As Ernest P. Worrel would say: Eeeeeeeeeeeee-yeeeeeeeeeeewwwwwww.....