Tigers vs. royals Game Thread August 6

[kalinecountry]

Tigers lineup :
Jackson CF
Boesch LF
Ordonez RF
Cabrera 1B
Martinez DH
Peralta SS
Guillen 2B
Raburn 3B ***
Avila C
Verlander P

http://scores.espn.go.com/mlb/preview?gameId=310806107&teams=detroit-tigers-vs-kansas-city-royals
Tigers vs. royals Game Preview.
from espn

http://espn.go.com/mlb/player/batvspitch/_/id/6341/justin-verlander
Verlander vs. royals.
from espn

http://espn.go.com/mlb/player/batvspitch/_/id/31114/danny-duffy
Tigers hitters vs. duffy.
from espn

http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2011_08_06_detmlb_kcamlb_1&mode=gameday&c_id=det
MLB Gameday

http://scores.espn.go.com/mlb/boxscore?gameId=310806107&teams=detroit-tigers-vs-kansas-city-royals
Boxscore from espn

 

[kalinecountry]

Leyland said he's mapped out pitching for rest of season & Verlander is scheduled for 11 more starts including Thursday in cleveland.

 

[Mitchrapp]

Raburn at third could be brutal.

 

[kalinecountry]

Verlander is 12-2 with a 2.31 ERA in 18 career starts vs. the Royals. Since the start of the 2006 season, Verlander leads all active major-league pitchers with 12 victories, a 2.31 ERA and 110 strikeouts against the Royals.

 

[Mitchrapp]

Should be an easy win but I hate looking past the Royals.

 

[kalinecountry]

from August 4 :
how the AL Central has stacked up since May 4, via Baseball Reference

 

[manchild98]

KalineCountry[/color]]Verlander is 12-2 with a 2.31 ERA in 18 career starts vs. the Royals. Since the start of the 2006 season, Verlander leads all active major-league pitchers with 12 victories, a 2.31 ERA and 110 strikeouts against the Royals.

Hopefully JV pitches like JV again tonight. I'll be watching at a bar tonight.

 

[mhughes0021]

Mitch[/color]]Raburn at third could be brutal.

I gotta admit...hes found his bat the last couple weeks. And drove in some important runs. But ya...the hot corner with a hot mess of a glove isnt too exciting.

 

[kalinecountry]

Tigers' Justin Verlander is eight strikeouts shy of passing Denny McLain for ninth-most in club history with 1,151.

 

[Mitchrapp]

The games at 7 tonight isn't it?

 

[tycobb420]

KalineCountry[/color]]Leyland said he's mapped out pitching for rest of season & Verlander is scheduled for 11 more starts including Thursday in cleveland.

He's looking at 23 wins then. This might be the best Tiger season for a SP since McLain in 1968.

 

[kalinecountry]

Mitch[/color]]The games at 7 tonight isn't it?

7:10 start.

 

[tycobb420]

I posted this last night and the Rangers beat Cleveland...so here goes again...Rangers rally music (Spockmaster mix):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QktVh64BYx4

 

[doctordetroit124]

I'm suprised Betemit isn't starting.

 

[tigermud]

JV No hitter through 0!

 

[Mitchrapp]

Lets get it on!!

 

[doctordetroit124]

YEAH! He looks good so far.

 

[tycobb420]

Duffy is 3-4 with an industrial strength ERA of 5.05

 

[mhughes0021]

Hope Guillen and Raburn can find a way to get on base today with AA on a home run tear!

 

[doctordetroit124]

They said his fastball isn't that good, so I expect a lot of junk balls which will probebly mean a lot of balls foul balls.