Tigers vs. twins Game Thread May 26

[kalinecountry]

Tigers lineup :
Berry CF
Dirks LF
Cabrera 3B
Fielder 1B
Young DH
Boesch RF
Peralta SS
Avila C
Santiago 2B
Scherzer P

http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2012_05_26_detmlb_minmlb_1&mode=gameday&c_id=det
Gameday from mlb.com

http://www.baseball-reference.com/previews/2012/MIN201205260.shtml
Tigers - twins Game Preview.
from Baseball Reference

http://scores.espn.go.com/mlb/preview?gameId=320526109&teams=detroit-tigers-vs-minnesota-twins
Tigers - twins Game Preview.
http://espn.go.com/mlb/player/batvspitch/_/id/28976/max-scherzer
Scherzer vs. twins.
http://espn.go.com/mlb/player/batvspitch/_/id/3784/carl-pavano
Tigers hitters vs. dragqueenpavano.
from espn

http://opoutofleftfield.blogspot.com/2012/05/tigers-lineup-vs-twins-game-46-scherzer.html
Tigers lineup vs. Twins, Game 46: Scherzer vs. Pavano. 43 for 123 = .350
Oakland Press

Quintin Berry power/avg. not sustainable but defense, speed, walks (11% MiLB rate) are. Not long term option but serviceable for now. TigsTownPaul.

Max Scherzer on mound as Tigers try to string together consecutive wins.
If Max Scherzer can put together a second consecutive strong outing, the Detroit Tigers will have a good shot at winning back-to-back games for the first time since April 18.
Scherzer (3-3, 5.73 ERA), who will start for the Tigers today, struck out a career-high 15 on Sunday in his most recent start, a 4-3 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates.
The Tigers will use predominantly the same lineup today that they used Friday night in a 10-6 victory over the Minnesota Twins. Ramon Santiago will start at second base and bat ninth in place of Ryan Raburn, but the rest of the lineup is the same.
If the Tigers can beat the Twins today, it will give them their first two-game win streak since they completed a sweep of the Kansas City Royals more than five weeks ago. The Tigers will face right-hander Carl Pavano, who is 2-3 with a 4.91 ERA this season.
Plenty of Tigers have had success against Pavano in the past. Prince Fielder is 5-for-11 (.455) with a home run against Pavano, while Jhonny Peralta is 7-for-18 (.389) with a home run. Alex Avila (6-for-16, .375) and Miguel Cabrera (11-for-36, .306) each have two home runs against Pavano.
Mlive

 

[gotime909]

Soooooo close to a repeat lineup.

 

[manchild98]

Two in a row today...two in a row.

 

[cmlfactor]

Need to get Peralta going now...

 

[kalinecountry]

Start of Saturday's Tigers game pushed back by weather in Minnesota, start tentatively set for 2:30 p.m. ET on and off rain.

 

[manchild98]

Tigers last 11 games at Target Field.....321 avg, 41 xbh and 74 runs.

 

[zonietigerfan]

Need to get Peralta going now...

Funny thing is, as Rod Allen noted: the guy is hitting the ball well, getting real good swings and he appears disciplined, yet he can't buy a hit. Ergo, I expect him to get out of his funk sooner rather than later. No Inge or Rabum is he.

 

[cmlfactor]

Tigers last 11 games at Target Field.....321 avg, 41 xbh and 74 runs.

Amazing now that there's no air conditioning for them to turn on for the opposition...fucking Metrodome...

 

[Thumb]

Amazing now that there's no air conditioning for them to turn on for the opposition...fucking Metrodome...

Boesch is probably wishing the garbage baggie from the 'dome was out there rather than that giant assed brick wall though.

 

[grandy]

Edit: Nevermind

 

[Thumb]

If this game was being played in the '30's it would be Crazy Eyes Scherzer vs. Porn 'Stache Pavano.

 

[servinthed]

couple balls hit hard so far

 

[Thumb]

There we go, 1st inning run(s) are what we need.

 

[servinthed]

Cabrera drives in Dirks, could be another good offensive performance..

 

[grandy]

Good start already, nice to see

 

[servinthed]

Prince follows up! 2-0! Nice.

 

[johnny2x2x]

They are swinging the bats well so far this series, hopefully it's the start of something big.

2-0, the big guns getting it done. Now jump on Pavano.

 

[jas5lf]

2-0....fuck the Twins....

 

[gotime909]

good to see Scherzer up 2-0 before stepping foot on the mound.

 

[Thumb]

Way to help him out Delmon.