Tigers vs. Twins Game Thread May 27

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KC is away today.

Tigers lineup:

Berry CF
Dirks LF
Cabrera 3B
Fielder 1B
Boesch DH***
Avila C
Peralta SS
Kelly RF
Raburn 2B

Porcello P

Delmon Young out of lineup and Boesch in at 5th.



GameDay link : http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2012_05_27_detmlb_minmlb_1&mode=gameday

http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/inde...t#gid=2012_05_27_detmlb_minmlb_1&mode=preview

http://scores.espn.go.com/mlb/preview?gameId=320527109&teams=detroit-tigers-vs-minnesota-twins

http://www.baseball-reference.com/previews/2012/MIN201205270.shtml

 

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Twink lineup:

Span CF
Revere RF
Mauer C
Willingham LF
Morneau 1B
Doumit DH
Plouffe 3B
Casilla 2B
Carroll SS

P.J. Walters P

 

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http://www.accuweather.com/en/us/minnesota/weather-radar-rs?play=true


http://www.accuweather.com/en/us/minneapolis-mn/55415/weather-forecast/348794

 

[biggunsbob]

Get is in boy's and make the Popsicle 3-0 for the weekend... I am going to grab one now but alas I have to attend to the wife today. She wants to do stuff.....LOL

 

[kingofdetroit57]

Interesting. I'm curious how the Dirks/Berry/Kelly OF will do. Should be a lot better defensively than having Young and Boesch out there.

BTW, I'm fuming over the latest Nick Fairley arrest. That was about the last thing I wanted to read today.

 

[jas5lf]

Get is in boy's and make the Popsicle 3-0 for the weekend... I am going to grab one now but alas I have to attend to the wife today. She wants to do stuff.....LOL

Can you take a cooler full of popsicles with you?

 

[johnny2x2x]

Berry on, I'd try to steal here with a righty on the mound.

 

[jas5lf]

Nice hustle by Berry and Dirks.

 

[coulomb]

I know its early, but Berry is a breath of fresh air.

 

[johnny2x2x]

Holy shit, Cabrera got tagged out after the RBI single standing around 1st base. Don't see that happen too often.

 

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That wasn't very heads up Miguel.

 

[kingofdetroit57]

I'd love to see Berry stick with the team after AJax comes back. DFA Delmon or Raburn and give that spot to Berry. This team is so lacking in speed and defense, that'd make a huge difference in our outfield.

 

[jas5lf]

Cabrera caught napping...

 

[kingofdetroit57]

Cabrera drives in the run and falls asleep at first. Wonderful.

 

[kingofdetroit57]

And Fielder adds to the clown show on the bases.

 

[jas5lf]

Fielder did a good job allowing the run to score before he was tagged out. Not much else you can do on the bases there.

 

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RBI GIDP...how rare is that?

 

[kalinecountry]

Dave, Thanks for taking the game thread, I just got in and see the Tigers scored 2 runs in a strange way, but still leading early,
Lets see how Rick pitches today, 1st inning has been rough for him, Keeptheballdownkid.

 

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And Fielder adds to the clown show on the bases.

LOL No.

Fielder did a fantastic job recognizing that the force was off and he kept the play alive long enough to let a run score.

 

[johnny2x2x]

Yeah, Fielder running around got us the 2nd run, good heads up play by him considering where it was hit to.

Let's see how Porcello handles the left handed bats today.

Shinebox looking just great there.