Tigers vs. twins Game Thread September 10

[kalinecountry]

Tigers lineup :
Jackson CF
Dirks RF
Young LF
Cabrera 1B
Martinez DH
Avila C
Peralta SS
Betemit 3B
Santiago 2B
Scherzer P

http://scores.espn.go.com/mlb/preview?gameId=310910106&teams=minnesota-twins-vs-detroit-tigers
Tigers vs. twins Game Preview.
from espn

http://espn.go.com/mlb/player/batvspitch/_/id/28976/max-scherzer
Scherzer vs. twins.
from espn

http://espn.go.com/mlb/player/batvspitch/_/id/30153/anthony-swarzak
Tigers hitters vs. swarzak.
from espn

http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2011_09_10_minmlb_detmlb_1&mode=gameday&c_id=det
Gameday from mlb.com

http://scores.espn.go.com/mlb/boxscore?gameId=310910106&teams=minnesota-twins-vs-detroit-tigers
Boxscore from espn

Game starts at 4PM on FoxSucksSports.

The Tigers current win streak of seven games marks their longest win streak in September since 1989, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.

No Tigers player has more than seven career at-bats against Swarzak, but a couple Tigers have had success against him. Jhonny Peralta is 4-for-7 with a home run against Swarzak, while Miguel Cabrera is 3-for-4 with a home run.

Miguel Cabrera went 1-for-3 with a walk Friday, reaching base for the 35th consecutive game. During the streak, Cabrera is hitting .390 with 14 doubles, four home runs and 27 RBIs. Not only is the streak a career best for the first baseman, but also the longest such streak by a Tiger since Chad Curtis reached in 41 straight from June 14-July 29, 1995.

Center fielder Austin Jackson is one home run shy of reaching double digits in doubles, triples, home runs and stolen bases. It would mark the 18th time a Tigers player has accomplished the feat, and first since Curtis Granderson did so in 2007-08.

With 42 saves, Jose Valverde is tied with Todd Jones (2000) for the club's single-season mark.

Detroit has collected 10 or more hits in 11 of its last 14 games.

 

[Thumb]

Decent lineup except I would switch Dirks and Santiago, but that's just because Santiago is better at sacrificing.

 

[kalinecountry]

Star Wars characters begin to appear on the field prior to Tigers-Twins game.
Trivia question: Who's taller, Chewbacca or Doug Fister?

Where's SpockMaster, at the game in Star Wars regalia?

 

[Thumb]

Chewbacca is taller.

Peter Mayhew iirc was 7 feet tall.

 

[amajjd]

KalineCountry[/color]]Star Wars characters begin to appear on the field prior to Tigers-Twins game.
Trivia question: Who's taller, Chewbacca or Doug Fister?

Where's SpockMaster, at the game in Star Wars regalia?

I would say Chebacca by a hair

 

[hellifino]

replace Dirks with Magglio, and that's the playoffs lineup. imo

 

[coulomb]

Man Fuck fox & the texas rangers. Every saturday its the same shit.

 

[kingofdetroit57]

I like this lineup.

 

[zonietigerfan]

Keep going Tigers. Gotta put some distance between us and Texas. No way do I want to see us open in NY or Boston. Dirks, btw, should end up on the PO roster, no?

 

[Mitchrapp]

Perfect game going.

 

[kalinecountry]

Tigers 1st inning,

Jackson takes a strike, again, wtf, he stood there like a statue all three pitches,

Dirks takes outside, fastball in the dirt, popped up to short,

Young fastball strike call, fastball in and lined to left foul by a couple of feet, rising fastball, curve stays high, swings and misses a changeup,

twins pitcher with 11,
Scherzer had 20.

 

[Thumb]

Jackson has got to start swinging the bat, put the ball in play and leg it out.

He looks pathetic just standing there getting punched out.

 

[spockmaster]

@KC lol no, im at work right now. plus i misplaced my Jedi robes.

 

[spockmaster]

looks like crap max showed up today.

 

[manchild98]

How is that possible? Max has only had 3 double plays all year.

 

[Mitchrapp]

Alwo Scherzer.

 

[manchild98]

Young took an interesting route but he got to it. No damage.

 

[kalinecountry]

Scherzer 2nd inning,

parmalee fastball fouled back, shut up bert, fastball low, fastball high, fastball in fouled back, slider outside full count, outside another walk,

benson slider at the knees outside corner ump says no, fouled off Avila's mask geez, fastball low, fScherzer with problems locating, slider up and lined to left single and runner to third beats the throw,

dingleman swings and misses, fouled back, ground foul, outside, changeup ground foul, runner at first picked off Cabrera to Peralta, runner at third stays, grounder to Betemit throws to Cabrera runner stays at third,

hughes fly to deep left and Young runs back and catches it phew,

Scherzer with 38 pitches.

 

[manchild98]

Miggy just killed one....but foul.

 

[kalinecountry]

Tigers 2nd inning,

Cabrera fastball high, fastball low, high changeup strike call, aww shit fastball a deep fly to left is just foul, F now a grounder back to pitcher,

Martinez curve strike call, fastball outside, fastball fouled back, changeup checkswing outside, fastball high full count, fouled back, fly to right,

Avila curve strike call, changeup strike call, swings and misses,

fftwins pitcher with 26 pitches.