Tuesday 9/16 8:10pm Rick Porcello (R) @ Twins - Ricky Nolasco (R) 1. Ian Kinsler (R) 2B 2. Torii Hunter (R) RF 3. Miguel Cabrera (R) 1B 4. Victor Martinez (S) DH 5. J.D. Martinez (R) LF 6. Don Kelly (L) 3B 7. Bryan Holaday (R) C 8. Andrew Romine (S) SS 9. Rajai Davis (R) CF 1. Danny Santana (S) CF 2. Brian Dozier (R) 2B 3. Joe Mauer (L) 1B 4. Kennys Vargas (S) DH 5. Trevor Plouffe (R) 3B 6. Kurt Suzuki (R) C 7. Eduardo Escobar (S) SS 8. Aaron Hicks (S) RF 9. Jordan Schafer (L) LF Castellanos was scratched late. This is the updated lineup.
jd martinez authors yet another dramatic comeback, only to watch nathan and carrera conspire to give it away. royals up 5-4 in the top of the 7th.
sox ride a bases loaded triple in the 7th to a 7-5 win over the royals. 1.5 game lead intact. maybe, after all, CWS stands for CAN win shit
Detroit Tigers 2014 Facts (as of 9/17/14 early morning): The Tigers have 11 games remaining. The Royals have 12 games remaining. (Includes the suspended game in which they are trailing 4-2 in the 10th inning.) The A's have 12 games remaining. The Mariners have 13 games remaining. The Tigers and Royals square off 3 more times. Det @ KC 9/19, 9/20. 9/21 The number of Tigers home games remaining is 7. The number of Royals home games remaining is 5. (Includes the suspended game in which they are trailing 4-2 in the 10th inning.) Tigers maintain 1.5 game lead over the Royals and 1 game less in the loss column. Team W L Pct GB Detroit 84 67 .556 - Kansas City 82 68 .547 1.5 P.S. Sea 11 - LAA 2 in the 9th inning. The Oakland A's and Royals hold the two wild card positions right now. The Mariners are out of the playoffs and winning today. Team W L Pct Oakland 83 67 .553 Seattle 80 69 .537
OK...thats it. I'm done with Nathan. He is going to get the Tigers killed. Someone has to be able to step in and close these games out. He has been given opportunity after opportunity and has completely failed. To top things off he has a very shiitty attitude and I've grown tired of his BS. I always have the utmost support for my favorite teams players, but I cant stand arrogant, cocky tudes from someone who cant even back it up.
This is an expression of how I have felt about Joe Nathan from the beginning. I have not posted much about him because I was hoping that Joe Nathan would prove me wrong. I was hoping that Joel Hanrahan might be available at some point in the season. But the outlook for that is poor. And now with Nitro 'blowing up in our faces,' I have much less confidence that the Tigers have a shot at the World Series.
well, i'd like to give DD the benefit of the doubt, and figure this is why he got soria. now that soria's healthy, hopefully he's the answer.
Wednesday 9/17 8:10pm David Price (L) @ Twins - Kyle Gibson (R) 1. Ian Kinsler (R) 2B 2. Torii Hunter (R) RF 3. Miguel Cabrera (R) 1B 4. Victor Martinez (S) DH 5. J.D. Martinez (R) LF 6. Nick Castellanos (R) 3B 7. Bryan Holaday (R) C 8. Andrew Romine (S) SS 9. Rajai Davis (R) CF
Mistakes, mistakes, mistakes. Tigers lose, KC wins. 3-game series in KC starting Friday night. AL Central Team W L Pct GB Detroit 84 68 . 553 - Kansas City 83 68 .550 0.5 Cleveland 78 73 .517 5.5 Chi White Sox 69 83 .454 15 Minnesota 65 87 .428 19
Detroit Tigers 2014 Facts (as of 9/18/14 morning): The Tigers have 10 games remaining. The Royals have 11 games remaining. (Includes the suspended game in which they are trailing 4-2 in the 10th inning.) The A's have 11 games remaining. The Mariners have 11 games remaining. The Tigers and Royals square off 3 more times. Det @ KC 9/19, 9/20. 9/21 The number of Tigers home games remaining is 7. The number of Royals home games remaining is 4. (Includes the suspended game in which they are trailing 4-2 in the 10th inning.) Tigers lead cut to 0.5 game over the Royals and tied in the loss column. Team W L Pct GB Detroit 84 68 .553 - Kansas City 83 68 .550 0.5 P.S. The Oakland A's and Royals hold the two wild card positions right now. The Mariners are out of the playoffs at this point. Team W L Pct Oakland 83 68 .550 Seattle 81 70 .536
I think this series starting tonight is the season for both Detroit and KC. This is going to be good.
15 years ago on Sept. 27 was the Tigers? last game ? No. 6,908 ? at The Corner. Brings back very fond memories that are still very clear in my head. I have that game on VHS. It's fun to watch from time to time.
Friday 9/19 8:10pm Justin Verlander (R) @ Royals - Jason Vargas (L) 1. Alcides Escobar (R) SS 2. Nori Aoki (L) RF 3. Lorenzo Cain (R) CF 4. Alex Gordon (L) LF 5. Salvador Perez (R) C 6. Eric Hosmer (L) 1B 7. Billy Butler (R) DH 8. Omar Infante (R) 2B 9. Mike Moustakas (L) 3B 1. Ian Kinsler (R) 2B 2. Torii Hunter (R) RF 3. Miguel Cabrera (R) 1B 4. Victor Martinez (S) DH 5. J.D. Martinez (R) LF 6. Nick Castellanos (R) 3B 7. Eugenio Suarez (R) SS 8. James McCann (R) C 9. Rajai Davis (R) CF
although Im not a big Avila fan catchers are very important to the success of a team. Hes decent (overrated I think) behind the plate but hes a gamer and the pitchers love him. He gives his all and comes to play every day. hes never fixed the hole in his swing but comes up with timely hits nonetheless. that being said watch out for this McCann kid. he has arguably the best arm in the minors for any catcher on any team and is the real deal defensively. His bat has always been the key to his success. hes got good size, is young and skies the limit with him. If he can stay away from the low and outside offspeed crap he'll do just fine. he has a cannon for an arm and is dart like accurate. not the time to break in a catcher though and this injury to Avila is very discerning. We need him especially with a team thats so heavy on pitching. Time will tell how much this hurts
Well said. I was just about to post something along those same lines. Kind of a tough spot for the rookie, but some guy's thrive on that. Hope he calls a good game and works well with JV. He hit lefty's well too. Cant replace Avila's experience, but you gotta do what you gotta do. Breakout time for McCann. The symptoms Avila is having is quite concerning to say the least. I hear there has been a tweak in the lineup...be right back.
