Michael Fulmer (Rookie) is the one starting pitcher on the staff the the Tigers can count on day in day out. N Castellanos is 3-5 1HR 5 RBIs 2R 2B against Cleveland in the win. Nick is having a nice season YEAR TEAM G AB R H HR RBI BB SO SB CS OBP SLG AVG 2015 DET 154 549 42 140 15 73 39 152 0 3 .303 .419 .255 2016 DET 81 313 43 96 16 50 19 80 1 1 .346 .540 .307
Who: Detroit Tigers (45-40, 2nd in AL Central) at Toronto Blue Jays (48-39, 2nd in AL East) When: 7:07 p.m. Thursday, July 7 Where: Rogers Centre, Toronto, Ontario STARTING PITCHERS Detroit Tigers RH Justin Verlander (8-6, 4.11 ERA) Lifetime vs. Blue Jays: 3-4, 4.90 ERA (10 starts) Toronto Blue Jays RH Drew Hutchison (1-0, 5.40 ERA) Lifetime vs. Tigers: 1-1, 2.89 ERA (3 starts)
Tigers 1. Ian Kinsler (R) 2B 2. Cameron Maybin (R) CF 3. Miguel Cabrera (R) 1B 4. Victor Martinez (S) DH 5. Nick Castellanos (R) 3B 6. Justin Upton (R) LF 7. Steven Moya (L) RF 8. James McCann (R) C 9. Jose Iglesias (R) SS __________________________Verlander vs Hutchison Blue Jays 1. Ezequiel Carrera (L) RF 2. Josh Donaldson (R) 3B 3. Edwin Encarnacion (R) DH 4. Michael Saunders (L) LF 5. Russell Martin (R) C 6. Troy Tulowitzki (R) SS 7. Justin Smoak (S) 1B 8. Kevin Pillar (R) CF 9. Darwin Barney (R) 2B
Tigers fall to the Blue Jays by a final score of 5-4. AMERICAN LEAGUE CENTRAL TEAM W L PCT. GB Cleveland 51 34 .600 - Detroit 45 41 .523 6? Chi. White Sox 44 41 .518 7 Kansas City 44 41 .518 7 Minnesota 28 55 .337 22
Justin Verlander pitched well enough for the win and left with the lead. Unfortunately the Tigers bull pen could not hold on. Good news is that the Cleveland Indians lost as well.
Tigers 1. Ian Kinsler (R) 2B 2. Cameron Maybin (R) CF 3. Miguel Cabrera (R) 1B 4. Victor Martinez (S) DH 5. Nick Castellanos (R) 3B 6. Justin Upton (R) LF 7. James McCann (R) C 8. Mike Aviles (R) RF 9. Jose Iglesias (R) SS _____________________________Pelfrey vs Happ__7:07pm Blue Jays 1. Ezequiel Carrera (L) RF 2. Josh Donaldson (R) 3B 3. Edwin Encarnacion (R) DH 4. Michael Saunders (L) LF 5. Russell Martin (R) C 6. Troy Tulowitzki (R) SS 7. Justin Smoak (S) 1B 8. Kevin Pillar (R) CF 9. Darwin Barney (R) 2B
Tigers lose 6-0 to the Blue Jays. AMERICAN LEAGUE CENTRAL TEAM W L PCT. GB Cleveland 52 34 .605 - Detroit 45 42 .517 7? Chi. White Sox 44 42 .512 8 Kansas City 44 42 .512 8 Minnesota 30 56 .349 32
Tigers 1. Ian Kinsler (R) 2B 2. Cameron Maybin (R) CF 3. Miguel Cabrera (R) 1B 4. Victor Martinez (S) DH 5. Nick Castellanos (R) 3B 6. Justin Upton (R) LF 7. Steven Moya (L) RF 8. Jarrod Saltalamacchia (S) C 9. Andrew Romine (S) SS _________________________________Boyd vs Aaron Sanchez__1:07pm Blue Jays 1. Ezequiel Carrera (L) LF 2. Josh Donaldson (R) DH 3. Edwin Encarnacion (R) 1B 4. Russell Martin (R) C 5. Troy Tulowitzki (R) SS 6. Kevin Pillar (R) CF 7. Junior Lake (R) RF 8. Devon Travis (R) 2B 9. Darwin Barney (R) 3B
Tigers end Blue Jays 7 game winning streak with a 3-2 victory. AMERICAN LEAGUE CENTRAL TEAM W L PCT. GB Cleveland 52 34 .605 - Detroit 46 42 .523 7 Chi. White Sox 44 42 .512 8 Kansas City 44 42 .512 8 Minnesota 30 56 .349 22
Chicago White Sox 5-4 over the Braves in the bottom of the 7th Cleveland and New York Yankees scoreless in top of 1st Kansas City and Seattle scoreless in bottom of 1st Minnesota at Texas later tonight
Tigers 1. Ian Kinsler (R) 2B 2. Cameron Maybin (R) CF 3. Miguel Cabrera (R) 1B 4. Victor Martinez (S) DH 5. Nick Castellanos (R) 3B 6. Justin Upton (R) LF 7. Mike Aviles (R) RF 8. James McCann (R) C 9. Jose Iglesias (R) SS ________________________________Sanchez vs Dickey__1:07pm Blue Jays 1. Ezequiel Carrera (L) RF 2. Josh Donaldson (R) DH 3. Michael Saunders (L) LF 4. Troy Tulowitzki (R) SS 5. Kevin Pillar (R) CF 6. Devon Travis (R) 2B 7. Justin Smoak (S) 1B 8. Darwin Barney (R) 3B 9. Josh Thole (L) C
Detroit 1, Toronto 6 at Rogers Centre Detroit Record: (46-43) Toronto Record: (51-40) Winning pitcher - R.A. Dickey (7-9) Losing pitcher - Anibal Sanchez (5-10) ------------------------------------------------------------------ How long do you keep running Sanchez out there? Miggy hit a buck 40 for the series too. Im glad its the break. They and I need one, lol.
AMERICAN LEAGUE CENTRAL TEAM W L PCT. GB Cleveland 52 36 .591 - Detroit 46 43 .517 6? Chi. White Sox 45 43 .511 7 Kansas City 45 43 .511 7 Minnesota 32 56 .364 20
That is a real good question. From Rotowire: If Sanchez is going to continue to pitch like this, once he gets to the bullpen, keep on walking.
I looked at Sanchez's numbers and they are much better coming out of the Pen. As a starter its totally ridiculous. He needs to stay in the Pen, if anywhere. His only good pitch is his fastball and everybody know's it. He sure has took a turn for the worst in a short period of time. Hope he has a better second half. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tigers are fortunate to be 6.5 games back at the break. Get some pitchers back... who knows, maybe they make a run.
They would need to make a run to qualify for the post season as they are only 3 games over 0.500. Boston, Toronto, and Houston have better records than the Tigers at this point in time.
