In the recent past, the Twins have been tough on the Tigers. This season the Tigers are 10-2 against the Twins and have extended their winning streak to eight games at Target Field.
Rangers 9-0 over the Tribe. The gap between Detroit and Cleveland is being to narrow once again. AMERICAN LEAGUE CENTRAL TEAM W L PCT. GB Cleveland 72 54 .571 - Detroit (32) 68 59 .535 4? Kansas City (30) 66 61 .520 6? Chi. White Sox (26) 60 65 .480 11? Minnesota (13) 49 78 .386 23?
GAME INFORMATION Who: Detroit Tigers (68-59, 2nd in AL Central) vs. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (54-73, 5th in AL West) When: 7:10 p.m. Friday, Aug. 26 Where: Comerica Park, Detroit STARTING PITCHERS Detroit Tigers RH Justin Verlander (13-7, 3.38 ERA) Lifetime vs. Angels: 5-7, 3.77 ERA in 15 starts Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim RH Ricky Nolasco (4-11, 5.22 ERA) Lifetime vs. Tigers: 2-3, 3.86 ERA in 8 starts The Tigers sit just two games back of the wild card and 4 1/2 games back of the American League Central-leading Cleveland Indians... Lineups to come shortly.
Angels 1. Kole Calhoun (L) RF 2. Mike Trout (R) CF 3. Albert Pujols (R) DH 4. C.J. Cron (R) 1B 5. Andrelton Simmons (R) SS 6. Nick Buss (L) LF 7. Jett Bandy (R) C 8. Kaleb Cowart (S) 3B 9. Cliff Pennington (S) 2B _____________________________________ Tigers 1. Ian Kinsler (R) 2B 2. Cameron Maybin (R) CF 3. Miguel Cabrera (R) 1B 4. Victor Martinez (S) DH 5. J.D. Martinez (R) RF 6. Justin Upton (R) LF 7. Casey McGehee (R) 3B 8. James McCann (R) C 9. Erick Aybar (S) SS
Tigers double up the Angels by a 4-2 score. AMERICAN LEAGUE CENTRAL TEAM W L PCT. GB Cleveland 72 54 .571 - Detroit (32) 69 59 .539 4 Kansas City (30) 66 61 .520 6? Chi. White Sox (26) 61 65 .484 11 Minnesota (12) 49 79 .383 24
Angels 1. Kole Calhoun (L) RF 2. Mike Trout (R) CF 3. Albert Pujols (R) DH 4. C.J. Cron (R) 1B 5. Andrelton Simmons (R) SS 6. Jefry Marte (R) 3B 7. Nick Buss (L) LF 8. Carlos Perez (R) C 9. Kaleb Cowart (S) 2B ________________________________ Tigers 1. Ian Kinsler (R) 2B 2. Cameron Maybin (R) CF 3. Miguel Cabrera (R) 1B 4. Victor Martinez (S) DH 5. J.D. Martinez (R) RF 6. Justin Upton (R) LF 7. Casey McGehee (R) 3B 8. James McCann (R) C 9. Jose Iglesias (R) SS ___________________________Oberholtzer vs Fulmer
Tigers lose a tough one by a final score of 3-2 to the Angels. At least Cleveland gets blanked 7-0 by Texas. AMERICAN LEAGUE CENTRAL TEAM W L PCT. GB Cleveland 73 55 .570 - Detroit (30) 69 60 .535 4? Kansas City (28) 67 62 .519 6? Chi. White Sox (24) 62 66 .484 11 Minnesota (10) 49 80 .380 24?
DETROIT -- Detroit Tigers designated hitter Victor Martinez was ejected in the middle of an at-bat in the third inning Saturday by home plate umpire Mike Everitt. Two innings later, manager Brad Ausmus and hitting coach Wally Joyner were ejected. Then J.D. Martinez was ejected after striking out in the sixth inning in this game against the Los Angeles Angels. The ejections stemmed from frequent complaints by Tigers hitters about Everitt's low strike zone. Victor Martinez took exception to a called strike by Everitt and backed out of the batter's box as he argued his case. After getting tossed, Victor Martinez was incensed and had to be restrained by Ausmus and J.D. Martinez. Once in the dugout, Victor Martinez threw his batting helmet onto the field. He had two bats in his hands but thought better of tossing them on the field as well. Two innings later, after Ian Kinsler was called out on strikes, Everitt ejected Joyner, who was apparently yelling from the dugout. Joyner marched onto the field followed by Ausmus, who was quickly ejected. J.D. Martinez was the least demonstrative of the four Tigers ejected. He was walking away after being called out on strikes when he was tossed for the first time in his career. Bench coach Gene Lamont is serving as acting manager. Ausmus has been ejected 10 times as a manager, most recently on May 16. Wally Joyner has only been ejected twice as a coach. His only other ejection was in 2008. (Mlive)
Angels 1. Kole Calhoun (L) RF 2. Mike Trout (R) CF 3. Albert Pujols (R) DH 4. C.J. Cron (R) 1B 5. Andrelton Simmons (R) SS 6. Jefry Marte (R) 3B 7. Nick Buss (L) LF 8. Jett Bandy (R) C 9. Kaleb Cowart (S) 2B ____________________________Skaggs vs Sanchez... 1:10pm et. Tigers 1. Ian Kinsler (R) 2B 2. Cameron Maybin (R) CF 3. Miguel Cabrera (R) 1B 4. Victor Martinez (S) DH 5. J.D. Martinez (R) RF 6. Justin Upton (R) LF 7. Casey McGehee (R) 3B 8. James McCann (R) C 9. Jose Iglesias (R) SS
LA Angels 5, Detroit 0 at Comerica Park LA Angels Record: (56-74) Detroit Record: (69-61) Winning pitcher - Tyler Skaggs (2-3) Losing pitcher - Anibal Sanchez (7-13)
Its not surprising that the Tigers have lost 2 of 3 to the Angels. LAA always plays the Tigers tough. Fortunately the Indians are losing to the Rangers by a 2-0 score.
Cleveland loses 2-1 to Texas so at least the Tigers don't lose ground. Detroit is still 5 games back in the loss column. And time is starting to run out. Time for the Tigers to make their move!
Tigers move on to host the White Sox for 3 games. AMERICAN LEAGUE CENTRAL TEAM W L PCT. GB Cleveland 73 56 .566 - Detroit (29) 69 61 .531 4? Kansas City (28) 67 62 .519 6 Chi. White Sox (24) 63 66 .488 10 Minnesota (9) 49 81 .377 24?
White Sox 1. Adam Eaton (L) CF 2. Tim Anderson (R) SS 3. Melky Cabrera (S) LF 4. Jose Abreu (R) 1B 5. Todd Frazier (R) 3B 6. Justin Morneau (L) DH 7. Avisail Garcia (R) RF 8. Alex Avila (L) C 9. Tyler Saladino (R) 2B ___________________________ Tigers 1. Cameron Maybin (R) CF 2. Ian Kinsler (R) 2B 3. Miguel Cabrera (R) 1B 4. Victor Martinez (S) DH 5. J.D. Martinez (R) RF 6. Justin Upton (R) LF 7. Jarrod Saltalamacchia (S) C 8. Casey McGehee (R) 3B 9. Erick Aybar (S) SS
