DeTrOiT TiGeRs BaSeBaLL

Astros edge Tigers by a final score of 7-6.

 

Game #1 of Double Header

Tigers
Buck Farmer (R)
@
White Sox
Mike Pelfrey (R)
_________________5:10pm et start

1. Jose Iglesias (R) SS
2. Alex Avila (L) 1B
3. Victor Martinez (S) DH
4. J.D. Martinez (R) RF
5. Justin Upton (R) LF
6. Nicholas Castellanos (R) 3B
7. Tyler Collins (L) CF
8. John Hicks (R) C
9. Andrew Romine (S) 2B
__________________

1. Leury Garcia (S) CF
2. Melky Cabrera (S) LF
3. Jose Abreu (R) 1B
4. Todd Frazier (R) DH
5. Avisail Garcia (R) RF
6. Tim Anderson (R) SS
7. Matt Davidson (R) 3B
8. Omar Narvaez (L) C
9. Yolmer Sanchez (S) 2B

 

Game #2 of Double Header

Tigers
Matthew Boyd (L)
@
White Sox
Mike Pelfrey (R)
_________________8:10pm et start

1. Jose Iglesias (R) SS
2. Alex Avila (L) C
3. Victor Martinez (S) DH
4. J.D. Martinez (R) RF
5. Justin Upton (R) LF
6. Nicholas Castellanos (R) 3B
7. Tyler Collins (L) CF
8. John Hicks (R) 1B
9. Andrew Romine (S) 2B

 

Rain moving in... hope they get these 2 in.

 

Game 1 PPD... Game 2 still a go for tonight.

 

White Sox hammered Detroit, 8-2.

 

If Tigers are sub .500 at end of June it?ll be fire sale?time

Jon Morosi reports that?that the Detroit Tigers will make all veterans available via trade if they?re still under .500 by the end of June.

This was the position they entered the offseason with ? everyone is available! ? but they ended up gearing up for one more push with the core of veterans they currently employ. It was not a bad move, I don?t think. With the exception of the Indians, the AL Central is mostly down, or at least appeared to be over the winter, with the Royals in decline and the Twins and White Sox seemingly a few years away from contention. The Twins, however, have been fantastic and the Tigers have mostly underachieved.

So we?re back to this. Which veterans the Tigers can reasonably unload, however, is an open question. J.D. Martinez is in his walk year, so while tradable, he may not bring back a big return. Guys like Justin Upton, Justin Verlander and Miguel Cabrera either have very large contracts or?no-trade protection.

The end of June is still a while from now, of course, and while the Tigers are under .500, they?re only 4.5 games behind the Twins. But they had better turn it around or else it sounds like the front office is going to turn the page.

 

Tigers

Andrew Romine(S) 2B
Alex Avila(L) C
Miguel Cabrera(R) 1B
Victor Martinez(S) DH
Justin Upton(R) LF
Nick Castellanos(R) 3B
Tyler Collins(L) RF
JaCoby Jones(R) CF
Jose Iglesias(R)
_______________________2:10pm et start... Farmer vs Danish

White Sox

Leury Garcia(S) CF
Melky Cabrera(S) LF
Jose Abreu(R) 1B
Todd Frazier(R) 3B
Avisail Garcia(R) RF
Tim Anderson(R) SS
Matt Davidson(R) DH
Omar Narvaez(L) C
Yolmer Sanchez(S) 2B

 

AMERICAN LEAGUE CENTRAL
TEAM W L PCT. GB
Minnesota 25 19 .568 -
Cleveland 24 22 .522 2
Detroit 22 25 .468 4?
Chi. White Sox 21 25 .457 5
Kansas City 20 27 .426 6?

 

Tigers just not hitting and more importantly not scoring runs. Tigers trail the White Sox 2-0 in the bottom of the 8th inning.

 

The Detroit Tigers lose to the Chicago White Sox by a final score of 3-0 .

 

Kinsler on 10 day DL - ham string...

 

Tigers win the nightcap, 4-3.

 

AMERICAN LEAGUE CENTRAL
TEAM W L PCT. GB
Minnesota 26 19 .578 -
Cleveland 24 23 .511 3
Detroit 23 26 .469 5
Chi. White Sox 22 26 .458 5?
Kansas City 21 27 .438 6?

 

Tigers
Jordan Zimmermann (R)
@
White Sox
Miguel Gonzalez (R)
______________________2:10pm et start

1. Andrew Romine (S) 2B
2. Alex Avila (L) C
3. Miguel Cabrera (R) 1B
4. Victor Martinez (S) DH
5. J.D. Martinez (R) RF
6. Justin Upton (R) LF
7. Nicholas Castellanos (R) 3B
8. Alex Presley (L) CF
9. Jose Iglesias (R) SS
_______________________

1. Leury Garcia (S) CF
2. Melky Cabrera (S) LF
3. Jose Abreu (R) 1B
4. Todd Frazier (R) 3B
5. Matt Davidson (R) DH
6. Tim Anderson (R) SS
7. Yolmer Sanchez (S) 2B
8. Omar Narvaez (L) C
9. Willy Garcia (R) RF

 

White Sox crush the Tigers, 7-3. Zimmermann was not sharp at all.

 

AMERICAN LEAGUE CENTRAL
TEAM W L PCT. GB
Minnesota 26 19 .578 -
Cleveland 25 23 .521 2?
Chi. White Sox 23 26 .469 5
Detroit 23 27 .460 5?
Kansas City 21 28 .429 7

 

Detroit now in 4th place and heading in the wrong direction. It looks like it will be a quiet October in Motown.

 

I never thought in my wildest imagination that the Brewers, Rockies and the Twins would be first place clubs by Memorial Day... been a strange season so far.

 

Tigers
Daniel Norris
@
Royals
Jason Hammel (R)
__________________7:15pm et start

1. Andrew Romine (S) 2B
2. Alex Avila (L) C
3. Miguel Cabrera (R) 1B
4. Victor Martinez (S) DH
5. J.D. Martinez (R) RF
6. Justin Upton (R) LF
7. Nicholas Castellanos (R) 3B
8. Alex Presley (L) CF
9. Jose Iglesias (R) SS
_________________________

1. Alcides Escobar (R) SS
2. Mike Moustakas (L) 3B
3. Lorenzo Cain (R) CF
4. Eric Hosmer (L) 1B
5. Salvador Perez (R) C
6. Jorge Bonifacio (R) RF
7. Whit Merrifield (R) 2B
8. Jorge Soler (R) DH
9. Alex Gordon (L) LF