Tigers win it. They beat the Tribe 7-5. Verlander pitches 5 innings and gets the win to go along with 7 K's. Joe Nathan breezed through the 9th and picked up his second save.
Central Division Team W L Pct GB Detroit 7 5 .583 - Chi White Sox8 7 .533 0.5 Minnesota 7 7 .500 1 Cleveland 7 8 .467 1.5 Kansas City 6 7 .462 1.5
I like this move. Curious to see who gets sent down, but the Tigers are showing their going to be aggressive in decision making.
James Schmehl wrote in his article on mlive... In other words...starters need to stay out there as long as they can. Gotta figure out a way to beat these guy's tonight.
Friday 4/18 7:08pm Drew Smyly (L) vs. Angels - Jered Weaver (R) 1. Ian Kinsler (R) 2B 2. Torii Hunter (R) RF 3. Miguel Cabrera (R) 1B 4. Victor Martinez (S) DH 5. Austin Jackson (R) CF 6. Don Kelly (L) 3B 7. Alex Avila (L) C 8. Andrew Romine (S) SS 9. Rajai Davis (R) LF
Saturday 4/19 1:08pm Max Scherzer (R) vs. Angels - C.J. Wilson (L) 1. Rajai Davis (R) LF 2. Ian Kinsler (R) 2B 3. Miguel Cabrera (R) 1B 4. Victor Martinez (S) DH 5. Torii Hunter (R) RF 6. Austin Jackson (R) CF 7. Nick Castellanos (R) 3B 8. Bryan Holaday (R) C 9. Andrew Romine (S) SS 1. J.B. Shuck (L) LF 2. Mike Trout (R) CF 3. Albert Pujols (R) DH 4. Raul Ibanez (L) 1B 5. Howie Kendrick (R) 2B 6. Ian Stewart (L) 3B 7. Erick Aybar (S) SS 8. Hank Conger (S) C 9. Brennan Boesch (L) RF
Scherzer's line...IP H R ER BB SO 7.0 3 1 1 2 9 Tigers win it 5-2. Nice bounceback win after last nights game, which my brother and his kids spent a lot of moola to witness up at the park. I wonder whats going on with Cabrera?
Central Division Team W L Pct GB Detroit 8 6 .571 - Kansas City 9 7 .563 - Minnesota 8 9 .471 1.5 Chi White Sox 8 10 .444 2 Cleveland 7 10 .412 2.5
Sunday 4/20 1:08pm Rick Porcello (R) vs. Angels - Hector Santiago (L) 1. Rajai Davis (R) LF 2. Ian Kinsler (R) 2B 3. Miguel Cabrera (R) DH 4. Victor Martinez (S) 1B 5. Torii Hunter (R) RF 6. Austin Jackson (R) CF 7. Nick Castellanos (R) 3B 8. Alex Avila (L) C 9. Andrew Romine (S) SS 1. J.B. Shuck (L) LF 2. Mike Trout (R) CF 3. Albert Pujols (R) 1B 4. Ian Stewart (L) 3B 5. Howie Kendrick (R) 2B 6. David Freese (R) DH 7. Hank Conger (S) C 8. Brennan Boesch (L) RF 9. Erick Aybar (S) SS
James Schmehl, mlive... I love this move, btw. Worth has been hitting the cover off the ball. Glad he's getting this break.
The Iglesias injury did put the Tigers into a bad situation. However, when the Tigers acquired Alex Gonzalez in exchange for Steve Lombardozzi, I saw this as a "knee-jerk" reaction. I send the "love this move." Now the Tigers can explore a more long term solution.
Tigers at 3-2 on this home stand, and tonight the Chicago White Sox come into town for four straight. Cabrera struck out twice and grounded into an inning ending double play on Sunday, this is the worst slump I can remember him going through. I hope he finds his way against Chicago pitching. You just know he's going to start ripping the cover off the ball soon and maybe if your going to go through a slump, better now than later. Its cool hitters like V-Mart and others are picking up the slack a bit.
