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Willie · Jun 7, 2014

Tigers catcher Alex Avila was forced to leave last night?s game against the Red Sox in the eighth inning after he was hit in the head by David Ortiz?s backswing. You can watch the play here. According to Chris Iott of MLive.com, Tigers manager Brad Ausmus said after the game that Avila suffered what was termed as a ?mild concussion.?

?Right now, we?re not really sure on the status,? Ausmus said. ?They?re calling it a mild concussion, mild to the extent that they think he?ll be fine tomorrow. That being said, he won?t play tomorrow, regardless. But they do think he?s going to be fine tomorrow.?

Avila has had concussions in the past, including one which resulted in a stint on the 7-day disabled list last year, so the Tigers won?t take any chances. Bryan Holaday will fill in behind the plate for now.
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HBT.

Willie · Jun 7, 2014

Saturday 6/7 7:15pm
Max Scherzer (R)
vs. Red Sox - Jon Lester (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. Nick Castellanos (R) 3B
7. Austin Jackson (R) CF
8. Bryan Holaday (R) C
9. Eugenio Suarez (R) SS

1. Brock Holt (L) 1B
2. Xander Bogaerts (R) 3B
3. Dustin Pedroia (R) 2B
4. David Ortiz (L) DH
5. Grady Sizemore (L) RF
6. Daniel Nava (S) LF
7. Stephen Drew (L) SS
8. David Ross (R) C
9. Jackie Bradley Jr. (L) CF

Willie · Jun 7, 2014

This is what the lineup looked like a little while ago, which was why I was delayed in posting the lineups. The Tigers actually didnt know who was going to play SS tonight, so they just put in question marks. I dont think thats ever been done before.

Willie · Jun 8, 2014

Shortstop Eugenio Suarez hits solo home run for Detroit Tigers in first major league start.
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Tigers - 8, Red Sox - 6

AL Central
Team W L Pct GB
Detroit 33 25 .569 -
Cleveland 31 31 .500 4
Chi White Sox 31 32 .492 4.5
Kansas City 30 32 .484 5
Minnesota 29 31 .483 5

cutter9394 · Jun 8, 2014

Verlanders slider and his velocity are the reasons I think hes had so much trouble lately. the slider doesnt bite and hes lucky if he hits 96 on the gun anymore. Hes gonna have to do what so many pitchers have done before him and learn to pitch instead of blowing everyone away with power pitches. Hes stubborn and this may be a big learning curve for him. hes been dominant for so long Id probably be the same way, its tough but he may finally be to that point. we needed that win badly last night. keep up the good work Will

cutter9394 · Jun 8, 2014

when are the Sox gonna learn Sizemore can no longer handle a heavy workload. when used sparingly he does well but they use him too much

mlmeng16 · Jun 8, 2014

http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2014_06_07_bosmlb_detmlb_1&mode=recap_home&c_id=det

Scherzer battles, while bats boost ace over Boston
Righty allows 11 hits, whiffs nine; Suarez homers for first career hit

DETROIT -- The latest Battle of the Contract Year Starters ended up more offensive and less decisive than the duel Max Scherzer and Jon Lester engaged in three weeks ago in Boston. That was far from Scherzer's mind when Tigers manager Brad Ausmus came to the mound with two outs and two on in the seventh inning.

Ausmus walked out from the dugout prepared to bring in Phil Coke for David Ortiz, the Red Sox slugger who has tormented Scherzer. The numbers favored the lefty matchup. Scherzer, however, wanted his chance.

"I said I wanted the ball. I wanted to face Ortiz," Scherzer said after the 8-6 win Saturday night at Comerica Park. "I felt like I had the bullets. I still felt like I had my best stuff. I wanted the ball in that situation because I felt like I could get him out. I had a couple outs against him earlier in the game and I felt like I had what it takes."

He didn't get Ortiz, giving up an RBI double that brought the potential tying run to the plate, and the final margin eventually came down to a battle of bullpens. The fact that Ausmus trusted Scherzer in such a matchup, notably given the numbers, showed a trust that could have an impact well beyond Saturday.

"I had the option of having Coke ready for Ortiz right there," Ausmus said. "It was more Max, and what he said to me, and the look on his face that changed my mind, and convinced me to give him the opportunity to get Ortiz. This guy's a Cy Young winner, and we need him to go deep in games. So I like the fact that he wanted to go after one of the best hitters in the game, and I liked the fact that he wanted to do that, even though he was over 100 pitches, and he was deep in the game.

"It didn't work out, but it shows there's some fire in there. Really, he was throwing 96 [mph] to Ortiz, so it's not like he was out of gas. We ended up not getting him, but I really like the fact that he wanted to face him."

For all the recent focus on the Tigers' bullpen -- and given Boston's two ninth-inning runs off closer Joe Nathan, that focus isn't likely to shift -- the key to Detroit's long-term success is going to come down to its starters controlling games like they did early in the year.

With four runs allowed on 11 hits over 6 2/3 innings, Saturday wasn't Scherzer at his best. In a matchup of two starters who could top the free-agent market this winter, neither was near his best. The confidence Scherzer had in his stuff suggests he's closer to his best than he's been in a few weeks.

"Before the Seattle start [a week ago], I made a tweak to be able to control my body better," Scherzer said, "and then I made a tweak off that to be able to use my legs better. When I do that, that's when all the life on my pitches seems to take place. I felt that was very evident tonight, and I thought I did a great job at throwing first-pitch strikes."

Scherzer threw first-pitch strikes to 21 out of 31 hitters, setting up nine strikeouts and only one walk. That came on the heels of no walks and seven strikeouts in Seattle last Sunday.

"When you're filling it up and attacking the zone, you're going to have success," Scherzer said. "Four runs, that happens, but you turn the page and move on. If I keep doing this, good things are going to happen."

The Tigers head into Sunday night's series finale looking to sweep the Red Sox for the second time in three weeks. Scherzer and Lester, meanwhile, will go their separate ways with their respective free-agent seasons as separate stories after meeting twice in less than a month.

It was a departure from their May 16 matchup at Fenway Park, where Lester tossed five innings of one-run ball in a 1-0 loss that featured six shutout innings from Scherzer. Yet it was the same end result.

On a night when Miguel Cabrera and Victor Martinez slashed doubles into the gaps to help pick Lester apart early, Nick Castellanos and Eugenio Suarez provided the power with solo home runs. The combined efforts saddled Lester with five runs on a season-high 12 hits over a season-low 4 1/3 innings.

"Obviously Lester wasn't on his game, because when he is, that's not going to happen," Ausmus said. "But we certainly swung the bats well and took advantage of some pitches that were left over the plate."

Lester not only didn't strike out a batter for the first time in three years, he drew just four swings and misses from a Tigers lineup that had struggled mightily against left-handed starters over the past couple of weeks. All of those swings and misses came in the first two innings.

"The few good pitches, I threw, they either fouled it off or shot a ball though the hole," Lester said. "That was few and far between from the bad pitches I threw tonight."

Suarez's first Major League home run -- and first big league hit, making him the first Tiger to have both in the same hit since Wilkin Ramirez in 2009 -- sent Scherzer into the fifth with a 5-1 lead and the bottom half of the order due up, his only damage to that point a Dustin Pedroia homer in the fourth. Four fifth-inning singles later, including Jackie Bradley Jr.'s two-out RBI blooper to right, the Red Sox had a rally going.

Scherzer retired 12 of his first 14 batters, then gave up nine hits and a walk in his final 18 batters. The only extra-base hit in the bunch was the last, Ortiz's RBI double with two outs in the seventh.

Ortiz, 8-for-21 with three homers lifetime off Scherzer entering the game, reached at a 97-mph fastball on a 3-1 pitch and poked it into the left-field corner, bringing the potential tying run to the plate. With Jonny Gomes looming for a lefty reliever, Ausmus went to Al Alburquerque against Grady Sizemore and got the out he needed.

Add-on runs in the seventh and eighth off Andrew Miller and Edward Mujica provided a cushion Nathan needed after four singles and two runs put the tying run on base before Stephen Drew flied out.
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Well the Tigers won, the bats came alive, Scherzer did what it took to win, and Joe Nathan had a sufficient lead to close out the game. It is a long season so Nathan has time to turn things around. If not, it will be an even longer season.

mlmeng16 · Jun 8, 2014

Willthethrill said:

This is what the lineup looked like a little while ago, which was why I was delayed in posting the lineups. The Tigers actually didnt know who was going to play SS tonight, so they just put in question marks. I dont think thats ever been done before.

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Even when there is a name in lieu of ???????????, the position is still manned as if it is ???????????.

P.S. This situation reminds me of the Abbott and Costello baseball bit "Who's on first?" The SS position is filled by "I don't give a darn!"

mlmeng16 · Jun 8, 2014

http://www.baseball-almanac.com/humor4.shtml

Abbott: Well Costello, I'm going to New York with you. You know Bucky Harris, the Yankee's manager, gave me a job as coach for as long as you're on the team.

Costello: Look Abbott, if you're the coach, you must know all the players.

Abbott: I certainly do.

Costello: Well you know I've never met the guys. So you'll have to tell me their names, and then I'll know who's playing on the team.

Abbott: Oh, I'll tell you their names, but you know it seems to me they give these ball players now-a-days very peculiar names.

Costello: You mean funny names?

Abbott: Strange names, pet names...like Dizzy Dean...

Costello: His brother Daffy.

Abbott: Daffy Dean...

Costello: And their French cousin.

Abbott: French?

Costello: Goof?.

Abbott: Goof? Dean. Well, let's see, we have on the bags, Who's on first, What's on second, I Don't Know is on third...

Costello: That's what I want to find out.

Abbott: I say Who's on first, What's on second, I Don't Know's on third.

Costello: Are you the manager?

Abbott: Yes.

Costello: You gonna be the coach too?

Abbott: Yes.

Costello: And you don't know the fellows' names?

Abbott: Well I should.

Costello: Well then who's on first?

Abbott: Yes.

Costello: I mean the fellow's name.

Abbott: Who.

Costello: The guy on first.

Abbott: Who.

Costello: The first baseman.

Abbott: Who.

Costello: The guy playing...

Abbott: Who is on first!

Costello: I'm asking YOU who's on first.

Abbott: That's the man's name.

Costello: That's who's name?

Abbott: Yes.

Costello: Well go ahead and tell me.

Abbott: That's it.

Costello: That's who?

Abbott: Yes.

PAUSE

Costello: Look, you gotta first baseman?

Abbott: Certainly.

Costello: Who's playing first?

Abbott: That's right.

Costello: When you pay off the first baseman every month, who gets the money?

Abbott: Every dollar of it.

Costello: All I'm trying to find out is the fellow's name on first base.

Abbott: Who.

Costello: The guy that gets...

Abbott: That's it.

Costello: Who gets the money...

Abbott: He does, every dollar. Sometimes his wife comes down and collects it.

Costello: Who's wife?

Abbott: Yes.

PAUSE

Abbott: What's wrong with that?

Costello: Look, all I wanna know is when you sign up the first baseman, how does he sign his name?

Abbott: Who.

Costello: The guy.

Abbott: Who.

Costello: How does he sign...

Abbott: That's how he signs it.

Costello: Who?

Abbott: Yes.

PAUSE

Costello: All I'm trying to find out is what's the guy's name on first base.

Abbott: No. What is on second base.

Costello: I'm not asking you who's on second.

Abbott: Who's on first.

Costello: One base at a time!

Abbott: Well, don't change the players around.

Costello: I'm not changing nobody!

Abbott: Take it easy, buddy.

Costello: I'm only asking you, who's the guy on first base?

Abbott: That's right.

Costello: Ok.

Abbott: All right.

PAUSE

Costello: What's the guy's name on first base?

Abbott: No. What is on second.

Costello: I'm not asking you who's on second.

Abbott: Who's on first.

Costello: I don't know.

Abbott: He's on third, we're not talking about him.

Costello: Now how did I get on third base?

Abbott: Why you mentioned his name.

Costello: If I mentioned the third baseman's name, who did I say is playing third?

Abbott: No. Who's playing first.

Costello: What's on first?

Abbott: What's on second.

Costello: I don't know.

Abbott: He's on third.

Costello: There I go, back on third again!

PAUSE

Costello: Would you just stay on third base and don't go off it.

Abbott: All right, what do you want to know?

Costello: Now who's playing third base?

Abbott: Why do you insist on putting Who on third base?

Costello: What am I putting on third.

Abbott: No. What is on second.

Costello: You don't want who on second?

Abbott: Who is on first.

Costello: I don't know.

Abbott & Costello Together:Third base!

PAUSE

Costello: Look, you gotta outfield?

Abbott: Sure.

Costello: The left fielder's name?

Abbott: Why.

Costello: I just thought I'd ask you.

Abbott: Well, I just thought I'd tell ya.

Costello: Then tell me who's playing left field.

Abbott: Who's playing first.

Costello: I'm not... stay out of the infield! I want to know what's the guy's name in left field?

Abbott: No, What is on second.

Costello: I'm not asking you who's on second.

Abbott: Who's on first!

Costello: I don't know.

Abbott & Costello Together: Third base!

PAUSE

Costello: The left fielder's name?

Abbott: Why.

Costello: Because!

Abbott: Oh, he's centerfield.

PAUSE

Costello: Look, You gotta pitcher on this team?

Abbott: Sure.

Costello: The pitcher's name?

Abbott: Tomorrow.

Costello: You don't want to tell me today?

Abbott: I'm telling you now.

Costello: Then go ahead.

Abbott: Tomorrow!

Costello: What time?

Abbott: What time what?

Costello: What time tomorrow are you gonna tell me who's pitching?

Abbott: Now listen. Who is not pitching.

Costello: I'll break your arm, you say who's on first! I want to know what's the pitcher's name?

Abbott: What's on second.

Costello: I don't know.

Abbott & Costello Together: Third base!

PAUSE

Costello: Gotta a catcher?

Abbott: Certainly.

Costello: The catcher's name?

Abbott: Today.

Costello: Today, and tomorrow's pitching.

Abbott: Now you've got it.

Costello: All we got is a couple of days on the team.

PAUSE

Costello: You know I'm a catcher too.

Abbott: So they tell me.

Costello: I get behind the plate to do some fancy catching, Tomorrow's pitching on my team and a heavy hitter gets up. Now the heavy hitter bunts the ball. When he bunts the ball, me, being a good catcher, I'm gonna throw the guy out at first base. So I pick up the ball and throw it to who?

Abbott: Now that's the first thing you've said right.

Costello: I don't even know what I'm talking about!

PAUSE

Abbott: That's all you have to do.

Costello: Is to throw the ball to first base.

Abbott: Yes!

Costello: Now who's got it?

Abbott: Naturally.

PAUSE

Costello: Look, if I throw the ball to first base, somebody's gotta get it. Now who has it?

Abbott: Naturally.

Costello: Who?

Abbott: Naturally.

Costello: Naturally?

Abbott: Naturally.

Costello: So I pick up the ball and I throw it to Naturally.

Abbott: No you don't, you throw the ball to Who.

Costello: Naturally.

Abbott: That's different.

Costello: That's what I said.

Abbott: You're not saying it...

Costello: I throw the ball to Naturally.

Abbott: You throw it to Who.

Costello: Naturally.

Abbott: That's it.

Costello: That's what I said!

Abbott: You ask me.

Costello: I throw the ball to who?

Abbott: Naturally.

Costello: Now you ask me.

Abbott: You throw the ball to Who?

Costello: Naturally.

Abbott: That's it.

Costello: Same as you! Same as YOU! I throw the ball to who. Whoever it is drops the ball and the guy runs to second. Who picks up the ball and throws it to What. What throws it to I Don't Know. I Don't Know throws it back to Tomorrow, Triple play. Another guy gets up and hits a long fly ball to Because. Why? I don't know! He's on third and I don't give a darn!

Abbott: What?

Costello: I said I don't give a darn!

Abbott: Oh, that's our shortstop.
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This still makes me laugh every time I read it.

cutter9394 · Jun 8, 2014

my head hurts

Willie · Jun 8, 2014

Sunday Night Baseball

Sunday 6/8 8:07pm
Anibal Sanchez (R)
vs. Red Sox - John Lackey (R)
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. Nick Castellanos (R) 3B
7. Austin Jackson (R) CF
8. Alex Avila (L) C
9. Eugenio Suarez (R) SS

1. Brock Holt (L) LF
2. Xander Bogaerts (R) 3B
3. Dustin Pedroia (R) 2B
4. David Ortiz (L) DH
5. Mike Napoli (R) 1B
6. A.J. Pierzynski (L) C
7. Daniel Nava (S) RF
8. Stephen Drew (L) SS
9. Jackie Bradley Jr. (L) CF

Willie · Jun 8, 2014

(AP) -- A visit from the reigning world champions has woken up the Detroit Tigers' offense.

The Boston Red Sox could be in for more trouble in Sunday night's series finale, given John Lackey's rough recent history versus the Tigers.

Since losing last year's AL championship series to Boston in six games, Detroit has won all five regular-season meetings while outscoring the Red Sox 27-11. Fourteen of those runs for the Tigers (33-25) along with 29 hits have come in the first two games of this series, including an 8-6 victory Saturday. Detroit had previously totaled 10 runs while losing five straight overall.

Miguel Cabrera was 3 for 4 on Saturday with two doubles and Nick Castellanos homered while becoming the first Detroit rookie with three straight three-hit games since Rick Peters in 1980. Rookie Eugenio Suarez also homered for his first big-league hit.
Cabrera owns an OPS of 1.237 with 30 RBIs over his last 29 regular-season meetings with Boston.

Lackey (6-4, 3.28 ERA) has struggled in his last five regular-season matchups with the Tigers, going 0-4 with a 5.51 ERA, including a 6-1 home loss May 17 when he gave up six runs and nine hits in 5 1-3 innings.
Five Tigers are hitting .387 or better in at least 10 at-bats against Lackey. Cabrera is 6 for 15 with two homers, while Ian Kinsler is 16 for 38 with four homers.

Lackey, though, has been pitching well. He threw 13 1-3 scoreless innings over back-to-back starts before going the distance in a 3-2 loss at Cleveland on Monday. It was just his third complete game since 2010 and the 17th of his career.
The Red Sox (27-34) are 6 for 35 (.171) with runners in scoring position during a five-game skid. While they were 3 for 8 on Saturday, they still stranded 10 runners.
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Willie · Jun 9, 2014

DETROIT ? David Ortiz did it to the Detroit Tigers again.

The Boston Red Sox slugger, whose grand slam changed the American League Championship series last fall, hit a three-run homer in the top of the ninth inning Sunday to hand the Detroit Tigers another bitter defeat.

His 14th homer of the season gave the Red Sox a 5-3 victory and snapped their five-game losing streak.
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Joba gave that up in the 9th. Cabrera is going to have his hamstring looked at again before the game today against Chicago.

Great game #2 for the Tigers new SS. He's making quite an impression.

Tough loss. But, its time to move on.

Willie · Jun 9, 2014

Big series in Chicago. Porcello goes for Detroit.

AL Central
Team W L Pct GB
Detroit 33 26 .559 -
Cleveland 32 31 .508 3
Kansas City 31 32 .492 4
Chi White Sox 31 33 .484 4.5
Minnesota 29 32 .475 5

Willie · Jun 9, 2014

Monday 6/9 8:10pm
Rick Porcello (R)
@ White Sox - Hector Noesi (R)
1. Ian Kinsler (R) 2B
2. Don Kelly (L) RF
3. Miguel Cabrera (R) DH
4. Victor Martinez (S) 1B
5. J.D. Martinez (R) LF
6. Nick Castellanos (R) 3B
7. Austin Jackson (R) CF
8. Alex Avila (L) C
9. Eugenio Suarez (R) SS

1. Adam Eaton (L) CF
2. Gordon Beckham (R) 2B
3. Conor Gillaspie (L) 3B
4. Jose Abreu (R) 1B
5. Adam Dunn (L) DH
6. Alexei Ramirez (R) SS
7. Dayan Viciedo (R) RF
8. Alejandro De Aza (L) LF
9. Tyler Flowers (R) C

Nice to see Cabrera is back in the lineup. Been having hammy problems.

Willie · Jun 10, 2014

Things getting closer and closer in the Central. Tigers lose 6-5.

AL Central
Team W L Pct GB
Detroit 33 27 .550 -
Cleveland 33 31 .516 2
Chi White Sox 32 33 .492 3.5
Kansas City 31 32 .492 3.5
Minnesota 29 33 .468 5

Willie · Jun 10, 2014

OK Tigers, lets turn this around...tonight.

Tuesday 6/10 8:10pm
Justin Verlander (R)
@ White Sox - John Danks (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. Eugenio Suarez (R) SS

1. Adam Eaton (L) CF
2. Gordon Beckham (R) 2B
3. Conor Gillaspie (L) 3B
4. Jose Abreu (R) 1B
5. Adam Dunn (L) DH
6. Alexei Ramirez (R) SS
7. Dayan Viciedo (R) RF
8. Alejandro De Aza (L) LF
9. Adrian Nieto (S) C

Willie · Jun 10, 2014

...and the game has been called off due to rain. Cabrera doesnt mind, nor does his hammy.

Willie · Jun 11, 2014

Verlander will go tonight. Smyly has been skipped in the rotation.

Willie · Jun 11, 2014

Wednesday 6/11 8:10pm
Justin Verlander (R)
@ White Sox - John Danks (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. Eugenio Suarez (R) SS

1. Adam Eaton (L) CF
2. Gordon Beckham (R) 2B
3. Conor Gillaspie (L) 3B
4. Jose Abreu (R) 1B
5. Adam Dunn (L) DH
6. Alexei Ramirez (R) SS
7. Dayan Viciedo (R) RF
8. Alejandro De Aza (L) LF
9. Adrian Nieto (S) C

No Danks.

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