Tigers (24-18) Vs. Royals (22-22)

m23uza1hem36 · Post #1 » by **m23uza1hem36** » Mon May 25, 2009 1:49 am

@ Kauffman Stadium

Probable Pitchers:
Game 1: Justin Verlander, RHP (4-2, 3.99) Vs. Gil Meche, RHP (2-4, 4.42)
Game 2: Edwin Jackson, RHP (4-2, 2.55) Vs. Zack Greinke, RHP (7-1, 0.82)
Game 3: Rick Porcello, RHP (5-3, 3.55) Vs. Kyle Davies, RHP (2-3, 4.78)

Tigers Lineup:
TBA

Royals Lineup:
TBA

I'd be happy if we lost 2 out of 3 but beat Grienke.

RustInPeace · Post #2 » by **RustInPeace** » Mon May 25, 2009 2:46 pm

Nice! Our 1-2-3 in a very important series. Couldn't have been set up any better

Post #3 » by **Snakebites** » Mon May 25, 2009 5:52 pm

Excellent...

Better kick some ass. That Rockies series was a bit of a letdown to say the least.

Liqourish · Post #4 » by **Liqourish** » Mon May 25, 2009 9:14 pm

Can't really complain about much when you beat your biggest division rival 13-1 in thier home park. Justin with another shutout 7 IP. Our guys strike out alot, but really, we were up alot of runs all game. A nice statement game to start the series.

Jackson vs Greinke tomorrow. We need more run support for Edwin.

tmorgan · Post #5 » by **tmorgan** » Mon May 25, 2009 9:56 pm

Muuuch better... nice to see the bats come alive.

Tough game tomorrow -- I was watching the 9th wondering if it would be possible to save some hits for Greinke.

RustInPeace · Post #6 » by **RustInPeace** » Wed May 27, 2009 2:11 am

We're on our way to lose to greinke as expected. Jackson had a good effort thru 5 but you just can't out duel him.

ElectricMayhem · Post #7 » by **ElectricMayhem** » Wed May 27, 2009 5:37 am

At least we made Greinke's ERA skyrocket from 0.82 to 0.84. Yeah, we busted him up something fierce.

Post #8 » by **Snakebites** » Wed May 27, 2009 6:06 pm

As much improved as this team is, when a pitcher is on, we look pretty helpless.

Of course, nobody is getting anything off that guy. Simply incredible.

Liqourish · Post #9 » by **Liqourish** » Wed May 27, 2009 7:59 pm

We had a chance to get the second game, but Royals hitters just started making plays. Tigers still have a sizeable lead on KC in this third game, up 8-2 after 6 so far. If they get out of this game, they'll have a nice 4 game lead in the central. And winning 4 of 6 against the Royals so far this year. Both losses to Greinke. And all three of our starting pitchers had very good games. Not too much you can fault.

Liqourish · Post #10 » by **Liqourish** » Wed May 27, 2009 9:55 pm

Tigers win 8-3 and Porcello gets his 5th consecutive win; He's now 6-3 and only trailing Greinke with AL wins so far this season. I don't expect him to continue this pace of wins (projected 21 game winner), but I could easily see him winning 16-18 games this year if Leyland keeps him behind Verlander and Jackson.

Post #11 » by **Snakebites** » Thu May 28, 2009 12:35 am

These day games in the middle of the week always catch me off guard. 2 out of 3 is terrific, allows us to widen the gab against the Royals.

Who's the next victim?

RustInPeace · Post #12 » by **RustInPeace** » Thu May 28, 2009 12:45 am

The O's are next. Expect slugfests!