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@ 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.

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

Excellent...

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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?

The O's are next. Expect slugfests!