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Game 130: Tigers (64-65) at Royals (55-74)

Detroit Tigers at Kansas City Royals, Aug 24, 2008 2:10 PM EDT


Kenny Rogers (9-10, 4.94) vs. Brandon Duckworth (0-0, -.--)

Another Salvage Sunday?  No, sir!  Today, the Tigers can sweep the Royals for a second consecutive time, which would also even up the season series between the two teams, and push the Tigers back to the .500 mark. 

For the second game in a row, Kansas City starts a pitcher fresh up from the minors.  But unlike Kyle Davies, Brandon Duckworth hasn't seen the big leagues since the end of last season.  He's subbing for the injured Luke Hochevar, who's on the DL with a bruised rib cage.  In 27 games (17 starts) with Triple-A Omaha, Duckworth was 5-11 with a 4.75 ERA.  He shut the Tigers out for 6 1/3 innings when he faced them in April of 2007. 

Kenny Rogers broke a four-game losing streak in his last start, beating Texas in Arlington.  The last time he won a second straight game was against these Royals, as he held them to one run and four hits over six innings.

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Starting Lineups

DETROIT

1. Curtis Granderson, CF
2. Placido Polanco, 2B
3. Magglio Ordonez, RF
4. Miguel Cabrera, 1B
5. Carlos Guillen, 3B
6. Gary Sheffield, DH
7. Marcus Thames, LF
8. Edgar Renteria, SS
9. Brandon Inge, C

KANSAS CITY

1. Mike Aviles, SS
2. Esteban German, LF
3. David DeJesus, CF
4. Jose Guillen, RF
5. Billy Butler, DH
6. Miguel Olivo, C
7. Ross Gload, 1B
8. Mark Teahen, 3B
9. Alberto Callaspo, 2B

by Ian Casselberry on Aug 24, 2008 1:48 PM EDT reply actions  

if zach miner throws a shutout in the woods, does anyone notice?

Holy nobody hanging out in the game thread yesterday, batman

by ahtrap on Aug 24, 2008 2:27 PM EDT reply actions  

Late August Depression

It’s claiming “fans” by the hundreds.

by Rogo on Aug 24, 2008 2:28 PM EDT up reply actions  

Maybe everyone was sleeping...

So they could wake up at 2 am to watch that men’s basketball gold medal game?

by Ian Casselberry on Aug 24, 2008 2:30 PM EDT reply actions  

i never went to sleep…central time zone comes in handy sometimes….

by ahtrap on Aug 24, 2008 4:16 PM EDT up reply actions  

holy smokes that was lucky

by wepri31 on Aug 24, 2008 2:37 PM EDT reply actions  

Well...

that was certainly interesting.

by Rogo on Aug 24, 2008 2:37 PM EDT reply actions  

Ugh.

Maggs looked like Manny fielding that ball.

by Rogo on Aug 24, 2008 2:46 PM EDT reply actions  

The Tigers seem determined to keep the Royals in the game today.

Ugh, indeed.

by Ian Casselberry on Aug 24, 2008 2:47 PM EDT reply actions  

I’ll third that Ugh.

by wepri31 on Aug 24, 2008 2:48 PM EDT reply actions  

Kenny's off again.

Luckily, that kid swung at two out of the zone to get the inning over.

by Rogo on Aug 24, 2008 2:52 PM EDT reply actions  

Oh, I'm sure Rod has this thread open

How’s it going, Rod?

Have some Arthur Bryant’s for us.

by Ian Casselberry on Aug 24, 2008 2:58 PM EDT up reply actions  

Maybe

He will give the “unintentional”, intentional shout out…

by Zappatista on Aug 24, 2008 2:59 PM EDT up reply actions  

Keep your ears open...

for the words “Thundercat” or “desigNATE”.

by Rogo on Aug 24, 2008 3:00 PM EDT up reply actions  

Miggy!

That was actually pretty sly.

by Zappatista on Aug 24, 2008 2:58 PM EDT reply actions  

Tickets for Labor Day

If any of you have tix (or know someone!) for the Yankee’s game (rain out) that is rescheduled for 9/1, AND you can’t use them…..please let me know. I would be a happy man.

by Zappatista on Aug 24, 2008 3:03 PM EDT reply actions  

Speaking of tickets...

…my friend just knocked on the door with two tickets for Sunday at CoPa against KC! Score!

gumtime.blogspot.com

by Tony K on Aug 24, 2008 3:18 PM EDT up reply actions  

Please?

gumtime.blogspot.com

by Tony K on Aug 24, 2008 3:10 PM EDT reply actions  

the cricket that lives on the fsn camera needs to be killed.

by wepri31 on Aug 24, 2008 3:22 PM EDT reply actions  

well maybe not the camera…but where ever the microphone is

by wepri31 on Aug 24, 2008 3:24 PM EDT up reply actions  

thames is not smooth in the field.

Check out www.spotstarters.com for more news on the Detroit Tigers.

by spotstarters on Aug 24, 2008 3:37 PM EDT reply actions  

Or

at the plate…what is he hitting in August? Something like 0.90, I believe.

by Zappatista on Aug 24, 2008 3:50 PM EDT up reply actions  

Thames needs to be sat.

Let the kids play for crying out loud. Get Clete up here, even Clevlen. His time is done.

by Zappatista on Aug 24, 2008 3:59 PM EDT up reply actions  

I quit.

Check out www.spotstarters.com for more news on the Detroit Tigers.

by spotstarters on Aug 24, 2008 3:59 PM EDT reply actions  

Looks like it’s time to get Kenny outta there

by gf206 on Aug 24, 2008 3:59 PM EDT reply actions  

Sure...Edgar screwed up...

…but Brandon didn’t block the plate, either.

by Rogo on Aug 24, 2008 4:01 PM EDT reply actions  

Only taking two of three against Texas and KC would show how mediocre we really are. We mine as well have gotten swept both times.

gumtime.blogspot.com

by Tony K on Aug 24, 2008 4:06 PM EDT reply actions  

looks like the game just blew up, huh?

by ahtrap on Aug 24, 2008 4:17 PM EDT reply actions  

lets see how this inning goes

got the heart of the order up before we hit the shef-thames black hole

by gf206 on Aug 24, 2008 4:18 PM EDT up reply actions  

You know what's hilarious...

At the start of the year people were trying to hype this Tigers team as one of the best offenses “ever”, and today they can’t manage more than three friggin’ runs against Brandon Duckworth. That’s absolutely humiliating. I would say it’s a new low in a season of new lows, but there’s always tomorrow.

Pathetic.

by Doc's Sports Predictions Guy on Aug 24, 2008 4:46 PM EDT reply actions  

[embarassed]

Let’s Go Red Wings!

Eat 'em up!

by Tony K on Aug 24, 2008 5:12 PM EDT reply actions  

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