Game 115: Royals at Tigers
by Ian Casselberry on Aug 14, 2009 6:00 PM EDT
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PrintKansas City Royals at Detroit Tigers, Aug 14, 2009 7:05 PM EDT
Zack Greinke (11-7, 2.43) vs. 
Jarrod Washburn (8-7, 3.12), 7:05 p.m. EST
Following a rough four-game series in Boston, the Tigers return home for a six-game home stand before heading out west. The Royals come into town after doing the Tigers a favor by winning two out of three at the Metrodome. But let the gratitude end at the handshakes, okay?
Zack Greinke broke a seven-game winless streak by beating the A's in his last start. He pitched seven innings, giving up three runs and seven hits. That looked much more familiar than the guy who got shelled for six runs and 10 hits by the Rays in his previous outing. Greinke has done well against Detroit this year, pitching two complete games in which he allowed only one earned run. However, the Tigers got to him last time around, scoring three runs in six innings.
In the game in which they beat Greinke, Luke French held the Royals to one run. So the question becomes, can the pitcher he was traded for do as well? Jarrod Washburn hasn't looked so great in his first two starts for the Tigers, giving up 11 runs and 16 hits in 11.1 innings. Those who think he was a product of his ballpark and defense in Seattle are sharpening their knives.
Washburn pitched well against the Royals back in May , though. In seven innings, he held them to one earned run. But maybe we shouldn't mention that, since he looked great against the Orioles and Twins in previous starts, too. That didn't work out so well for the Tigers. But here we are again.
Royals Review has your SB Nation opposing view for this weekend's series.
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Starting Lineups
ROYALS
1. David DeJesus LF
2. Willie Bloomquist CF
3. Billy Butler 1B
4. Miguel Olivo C
5. Alberto Callaspo 2B
6. Mark Teahen RF
7. Brayan Pena DH
8. Alex Gordon 3B
9. Yuniesky Betancourt SS
TIGERS
1. Curtis Granderson CF
2. Placido Polanco 2B
3. Clete Thomas RF
4. Miguel Cabrera 1B
5. Carlos Guillen DH
6. Marcus Thames LF
7. Brandon Inge 3B
8. Gerald Laird C
9. Adam Everett SS
by Ian Casselberry on Aug 14, 2009 6:06 PM EDT reply actions
BTW, I like how you didn't link to Over The Monster during any of the games.
As far as I saw, at least. They don’t deserve our presence.
Did I forget to? If so, that was a mistake on my part. I try to link over to our fellow sites during the first game of a series.
by Ian Casselberry on Aug 14, 2009 6:17 PM EDT up reply actions
We traded him...
President, Vice President and Secretary of the Casey Crosby Fanclub.
by David Tokarz on Aug 14, 2009 6:46 PM EDT up reply actions
stupid work
missed a beauty by verlander yesterday
Maybe now you'll never slime a guy with a positron collider!
i hope he isnt messing with us again
having a nice first inning then giving up HRs all over the place
i'm slightly distracted
watching this game and trying to follow my second favorite NFL team, the NY Jets, as they play the Rams
I Like Pie
He's a Jets fan
That makes it worse.
President, Vice President and Secretary of the Casey Crosby Fanclub.
by David Tokarz on Aug 14, 2009 7:21 PM EDT up reply actions
football aready?
I like football, but it takes me a while to get used to it nosing into my baseball time.
yeah no kidding.
Maybe next inning we can hope for a ball hit in play. That means the 3rd inning we should get a hit.
driving to the mountains
If anyone watching would be so kind to give updates of the major happenings I would greatly appreciate it. Go Tigers!
by Detroit4lyfe on Aug 14, 2009 7:23 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
washburn at a blazin 88 mph
kenny rogers-esque
Maybe now you'll never slime a guy with a positron collider!
everett should not be allowed
to swing at the first pitch
Maybe now you'll never slime a guy with a positron collider!
watch out JV
washburns comin for your strikeout lead
Maybe now you'll never slime a guy with a positron collider!
aha! this is the dude we traded for!
Too bad zach wasn’t available.
by rook34 on Aug 14, 2009 7:56 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
Washburn wasn't able to repeat
his early season success against Baltimore or Minnesota. But today is going nicely.
It's the game you lose when you think of it
it’s not really a game, it’s just if you think of “the game,” you lose. Silly but oh well :)
by kendra.michelle on Aug 14, 2009 8:11 PM EDT up reply actions
Oh good job on the wikipedia
much more comprehensible than me trying to explain it :P
by kendra.michelle on Aug 14, 2009 8:12 PM EDT up reply actions
one time
i wrote it in chalk on a pillar near my dorm. everybody walking to campus from my dorm would see it, and it was under a roof so it wasn’t going to wash away. stayed up there for three years…
I Like Pie
I lost that game too now
thanks to you guys
by kendra.michelle on Aug 14, 2009 8:10 PM EDT up reply actions
I am home
and we are not losing. Two good things. (And it took a while for me to get mlb.com to work, too)
Well not anymore
I blame you.
(not really)
by kendra.michelle on Aug 14, 2009 8:14 PM EDT up reply actions
no more first pitch swings
you suck at them
Maybe now you'll never slime a guy with a positron collider!
I care a smidge
I have a good friend from New York who’s a HUGE Jets fan
by kendra.michelle on Aug 14, 2009 8:20 PM EDT up reply actions
I like the Jets
I have a Jets sweatshirt a friend bought for me as a gift, and I look fantastic in it.
by Ian Casselberry on Aug 14, 2009 8:23 PM EDT up reply actions
That sounds tasty
I’ll take her piece :)
by kendra.michelle on Aug 14, 2009 8:23 PM EDT up reply actions
Well, at least I don't have to worry about showing up
and jinxing the no-hitter now.
by Ian Casselberry on Aug 14, 2009 8:23 PM EDT reply actions
grienke bears a striking resemblence
to beavis from beavis and butthead. maybe its just because he looks angry all the time.
Maybe now you'll never slime a guy with a positron collider!
He's a Royal
Low standards much? ;)
President, Vice President and Secretary of the Casey Crosby Fanclub.
by David Tokarz on Aug 14, 2009 8:31 PM EDT up reply actions
That's like saying someone looks better than Rosie O'Donnell
Damming with faint praise much?
President, Vice President and Secretary of the Casey Crosby Fanclub.
by David Tokarz on Aug 14, 2009 8:32 PM EDT up reply actions
yeah who does he think he is striking out against one of the best pitchers in the AL
http://www.fromthecopa.blogspot.com
Sure
Because Maggs is totally a better option.
President, Vice President and Secretary of the Casey Crosby Fanclub.
by David Tokarz on Aug 14, 2009 8:30 PM EDT up reply actions
I gotta make a t-shirt with a gun for him
Gunned down by G-Money.
by Ian Casselberry on Aug 14, 2009 8:35 PM EDT reply actions
8:38 and we're in the 6th
i hate boston
Maybe now you'll never slime a guy with a positron collider!
Seriously
It is just exhausting playing the Red Sox.
by Ian Casselberry on Aug 14, 2009 8:41 PM EDT up reply actions
"They like me!"
“They really like me!”
by kendra.michelle on Aug 14, 2009 8:50 PM EDT up reply actions
And right after Mario said they only wanted the ball.
Making it seem like Rod had delusions of grandeur.
by StringTheory on Aug 14, 2009 8:50 PM EDT up reply actions
something resembling a hit
would be cool
Maybe now you'll never slime a guy with a positron collider!
Just as I was saying "Thanks, Out #3"
that happened. I love being wrong!
by kendra.michelle on Aug 14, 2009 8:52 PM EDT reply actions
why cant we do this with less than 2 out
Maybe now you'll never slime a guy with a positron collider!
dammit
seriously, stop this first pitch swing bs
Maybe now you'll never slime a guy with a positron collider!
if it had worked a couple times
i could see the logic. but it is failing miserably.
Maybe now you'll never slime a guy with a positron collider!
Night of the Living Dead
at Cinema Under the Stars, 11 PM tonight — Reynolda House in Winston-Salem. Bring your own blanket.
SeayLyon warming up
Thought we’d mix it up with a different sea lion.
by kendra.michelle on Aug 14, 2009 8:58 PM EDT reply actions
Intentionally walk Betancourt?
Are you high Rod Allen?
gameday behind....
What is situation?
by rook34 on Aug 14, 2009 9:06 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
I had bacon for dinner last night
since yesterday’s game had already happened by then, hopefully its rally powers will carry over into tonight.
by kendra.michelle on Aug 14, 2009 9:12 PM EDT reply actions
Lamb bacon?
Hmm…I don’t really eat lamb, but I am intrigued.
by kendra.michelle on Aug 14, 2009 9:18 PM EDT up reply actions
