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Game 133: Tigers at Twins, 8:10pm

By Al Beaton
The Tigers' Max Scherzer will be kicking butt, taking names, and chewing bubble gum...probably in that order.
The Tigers' Max Scherzer will be kicking butt, taking names, and chewing bubble gum...probably in that order.

Current Series

Twins lead the series 1-0

Tue 08/31 WP: Matt Guerrier (3 - 7)
SV: Matt Capps
LP: Phil Coke (7 - 4)
3 - 4 loss

Detroit Tigers
@ Minnesota Twins

Wednesday, Sep 1, 2010, 8:10 PM EDT
Target Field

Max Scherzer vs Francisco Liriano

Partly cloudy. Winds blowing from left to right field at 5-10 m.p.h. Game time temperature around 75.

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Thu 09/02 8:10 PM EDT

Max Scherzer

#37 / Pitcher / Detroit Tigers

6-3

215

R

R

Jul 27, 1984

W-L G GS CG SHO SV BS IP H R ER HR BB K ERA WHIP
2010 - Max Scherzer 10-9 25 25 0 0 0 0 152.2 137 69 61 16 59 142 3.60 1.28

VS

Francisco Liriano

#47 / Pitcher / Minnesota Twins

6-2

220

L

L

Oct 26, 1983

W-L G GS CG SHO SV BS IP H R ER HR BB K ERA WHIP
2010 - Francisco Liriano 12-7 25 25 0 0 0 0 158.1 149 60 60 3 51 171 3.41 1.26

It's game two of the Tigers' three game series with the Twins. Being 11 games out, divisional games (if not every game) are all pretty much must win for the Tigers at this point.

No matter what happens in the standings, we can expect one Hell of an old-school pitching duel tonight.

The Tigers have their work cut out for them going against the Twins' Francisco Liriano. But the Tigers have a soon-to-be ace up their sleeve in Max Scherzer, who has been nothing short of dominant in the second half of the season.

Let's hope we also get a Max St. Pierre sighting tonight. His is a great story of dogged perseverance that deserves a happy ending...or at least one big league base hit.

From the "Well, what do you know" dept: Tigers rookie 2nd baseman Will Rhymes is on Twitter and Facebook. It been confirmed as Rhymes himself by MLB.com's Jason Beck.

Confirmed: @willrhymes is indeed #Tigers 2b Will Rhymes on Twitter. And he does have a new Blackberry.

Twitter: @WillRhymes
Facebook: Will Rhymes

Starting lineups:

Tigers:

1. Austin Jackson cf
2. Will Rhymes 2b
3. Casper Wells lf
4. Miguel Cabrera 1b
5. Jhonny Peralta dh
6. Brandon Inge 3b
7. Ramon Santiago ss
8. Brennan Boesch rf
9. Gerald Laird c

Starting pitcher: Max Scherzer p

Twins:

1. Denard Span cf
2. Alexi Casilla 2b
3. Joe Mauer c
4. Michael Cuddyer 1b
5. Delmon Young lf
6. Danny Valencia 3b
7. Jose Morales dh
8. Jason Repko rf
9. J.J. Hardy ss

Starting picther: Fransciso Liriano

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