Gamethread 22: Twins at Tigers, 7:05 p.m. (Redux)

Published April 28, 2010 at 11:01 p.m.

Note from Al: Sorry about the double post and any lost comments, I have no idea what happened or why it ended up hidden. Though Firefox crashing in the middle of writing the post may have had something to do with it! Personally, I blame those damned Twins.

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Current Series

Twins lead the series 1-0

Tue 04/27	WP: Francisco Liriano (3 - 0)... SV: Jon Rauch LP: Justin Verlander (1 - 2)...	0 - 2 loss
Minnesota Twins Twinkie Town @...Detroit Tigers Bless You Boys Wednesday, Apr 28, 2010, 7:05 PM EDT Comerica Park Scott Baker vs...Max Scherzer ...Clear. Winds blowing from left to right field at 15-20 m.p.h. Game time temperature around 55.   Complete Coverage >
Thu 04/29		1:05 PM EDT

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  Tonight's pitching matchup:

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Max Scherzer

#37.../...Pitcher /...Detroit Tigers

Height: 6-3

Weight: 215

Bats: R

Throws: R

Born: Jul 27, 1984

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	W-L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	BS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
2010 -...Max Scherzer	1-1	4	4	0	0	0	0	24.0	21	11	7	3	7	17	2.63	1.17

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VS.

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Scott Baker

#30.../...Pitcher /...Minnesota Twins

Height: 6-4

Weight: 220

Bats: R

Throws: R

Born: Sep 19, 1981

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	W-L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	BS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
2010 -...Scott Baker	2-2	4	4	0	0	0	0	24.1	27	13	13	3	5	15	4.81	1.32

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Lineup

Minnesota Twins @ Detroit Tigers

04/28/10 7:05 PM EDT

Minnesota Twins	Detroit Tigers
Denard Span - CF	Austin Jackson - CF
Orlando Hudson - 2B	Johnny Damon - DH
Joe Mauer - C	Magglio Ordonez - RF
Jim Thome - DH	Miguel Cabrera - 1B
Michael Cuddyer - 1B	Brennan Boesch - LF
Jason Kubel - RF	Brandon Inge - 3B
Delmon Young - LF	Ryan Raburn - 2B
J.J. Hardy - SS	Alex Avila - C
Luke Hughes - 3B	Ramon Santiago - SS

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Items of interest from the press notes and game preview:

Magglio Ordonez is licking his chops in anticipation of facing Baker, as he has a career .452 BA against the Twins starter.

Johnny Damon has reached base in 17 consecutive games, has a 14 game hitting streak and is batting .400 during the stretch.

Tigers relievers are 2nd overall in the AL in both wins, with 7, and ERA, currently at a sparkling 2.48 ERA.

As a team, the Tigers are 2nd in the AL in batting average, hits, doubles and walks, and 6th in runs scored. 

Detroit has alternated wins with losses in its last six games. Just like a .500 team!

The Tigers held Joe Mauer to his first 0-5 game since 8/1/09. I'd be thrilled if the Tigers could make it 0-10. Giddy, even!

The Twins lead the the majors with 103 base on balls. Let's hope Scherzer is throwing strikes!

As good as the Tigers' pen has been, the Twins' relievers have performed even better, ranking 2nd overall in all of baseball with a 2.33 ERA. Sounds like another low scoring game in on tap, gang.

I'll end with a combination of good and bad news.  The good news is those of you not living in the great state of Michigan or are without one of the MLB broadcast packages can see the game. The bad news is the game is being broadcast on ESPN, where the Tigers rarely, if ever, play well.

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