Lineups:

 

Twins:

Eduardo Escobar 2B

Joe Mauer C

Josh Willingham DH

Justin Morneau 1B

Chris Parmelee RF

Trevor Plouffe 3B

Oswaldo Arcia LF

Wilkin Ramirez CF

Pedro Florimon SS

(Vance Worley P)

 

Tigers:

Austin Jackson CF

Torii Hunter RF

Miguel Cabrera 3B

Prince Fielder 1B

Victor Martinez DH

Andy Dirks LF

Jhonny Peralta SS

Alex Avila C

Omar Infante 2B

(Justin Verlander P)

1. Eduardo Escobar (S) 2B

2. Joe Mauer (L) C

3. Josh Willingham ® DH

4. Justin Morneau (L) 1B

5. Chris Parmelee (L) RF

6. Trevor Plouffe ® 3B

7. Oswaldo Arcia (L) LF

8. Wilkin Ramirez ® CF

9. Pedro Florimon (S) SS

 

1. Austin Jackson ® CF

2. Torii Hunter ® RF

3. Miguel Cabrera ® 3B

4. Prince Fielder (L) 1B

5. Victor Martinez (S) DH

6. Andy Dirks (L) LF

7. Jhonny Peralta ® SS

8. Alex Avila (L) C

9. Omar Infante ® 2B

 

according to this website anyway: MLB Daily Lineups - Baseball Press

Works for me.

Two things to note:

 

1. Holy hell, Wilkin Ramirez in CF!

2. Why the hell is Mauer playing AGAIN and catching no less. Can't this manager see that he needs a day off??????

Wilkin Ramirez in CF!

 

Well, he did play CF for the Holiday Inn Express company softball team one year.

No he played some in the minors in 2011 and some more in 2010. It has just been a little while.

No he played some in the minors in 2011 and some more in 2010. It has just been a little while.

 

Yeah, he's better than an emergency CF. A total of about a half-season experience in his 9 years.

Two things to note:

 

1. Holy hell, Wilkin Ramirez in CF!

2. Why the hell is Mauer playing AGAIN and catching no less. Can't this manager see that he needs a day off??????

 

My Guess is that Mauer will get Wednesday (Day game) and Thursday (No Game) off.

Worley better not give up many fly balls/line drives.....that OF is, um, interesting. Good luck tonight gentlemen.

looks good to me.

Two things to note:

 

1. Holy hell, Wilkin Ramirez in CF!

2. Why the hell is Mauer playing AGAIN and catching no less. Can't this manager see that he needs a day off??????

This will be all of six consecutive games since Mauer's last day off. One of those days was at 1b. There's an off day Thursday. He'll survive.

If your $23m catcher says he's good to go, he's good to go.

 

Mauer will get days off soon enough.

Apparently Mauer has an OBP in the high .400s against Verlander, so maybe this gets him going again.

 

Hard to believe I said that facing Verlander would get someone going, but hey let's see if it works.

Game avatar for Vanimal is now up, courtesy of Willihammer.

 

Willihammer is invited to discard his current avatar for something a little less disgusting, BTW.

Just guessing... But the lineup may be a little Verlander relief for Hicks.

Well, at least we made 'm work in the top of the 1st.

I blinked and I missed the top of the first.

Well, at least we made 'm work in the top of the 1st.

 

Batting leadoff against Verlander will tend to bring your batting average down to human proportions in a hurry.

Time of game...9 minutes.

2-0. That didn't take long.

Icky start

Note to Worley... Down... Keep the ball down...

 

Everything is up.

Vance Blackburn, struggling mightily.

Didn't you mean to say that he's battling?

Does Battling mean laying it in there perfectly for Tigers.

Icky start

 

True, but (not to put a curse on anything) Vanimal has had first inning jitters before. Last game, we noted that he delayed it to the second inning jitters; same diff. He's shown the ability to settle down and make it through 6 innings, so we can hope he holds to form here and gives his team a chance.

Can't really blame Plouffe for not swinging at that.

Off the bat I thought Arcia got that one.

True, but (not to put a curse on anything) Vanimal has had first inning jitters before. Last game, we noted that he delayed it to the second inning jitters; same diff. He's shown the ability to settle down and make it through 6 innings, so we can hope he holds to form here and gives his team a chance.

 

All he has to do is get the ball down. He can do it.... Ummm... He better do it.

Off the bat I thought Arcia got that one.

 

handle shot to fairly deep right. He's got some strongness.