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Wednesday, Jun 19, 2013, 1:08 PM EDT

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Stories

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Could a Stanton trade help the Tigers?

John A McGeehan Bless You Boys Jun 19 2013, 9:12a

What package of prospects could the Detroit Tigers provide to convince Miami to part with Giancarlo Stanton?

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LSU K Lady Makes Her TD Ameritrade Park Debut

leewarren Minor League Ball Jun 19 2013, 8:17a

LSU superfan, Anita Haywood (known as The K Lady), made her first appearance at TD Ameritrade Park this week after attending the College World Series to support LSU eleven times at Rosenblatt Stadium.

4

Is Dirks the best outfielder in American League?

Tigerdog1 Bless You Boys Jun 19 2013, 7:00a

So I’m doing a routine stat search on fangraphs.com for some data on outfield defense, and I happen to notice that one of my favorite Tiger players is atop the leaderboard. I checked my search...

Game Recaps

20

Indians 4, Royals 3: Winning bizarrely

Ryan Let's Go Tribe Jun 19 2013, 1:00a

On some days, you play well enough to win and you win. On some days, you play well enough to win and you lose. The Indians tonight didn't play well enough to win but they won anyway.

AL Central Standings

W L PCT GB STRK
Detroit 39 30 .565 0 Lost 1
Cleveland 35 35 .500 4.5 Won 1
Kansas City 34 35 .492 5 Lost 1
Minnesota 31 36 .462 7 Won 1
Chicago 29 39 .426 9.5 Lost 1

(updated 6.19.2013 at 10:28 AM EDT)

26

O's 5, Tigers 2: Homers against Verlander are fun

Stacey Camden Chat Jun 18 2013, 11:20p

This may not have been a fair match up on paper, but the Orioles knocked around Justin Verlander and Zach Britton pitched just good enough for the win.

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Orioles 5, Tigers 2: Hardy, Jones rock Verlander

BigAl Bless You Boys Jun 18 2013, 11:08p

Justin Verlander battled command and home run issues, while the Tigers' offense had issues of their own.

StoryStream

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Game 69: Orioles at Tigers

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Porcello's not going to close games

Kurt Mensching Bless You Boys Jun 18 2013, 1:25p

"It's not far fetched" Leyland says. But it's not going to happen, either.

MLB

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Scherzer makes history at 10-0

Nathan Aderhold Jun 18 2013, 1:19p

Scherzer becomes the first big-league starter to begin a season with a 10-0 record since 1997, and just the second pitcher to do so in Tigers franchise history.

Detroit Tigers Previews

201

Game 69 Preview: Orioles at Tigers

Rob Rogacki Bless You Boys Jun 18 2013, 11:54a

Justin Verlander will go for his ninth win of the season and the ninth win of his career against the Baltimore Orioles tonight. Lefty Zach Britton will start for Baltimore... we think.

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Building a Better Lineup with Wil Myers

Daniel Russell DRaysBay Jun 18 2013, 11:45a

Lineup optimization is a bit of an overrated task for a statistician. There's no denying that what order the players perform in can have significant influence on the game, but making those...

20

Closer by committee returns to Detroit

Kurt Mensching Bless You Boys Jun 18 2013, 8:00a

With confidence in Jose Valverde giving way, Tigers manager Jim Leyland's going to piece things together as necessary.

Schedule

2013 Schedule

April
@ Minnesota Twins Monday, April 01 2013 win 4 - 2 coverage
@ Minnesota Twins Wednesday, April 03 2013 loss 2 - 3 coverage
@ Minnesota Twins Thursday, April 04 2013 loss 2 - 8 coverage
New York Yankees Friday, April 05 2013 win 8 - 3 coverage
New York Yankees Saturday, April 06 2013 win 8 - 4 coverage
New York Yankees Sunday, April 07 2013 loss 0 - 7 coverage
Toronto Blue Jays Tuesday, April 09 2013 win 7 - 3 coverage
Toronto Blue Jays Wednesday, April 10 2013 loss 6 - 8 coverage
Toronto Blue Jays Thursday, April 11 2013 win 11 - 1 coverage
@ Oakland Athletics Friday, April 12 2013 loss 3 - 4 coverage
@ Oakland Athletics Saturday, April 13 2013 win 7 - 3 coverage
@ Oakland Athletics Sunday, April 14 2013 win 10 - 1 coverage
@ Seattle Mariners Tuesday, April 16 2013 win 6 - 2 coverage
@ Seattle Mariners Wednesday, April 17 2013 win 2 - 1 coverage
@ Seattle Mariners Thursday, April 18 2013 loss 0 - 2 coverage
@ Los Angeles Angels Friday, April 19 2013 loss 1 - 8 coverage
@ Los Angeles Angels Saturday, April 20 2013 loss 0 - 10 coverage
@ Los Angeles Angels Sunday, April 21 2013 loss 3 - 4 coverage
Kansas City Royals Tuesday, April 23 2013 PPD coverage
Kansas City Royals Wednesday, April 24 2013 win 7 - 5 coverage
Kansas City Royals Thursday, April 25 2013 loss 3 - 8 coverage
Atlanta Braves Friday, April 26 2013 win 10 - 0 coverage
Atlanta Braves Saturday, April 27 2013 win 7 - 4 coverage
Atlanta Braves Sunday, April 28 2013 win 8 - 3 coverage
Minnesota Twins Monday, April 29 2013 win 4 - 3 coverage
Minnesota Twins Tuesday, April 30 2013 win 6 - 1 coverage
May
Minnesota Twins Wednesday, May 01 2013 loss 2 - 6 coverage
@ Houston Astros Thursday, May 02 2013 win 7 - 3 coverage
@ Houston Astros Friday, May 03 2013 win 4 - 3 coverage
@ Houston Astros Saturday, May 04 2013 win 17 - 2 coverage
@ Houston Astros Sunday, May 05 2013 win 9 - 0 coverage
@ Washington Nationals Tuesday, May 07 2013 PPD coverage
@ Washington Nationals Wednesday, May 08 2013 loss 1 - 3 coverage
@ Washington Nationals Thursday, May 09 2013 loss 4 - 5 coverage
Cleveland Indians Friday, May 10 2013 win 10 - 4 coverage
Cleveland Indians Saturday, May 11 2013 loss 6 - 7 coverage
Cleveland Indians Sunday, May 12 2013 loss 3 - 4 coverage
Houston Astros Monday, May 13 2013 win 7 - 2 coverage
Houston Astros Tuesday, May 14 2013 win 6 - 2 coverage
Houston Astros Wednesday, May 15 2013 loss 5 - 7 coverage
@ Texas Rangers Thursday, May 16 2013 loss 4 - 10 coverage
@ Texas Rangers Friday, May 17 2013 win 2 - 1 coverage
@ Texas Rangers Saturday, May 18 2013 loss 2 - 7 coverage
@ Texas Rangers Sunday, May 19 2013 loss 8 - 11 coverage
@ Cleveland Indians Tuesday, May 21 2013 win 5 - 1 coverage
@ Cleveland Indians Wednesday, May 22 2013 win 11 - 7 coverage
Minnesota Twins Thursday, May 23 2013 win 7 - 6 coverage
Minnesota Twins Friday, May 24 2013 win 6 - 0 coverage
Minnesota Twins Saturday, May 25 2013 loss 2 - 3 coverage
Minnesota Twins Sunday, May 26 2013 win 6 - 1 coverage
Pittsburgh Pirates Monday, May 27 2013 win 6 - 5 coverage
Pittsburgh Pirates Tuesday, May 28 2013 loss 0 - 1 coverage
@ Pittsburgh Pirates Wednesday, May 29 2013 loss 3 - 5 coverage
@ Pittsburgh Pirates Thursday, May 30 2013 loss 0 - 1 coverage
@ Baltimore Orioles Friday, May 31 2013 loss 5 - 7 coverage
June
@ Baltimore Orioles Saturday, June 01 2013 win 10 - 3 coverage
@ Baltimore Orioles Sunday, June 02 2013 loss 2 - 4 coverage
Tampa Bay Rays Tuesday, June 04 2013 win 10 - 1 coverage
Tampa Bay Rays Wednesday, June 05 2013 loss 0 - 3 coverage
Tampa Bay Rays Thursday, June 06 2013 win 5 - 2 coverage
Cleveland Indians Friday, June 07 2013 win 7 - 5 coverage
Cleveland Indians Saturday, June 08 2013 win 6 - 4 coverage
Cleveland Indians Sunday, June 09 2013 win 4 - 1 coverage
@ Kansas City Royals Monday, June 10 2013 loss 2 - 3 coverage
@ Kansas City Royals Tuesday, June 11 2013 win 3 - 2 coverage
@ Kansas City Royals Wednesday, June 12 2013 loss 2 - 3 coverage
@ Minnesota Twins Friday, June 14 2013 win 4 - 0 coverage
@ Minnesota Twins Saturday, June 15 2013 loss 3 - 6 coverage
@ Minnesota Twins Sunday, June 16 2013 win 5 - 2 coverage
Baltimore Orioles Monday, June 17 2013 win 5 - 1 coverage
Baltimore Orioles Tuesday, June 18 2013 loss 2 - 5 coverage
Baltimore Orioles Wednesday, June 19 2013 1:08 PM EDT coverage
Boston Red Sox Thursday, June 20 2013 7:08 PM EDT coverage
Boston Red Sox Friday, June 21 2013 7:08 PM EDT coverage
Boston Red Sox Saturday, June 22 2013 7:15 PM EDT coverage
Boston Red Sox Sunday, June 23 2013 1:08 PM EDT coverage
Los Angeles Angels Tuesday, June 25 2013 7:08 PM EDT coverage
Los Angeles Angels Wednesday, June 26 2013 7:08 PM EDT coverage
Los Angeles Angels Thursday, June 27 2013 1:08 PM EDT coverage
@ Tampa Bay Rays Friday, June 28 2013 7:10 PM EDT coverage
@ Tampa Bay Rays Saturday, June 29 2013 7:15 PM EDT coverage
@ Tampa Bay Rays Sunday, June 30 2013 1:40 PM EDT coverage
July
@ Toronto Blue Jays Monday, July 01 2013 1:07 PM EDT coverage
@ Toronto Blue Jays Tuesday, July 02 2013 7:07 PM EDT coverage
@ Toronto Blue Jays Wednesday, July 03 2013 7:07 PM EDT coverage
@ Toronto Blue Jays Thursday, July 04 2013 7:07 PM EDT coverage
@ Cleveland Indians Friday, July 05 2013 7:05 PM EDT coverage
@ Cleveland Indians Saturday, July 06 2013 4:05 PM EDT coverage
@ Cleveland Indians Sunday, July 07 2013 1:05 PM EDT coverage
@ Cleveland Indians Monday, July 08 2013 7:05 PM EDT coverage
Chicago White Sox Tuesday, July 09 2013 7:08 PM EDT coverage
Chicago White Sox Wednesday, July 10 2013 7:08 PM EDT coverage
Chicago White Sox Thursday, July 11 2013 1:08 PM EDT coverage
Texas Rangers Friday, July 12 2013 7:08 PM EDT coverage
Texas Rangers Saturday, July 13 2013 7:15 PM EDT coverage
Texas Rangers Sunday, July 14 2013 1:08 PM EDT coverage
@ Kansas City Royals Friday, July 19 2013 8:10 PM EDT coverage
@ Kansas City Royals Saturday, July 20 2013 7:10 PM EDT coverage
@ Kansas City Royals Sunday, July 21 2013 2:10 PM EDT coverage
@ Chicago White Sox Monday, July 22 2013 8:10 PM EDT coverage
@ Chicago White Sox Tuesday, July 23 2013 8:10 PM EDT coverage
@ Chicago White Sox Wednesday, July 24 2013 8:10 PM EDT coverage
@ Chicago White Sox Thursday, July 25 2013 2:10 PM EDT coverage
Philadelphia Phillies Friday, July 26 2013 7:08 PM EDT coverage
Philadelphia Phillies Saturday, July 27 2013 7:08 PM EDT coverage
Philadelphia Phillies Sunday, July 28 2013 1:08 PM EDT coverage
Washington Nationals Tuesday, July 30 2013 7:08 PM EDT coverage
Washington Nationals Wednesday, July 31 2013 1:08 PM EDT coverage
August
Chicago White Sox Friday, August 02 2013 7:08 PM EDT coverage
Chicago White Sox Saturday, August 03 2013 7:08 PM EDT coverage
Chicago White Sox Sunday, August 04 2013 1:08 PM EDT coverage
@ Cleveland Indians Monday, August 05 2013 7:05 PM EDT coverage
@ Cleveland Indians Tuesday, August 06 2013 7:05 PM EDT coverage
@ Cleveland Indians Wednesday, August 07 2013 7:05 PM EDT coverage
@ Cleveland Indians Thursday, August 08 2013 7:05 PM EDT coverage
@ New York Yankees Friday, August 09 2013 7:05 PM EDT coverage
@ New York Yankees Saturday, August 10 2013 1:05 PM EDT coverage
@ New York Yankees Sunday, August 11 2013 TBA coverage
@ Chicago White Sox Monday, August 12 2013 8:10 PM EDT coverage
@ Chicago White Sox Tuesday, August 13 2013 8:10 PM EDT coverage
@ Chicago White Sox Wednesday, August 14 2013 2:10 PM EDT coverage
Kansas City Royals Thursday, August 15 2013 7:08 PM EDT coverage
Kansas City Royals Friday, August 16 2013 1:08 PM EDT coverage
Kansas City Royals Friday, August 16 2013 7:08 PM EDT coverage
Kansas City Royals Saturday, August 17 2013 7:08 PM EDT coverage
Kansas City Royals Sunday, August 18 2013 1:08 PM EDT coverage
Minnesota Twins Tuesday, August 20 2013 7:08 PM EDT coverage
Minnesota Twins Wednesday, August 21 2013 7:08 PM EDT coverage
Minnesota Twins Thursday, August 22 2013 1:08 PM EDT coverage
@ New York Mets Friday, August 23 2013 7:10 PM EDT coverage
@ New York Mets Saturday, August 24 2013 7:10 PM EDT coverage
@ New York Mets Sunday, August 25 2013 1:10 PM EDT coverage
Oakland Athletics Monday, August 26 2013 7:08 PM EDT coverage
Oakland Athletics Tuesday, August 27 2013 7:08 PM EDT coverage
Oakland Athletics Wednesday, August 28 2013 7:08 PM EDT coverage
Oakland Athletics Thursday, August 29 2013 1:08 PM EDT coverage
Cleveland Indians Friday, August 30 2013 7:08 PM EDT coverage
Cleveland Indians Saturday, August 31 2013 7:08 PM EDT coverage
September
Cleveland Indians Sunday, September 01 2013 1:08 PM EDT coverage
@ Boston Red Sox Monday, September 02 2013 1:35 PM EDT coverage
@ Boston Red Sox Tuesday, September 03 2013 7:10 PM EDT coverage
@ Boston Red Sox Wednesday, September 04 2013 7:10 PM EDT coverage
@ Kansas City Royals Friday, September 06 2013 8:10 PM EDT coverage
@ Kansas City Royals Saturday, September 07 2013 7:10 PM EDT coverage
@ Kansas City Royals Sunday, September 08 2013 2:10 PM EDT coverage
@ Chicago White Sox Monday, September 09 2013 8:10 PM EDT coverage
@ Chicago White Sox Tuesday, September 10 2013 8:10 PM EDT coverage
@ Chicago White Sox Wednesday, September 11 2013 8:10 PM EDT coverage
Kansas City Royals Friday, September 13 2013 7:08 PM EDT coverage
Kansas City Royals Saturday, September 14 2013 7:08 PM EDT coverage
Kansas City Royals Sunday, September 15 2013 1:08 PM EDT coverage
Seattle Mariners Monday, September 16 2013 7:08 PM EDT coverage
Seattle Mariners Tuesday, September 17 2013 7:08 PM EDT coverage
Seattle Mariners Wednesday, September 18 2013 7:08 PM EDT coverage
Seattle Mariners Thursday, September 19 2013 1:08 PM EDT coverage
Chicago White Sox Friday, September 20 2013 7:08 PM EDT coverage
Chicago White Sox Saturday, September 21 2013 7:08 PM EDT coverage
Chicago White Sox Sunday, September 22 2013 1:08 PM EDT coverage
@ Minnesota Twins Monday, September 23 2013 8:10 PM EDT coverage
@ Minnesota Twins Tuesday, September 24 2013 8:10 PM EDT coverage
@ Minnesota Twins Wednesday, September 25 2013 8:10 PM EDT coverage
@ Miami Marlins Friday, September 27 2013 7:10 PM EDT coverage
@ Miami Marlins Saturday, September 28 2013 7:10 PM EDT coverage
@ Miami Marlins Sunday, September 29 2013 1:10 PM EDT coverage

Roster

Detroit Tigers Roster

# Pos. DOB W H B T

Stats

Batting

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB CS AVG OBP SLG
Doug Fister 14 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 .667
Miguel Cabrera 69 273 55 98 16 1 19 71 42 48 2 0 .359 .450 .634
Matt Tuiasosopo 36 69 12 23 6 0 3 15 15 18 0 0 .333 .465 .551
Jhonny Peralta 64 245 32 81 20 0 6 30 23 59 2 2 .331 .385 .486
Omar Infante 62 241 34 74 10 2 4 21 13 24 3 1 .307 .339 .415
Torii Hunter 62 262 36 77 18 1 3 27 14 47 1 0 .294 .340 .405
Prince Fielder 69 263 35 76 18 0 12 54 39 55 0 1 .289 .389 .494
Austin Jackson 39 170 38 49 7 1 3 15 17 33 6 0 .288 .353 .394
Brayan Pena 27 96 9 27 4 0 2 12 4 11 0 1 .281 .307 .385
Avisail Garcia 25 68 10 19 3 1 2 10 4 14 0 1 .279 .315 .441
Andy Dirks 58 210 26 50 4 1 5 20 15 38 5 0 .238 .291 .338
Victor Martinez 68 254 22 58 11 0 5 33 21 32 0 0 .228 .280 .331
Don Kelly 49 89 15 20 3 1 3 11 14 13 2 0 .225 .337 .382
Alex Avila 48 163 16 28 4 0 5 13 22 58 0 0 .172 .271 .288
Ramon Santiago 19 49 3 8 3 1 0 1 4 8 0 0 .163 .226 .265
Anibal Sanchez 13 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 .000 .000 .000
Max Scherzer 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
Jose Ortega 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
Rick Porcello 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
Luke Putkonen 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
Brayan Villarreal 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
Darin Downs 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
Phil Coke 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
Al Alburquerque 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
Drew Smyly 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
Justin Verlander 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
Joaquin Benoit 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
Octavio Dotel 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
Jose Alvarez 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
Evan Reed 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
Bruce Rondon 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
Jose Valverde 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000

Pitching

W-L G GS CG SHO SV BS IP H R ER HR BB K ERA WHIP
Jose Alvarez 1-0 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 3 1 1 1 1 7 1.50 .67
Joaquin Benoit 1-0 29 0 0 0 4 0 30.0 21 6 6 2 9 35 1.80 1.00
Luke Putkonen 1-1 10 0 0 0 0 0 9.2 7 3 2 1 4 8 1.86 1.14
Drew Smyly 2-0 24 0 0 0 2 1 41.2 30 9 9 1 12 42 1.94 1.01
Anibal Sanchez 6-5 13 13 1 1 0 0 81.2 71 28 25 4 23 101 2.76 1.15
Max Scherzer 10-0 14 14 0 0 0 0 96.1 64 34 33 8 24 116 3.08 .91
Al Alburquerque 0-1 15 0 0 0 0 0 14.1 13 5 5 0 13 26 3.14 1.81
Doug Fister 6-4 14 14 1 0 0 0 92.2 90 38 33 3 14 76 3.21 1.12
Evan Reed 0-0 3 0 0 0 0 0 5.0 7 2 2 1 0 1 3.60 1.40
Darin Downs 0-2 20 0 0 0 0 0 26.2 24 11 11 3 7 31 3.71 1.16
Justin Verlander 8-5 15 15 0 0 0 0 92.0 92 40 38 7 32 106 3.72 1.35
Jose Ortega 0-2 11 0 0 0 0 1 11.2 10 5 5 2 6 10 3.86 1.37
Jose Valverde 0-1 19 0 0 0 9 3 18.1 13 8 8 5 6 18 3.93 1.04
Rick Porcello 4-3 13 12 0 0 0 0 70.0 67 35 34 8 13 59 4.37 1.14
Phil Coke 0-4 20 0 0 0 1 2 20.2 18 12 12 1 6 18 5.23 1.16
Bruce Rondon 0-0 3 0 0 0 0 1 2.1 5 3 3 0 2 1 11.57 3.00
Octavio Dotel 0-0 6 0 0 0 0 1 4.2 10 7 7 0 4 4 13.50 3.00
Brayan Villarreal 0-2 7 0 0 0 0 0 4.1 8 10 10 1 8 6 20.77 3.69
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