Thursday’s (8/9) Lineups: Tigers vs. Yankees series finale

Tigers:

1) Berry, CF
2) Dirks, LF
3) Cabrera, DH
4) Fielder, 1B
5) Boesch, RF
6) Peralta, SS
7) Avila, C
8) Infante, 3B
9) Santiago, 2B

Doug Fister is starting for the Tigers. Jackson is getting a much needed/well deserved day off today. AJax last day off was back in early July for the All-Star break. Tigers’ are looking to take the series today if they can pull off a W.

Yankees:

1) Jeter, SS
2) Swisher, DH
3) Cano, 2B
4) Teixeria, 1B
5) Chavez, 3B
6) Granderson, CF
7) Ibanez, LF
8) Suzuki, RF
9) Stewart, C

Hiroki Kuroda is starting for the Yankees. Yankees’ are at least trying to
get out of Detroit with a series split with a win today.
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It’s still within question as to if the Tigers and Yankees will be playing a game today. Rain has been falling in Detroit since early this morning but, watching this rain storms pattern, it looks like it’s slowly but surely moving off to the Northeast. Baseball should be played on-time if not after a short delay.

Go Tigers! Eat ’em up!

Tigers lineup for today’s Split Squad game vs. Marlins

The Tigers take on Ozzie Guillen’s Miami Marlins today with a Split Squad, meaning only half the of the team will be there. Here is Leyland’s lineup:

1. Austin Jackson, CF
2. Andy Dirks, LF
3. Don Kelly, RF
4. Prince Fielder, 1B
5. Jhonny Peralta, SS
6. Brandon Inge, 2B
7. Gerald Laird, C
8. Danny Worth, 3B
9. Eric Patterson, DH

Rick Porcello will be starting, his first start of the Spring. The Tigers will look to remain perfect this Spring (3-0) going for their 4th win in-a-row.

Tigers lineup for Friday’s game vs Florida Southern announced

Leyland has announced his lineup for Friday’s inaugural exhibition game against the Florida Southern Mocs. The lineup will go as follows:

1. Austin Jackson, CF
2. Brennan Borsch, RF
3. Miguel Cabrera, 3B
4. Prince Fielder, 1B
5. Delmon Young, LF
6. Alex Avila, C
7. Jhonny Peralta, SS
8. Andy Dirks, DH
9. Ryan Raburn, 2B

This is the exact lineup I had projected in my earlier post of the Tigers 2012 projections. With the only exception being that I had Delmon DHing and Dirks playing LF.

Look for these guys to play, at best, 2 innings of ball, with the young guns looking to make the roster, play out the rest of the game.

Tigers games are primed and ready to start back up again after a much long waited Fall/Winter. I don’t know how y’all feel about it but, I’m pretty freaking pumped!

– Travis