Another lefty on the mound for Texas, another lefty-mashing lineup for the Tigers:
Detroit Tigers Lineup For Game 5
Austin Jackson - CF
Ryan Raburn - RF
Miguel Cabrera - 1B
Victor Martinez# - DH
Delmon Young - LF
Jhonny Peralta - SS
Brandon Inge - 3B
Alex Avila* - C
Ramon Santiago# - 2B
Same hitters, different order. Brandon Inge's home run yesterday, combined with a left-hander on the mound, moves him up to sixth in the order. The aching joints and platoon splits of Alex Avila move him down to eighth. Ramon Santiago is in at second, which is pretty much a given with Carlos Guillen still rehabilitating his calf injury.
What sort of small-sample nonsense will we hear today?
| AB | H | HR | BB | SO | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victor Martinez | 19 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 5 | .158 | .280 | .211 | .491 |
| Jhonny Peralta | 16 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .125 | .222 | .188 | .410 |
| Wilson Betemit | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .333 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 |
| Miguel Cabrera | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .333 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 |
| Ramon Santiago | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .429 | .500 | .571 | 1.071 |
| Brandon Inge | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .143 | .143 | .571 | .714 |
| Austin Jackson | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .833 | 1.167 |
| Ryan Raburn | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .750 | .833 | 1.000 | 1.833 |
| Magglio Ordonez | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | .200 | .000 | .200 |
| Alex Avila | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Total | 77 | 18 | 1 | 14 | 23 | .234 | .344 | .390 | .734 |
Wow, it looks like Miguel Cabrera hits Wilson pretty well. Who’d’ve thunk it? Ryan Raburn has video game numbers against Wilson, so expect that to continue in the exact same way. And poor, hitless Avila. He strikes out in exactly 50% of his plate appearances against Wilson. This doesn’t bode well.
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