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Old 03-27-2013, 06:42 PM   #1
RandyTiger
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Detroit Tigers 2013 Season

This initial post will serve as an information center for rosters and sources of information. Individual games will have their own summary, and next game information will be appended to the bottom of each summary.

Tigers 2013 Post-Season Information:

Tigers ALCS Roster:

Starting pitchers:
Doug Fister
Anibal Sanchez
Max Scherzer
Justin Verlander

Bullpen:
Al Alburquerque
Jose Alvarez
Joaquin Benoit
Phil Coke
Rick Porcello
Drew Smyly
Jose Veras

Catchers:
Alex Avila
Brayan Pena

Infielders:
Miguel Cabrera
Prince Fielder
Jose Iglesias
Omar Infante
Hernan Perez
Ramon Santiago

Outfielders:
Andy Dirks
Torii Hunter
Austin Jackson
Don Kelly
Jhonny Peralta

DH:
Victor Martinez

ALCS Schedule:

All games will be televised on Fox (National), and carried on ESPNRadio (National).

The games will also be carried on local radio: Detroit, 97.1 The Ticket; Boston, WEEI 93.7, WUFC 1510 (Spanish).

All stats are post-season totals, except where noted.

Game 1: Detroit @ Boston, Saturday, 8:07 Eastern.

Probable starters: Sanchez vs. Lester.

Sanchez is 0-1, 10.38 ERA in 1 game; has not faced Boston this season.
Lester is 1-0, 2.35 ERA in 1 game; 2-0, 4.26 ERA in 2 starts against Detroit this season.

Game 2: Detroit @ Boston, Sunday, 8:15 Eastern.

Probable starters: Scherzer vs. Buchholz.

Scherzer is 2-0, 3.00 ERA in 2 games; 1-1, 2.57 ERA in 2 starts versus Boston this season.
Buchholz is 0-0, 4.50 ERA in 1 start; has not faced Detroit this season.

Game 3: Boston @ Detroit, Tuesday, 4:07 Eastern.

Probable starters: Lackey vs. Verlander.

Lackey is 1-0, 6.75 ERA in 1 start; 0-1, 3.75 in 2 starts versus Detroit this season.
Verlander is 1-0, 0.00 ERA in 2 starts; 0-0, 7.20 ERA 1 start versus Boston this season.

Game 4: Boston @ Detroit, Wednesday, 8:07 Eastern.

Probable starters: Peavy vs. Fister.

Peavy is 0-0, 1.59 in 1 start; 1-0, 5.14 ERA in 1 start versus Detroit this season.
Fister is 0-0, 4.50 ERA in 1 start; 1-1, 5.23 ERA in 2 starts versus Boston this season.

Game 5: Boston @ Detroit, Thursday, 8:07 Eastern.

Probable starters: Lester (1-1, 1.93 ERA) vs. Sanchez (1-1, 4.35 ERA)

Game 6: Detroit @ Boston, Saturday, 4:37 Eastern. (Unless NLCS is complete, then the game time will be 8:07 instead.)

Probable starters: Scherzer (2-0, 2.25 ERA) vs. Buchholz (0-0, 6.17 ERA).

Game 7 (if necessary): Detroit @ Boston, Sunday, 8:07 Eastern.

Probable starters: Verlander (1-1, 0.39 ERA) vs. Lackey (2-0, 3.00 ERA).

Boston Red Sox ALCS Roster:

Starting pitchers:
RHP Clay Buchholz
RHP John Lackey
LHP Jon Lester
RHP Jake Peavy

Bullpen:
LHP Craig Breslow
RHP Ryan Dempster
LHP Felix Doubront
LHP Franklin Morales
RHP Junichi Tazawa
RHP Koji Uehara
RHP Brandon Workman

Catchers:
David Ross
Jarrod Saltalamacchia

Infielders:
Xander Bogaerts
Stephen Drew
Will Middlebrooks
Mike Napoli
Dustin Pedroia

Outfielders:
Quintin Berry
Mike Carp
Jacoby Ellsbury
Jonny Gomes
Daniel Nava
Shane Victorino

DH:
David Ortiz

Group predictions for the series:

CephasJames: Detroit in 6.
Conn_Chris: Boston in 6.
RandyTiger: Detroit in 7.

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2013 Detroit Tigers record:

Regular season: 93-67 (.574), 1st place in the AL Central.
Playoffs: 3-2:
- ALDS: Defeated Oakland, 3 games to 2.
- ALCS tied at 2 games a piece.

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Sources of information (blogs not included):

Official Tigers organization:

Detroit Tigers homepage.

Detroit Tigers organization Twitter feed.

Tigers Broadcast Schedule.

Toledo Mud Hens (AAA) affiliate.
-- Toledo Mud Hens News (Courtesy of ToledoBlade.com, a local paper.)
--- 2013 record: 61-83 (.424), last place in International League West, 19 GB. Season complete.

Erie Seawolves (AA) affiliate.
-- Erie Seawolves News (Courtesy of GoErie.com, a local paper.)
--- 2013 record: 76-66 (.535), 2nd place in Eastern League West, 1 GB.
---- EL playoffs: Lost 1st round series to the Harrisburg Senators (Washington), 3 games to 1. Season complete.

Lakeland Flying Tigers (A) affiliate.
-- Lakeland Flying Tigers News (Courtesy of oursportscentral.com)
--- 2013 record: 64-68 (.485), 4th place in FSL North, 14 GB. Season complete.

West Michigan Whitecaps (Low-A) affiliate.
-- West Michigan Whitecaps News (courtesy of MLive.com, a regional collection of local papers.)
--- 2013 record: 69-70 (.496), overall 4th in Midwest League Eastern, 13.5 GB. Season complete.

Connecticut Tigers (Short-season A) affiliate.
-- Connecticut Tigers News (CT section of TheDay.com, a local newspaper. Thanks to Conn_Chris for the info.)
--- 2013 record: 33-42 (.458), 4th place in NY-Penn State League Stedler, 10.5 GB. Season complete.

GCL Tigers (Rookie) affiliate.
-- GCL Tigers News (Courtesy of oursportscentral.com)
--- 2013 record: 32-28 (.533), 2nd place in GCL Northeast, 4 GB. Season complete.

News, scores, and rumors:

MLB Trade Rumor Tigers page.

Detroit Free Press Tigers page.

Detroit News Tigers page.

ESPN Scoreboard and Online Gameday.

Last edited by RandyTiger; 10-17-2013 at 06:13 AM. Reason: Reorganized page, added playoff information.
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