Published 7/1/2009
by Blake VandeBunte
at Bleacher Report - MLB
Date: July 1, 2009
Time: 3:35pm
Teams: Detroit Tigers at Oakland Athletics
Park: Oakland-Alameda County Stadium
Weather: 77 and sunny
Starting Pitchers: Justin Verlander (8-3, 3.40) Dallas Braden (5-7, 3.26)
Records: Detroit (43-34)) Oakland (32-44)
Last 10 Games: Detroit (7-3) Oakland (3-7)
My Two Cents
Greetings against from our Nation’s capital. Today is a bit of a big game for the Tigers. They have split the first two games of their three game set with the lowly A’s and a win today obviously gets them the series win.
More than that though, is that it would be nice to have the club getting off on the right foot for their weekend series in Minnesota. The Tigers currently lead their AL Central rivals by four games in the division and a series win this weekend would be absolutely huge.
Detroit should have a decent shot this afternoon with Justin Verlander taking the hill. He’s cooled off in his ...
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