For the Orioles:

Nick Markakis RF
J.J. Hardy SS
Nate McLouth LF
Adam Jones CF
Matt Wieters C
Chris Davis DH
Mark Reynolds 1B
Manny Machado 3B
Omar Quintanilla 2B

Tommy Hunter RHP

After double-checking, I believe I got the month right this time.

Hunter needs to have a stellar game. I don't know what else to say going against Verlander.

Yup, we all have to hope for a stellar game from Hunter. That loss last night against Boston left a bad taste in the mouth; the O's need to clear the air after that one. Somehow I knew, though it was early, the game was goin' south when Markakis put down that godawful sac bunt that stayed on top of the plate.

Verlander will have an "All-Star performance" tonight, know what I mean Vern?

I sure hope you're right.

Thr current Tigers roster has the following

Miguel Cabrera 6 PA 6 AB 1 H 2 SO
Jhonny Peralta 6 PA 6 AB 1 H
Delmon Young 6 PA 6 AB 1 H 2 SO
Alex Avila 3 PA 3 AB 0 H 1 SO
Brennan Boesch 3 PA 2 AB 0 H 1 BB
Austin Jackson 3 PA 3 AB 1 H 2 SO
Gerald Laird 3 PA 3 AB 0 H 1 SO
Omar Infante 2 PA 2 AB 1 H 1 SO
Anibal Sanchez 1 PA 0 AB 0 H 1 BB
Total 33 PA 31 AB 5 H 2 BB 9 SO

Tigers against Tommy Hunter
0.161 BA
0.212 OBP
0.258 SLG
0.470 OPS

No Home Runs
3 - 2B
1 RBI
Has not faced:Jeff Baker, Quintin Berry, Andy Dirks, Prince Fielder and Ramon Santiago

•Tigers are 9-1 in Verlanders last 10 starts vs. Orioles.
Hunter starting vs. Verlander no wonder the Tigers are a -265 favorite.

I can't believe they came home and tried to get him. I would have thought a slow roller would easily be enough to score him. That seriously hurts.

There goes possibly our best chance to score a run all game. With Verlander pitching, you never know. Either way, we can't leave runs out there. In a playoff race, they all matter. And against Verlander, that is magnified even more.

Another bad call by an Ump that cost us a run.

"Tigers are 9-1 in Verlanders last 10 starts vs. Orioles.
Hunter starting vs. Verlander no wonder the Tigers are a -265 favorite."

Ouch.

I thought he was out actually. Granted, I didn't look very closely. But still.

I'm just frustrated because how often does a slow roller to the right side not EASILY score a run from third? In that sense, it should be 1-0.

Gonna be a fun series.

I Ran it back and watched it a couple of times and he was safe every time.

Tommy Hunter to Miguel Cabrera = home run to deep left. That's just reality. At least it was a solo.

Gettin tired of those bad calls lately that are costing us - can't afford this kind of bad luck.

I only watched it twice. He was safe both times I watched, too.

Well then screw the umps. Haha. That's annoying.

I'm too lazy to rewind. Which takes laziness to a whole new level. I'm just taking yours and Roch's word for it.

Ahhh. Wieters deserved one there! Dirks stole it! We're very unlucky early on, but Verlander looks hittable. That could change at any time.

Wow. Verlander is really not on his game these first two innings. Falling behind batters and other un-verlander-like things. We're 0-3 with RISP.

Let's hope no one is on base when Hunter gives up his other two home runs (at least). I'll take my chances with 5 IP 3 ER right now.

Batters seem to think Verlander looks hittable, too. He throws strikes. They swing/they miss.

This year he'd walked 41 and struck out 174 in 175 2/3 innings coming into this game. That 2 walks per nine innings number is about what he put up last year, too. Guy's a killer.