French fries Greinke
Luke French, in his second career start, beat 2009 All-Star (and likely AL Starter) Zack Greinke. As I said yesterday, this was a mismatch on paper but luckily they do not play the game on paper.
The Tigers got 3 runs early against Greinke and that was all they needed because of the steller pitching that French, Ni, Lyon and Rodney provided. Really good pitching. And a series win when they needed it...after 3 straight series where they lost 2 of 3.
They now have three games against the Indians to complete the first half of the season and head into the All Star game. EJ goes first, then AG and finally JV pitches on Sunday.
Four Tigers will be competing in the mid summer classic - Justin Verlander, Edwin Jackson, Curtis Granderson and Brandon Inge. With Justin pitching Sunday, I highly doubt that we see him pitch much if at all on Tuesday. If he enters at all, it'll be 1 inning maximum or else Leyland and Tigers fans will kill Joe Madden.
Brandon won the fan voting to fill the last spot on the AL roster. I voted probably 200 times and am really happy for him to make it.
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