The O's dropped two of three in Cleveland at the weekend and have lost 6 of their last 7 overall. This might be the perfect opportunity to get the spirits raised up by beating up on a bad ball club.
However, the Orioles send Daniel Cabrera to the mound tonight, who I took lightly earlier this season and systematically handed the Tigs their asses at Camden Yards, going 7 and 2/3 and allowing just two runs and three hits. Having seen him once already this year, it would be nice to rough him up a bit to get him back for the game he had against the Tigs earlier in the year.
One of the big things for the Tigs today will be getting Bonderman some run support. Over his first four starts, the Tigers averaged just 2.25 runs in support of him, which is bloody awful. In his last start, they came up with eight, but still lost to the Angels by one run.
Keys to the game-
- Rough start against the Angels for Bondo his last time out. Against a considerably weaker line-up, the kid should get ahead of guys early and dominate in the way that we saw him do last season in the playoffs. He needs to look like an ace out there if he's going to be The Man in the near-future.
- Brandon Inge needs to continue the roll he got on yesterday with his 3-3 and a walk-off performance. He's had a shit April, but going into May on a little bit of a roll would be a very nice change of pace.
- The Tigers hitters need to get ahead in the count against Cabrera. They failed to do that last time and it cost them a game in Baltimore. Make him throw a ton of pitches, wear him down, and then knock him out of the game in the fifth or the sixth inning. Do that, and we've got ourselves a win.
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