When You Walk Through The Storm...

It's about 15 minutes until my buddy Alex and I head down to Comerica Park for tonight's game against the Orioles. Southeastern Detroit is staring down a thunderstorm right now, so there's a solid chance that the game is going to begin under delay.

Whenever the game does begin, the Tigs hope to get a repeat performance from Chad Durbin after his last start against the White Sox. Durbs went eight innings and struck out nine, showing some of the skill that made him the guy who was promoted from Triple A Toledo when Kenny Rogers went down.

The Tigs are looking to win their third straight game tonight, and tryign to stop that will be Adam Loewen. The last time Loewen faced the Tigers was a 4-1 victory for the Tigs when Craig Monroe launched a grand slam to win it in the 12th. Loewen didn't factor in the decision, but he and Justin Verlander pitched great games, allowing zero runs combined.

Keys to the Game-

• The rain really needs to hold off. Not so the Tigers can win, mostly because I don't want to drive downtown and have a game get canceled. That always pisses me off.
• Sheff needs to stay hot after getting psyched up from last game and the intensity that went along with it. Gary Sheffield when he's angry is a scary sight, I'm just glad he's on our side.
• Durbs needs to pitch well enough to keep the Tigs in the game and not give us one of his shitty starts that preceded last week's gem. He doesn't need to win the game by himself again, all we need is to be kept in the game late.