The Tigers return home to Comerica Park, where they are 6-7 this season.
Update: Tonight’s game has been postponed until September 24th. Rick Porcello will start tomorrow night’s game as originally scheduled.
Royals (L. Hochevar – R) @ Tigers (D. Below – L)
Royals:
1. Jarrod Dyson (L) CF
2. Alex Gordon (L) LF
3. Billy Butler (R) DH
4. Eric Hosmer (L) 1B
5. Jeff Francoeur (R) RF
6. Mike Moustakas (L) 3B
7. Yuniesky Betancourt (R) 2B
8. Humberto Quintero (R) C
9. Alcides Escobar (R) SS
Tigers:
1. Austin Jackson (R) CF
2. Brennan Boesch (L) RF
3. Miguel Cabrera (R) 3B
4. Prince Fielder (L) 1B
5. Andy Dirks (L) DH
6. Alex Avila (L) C
7. Jhonny Peralta (R) SS
8. Don Kelly (L) LF
9. Ramon Santiago (S) 2B
With Delmon Young facing a suspension from the MLB, left field will continue to be a mash-up of Dirks, Kelly, and Ryan Raburn for the near future.
Royals starter Luke Hochevar has had a pretty good season thus far, aside from one rough inning against the Cleveland Indians.
| Date | Opp | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 7 | LAA | 6.1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2.84 |
| Apr 13 | CLE | 4.0 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 7.84 |
| Apr 20 | TOR | 5.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5.87 |
| Apr 25 | CLE | 6.1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4.98 |
| 21.2 | 20 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 16 | 4.98 |
All seven of those earned runs against the Indians came in the first inning, and he probably would have made it through 5+ innings in that start had he not left the game after getting hit in the left ankle with a line drive. His ankle still isn’t 100%, so we’ll see how many pitches he throws this evening.
