Minnesota Twins vs Detroit Tigers Live Streaming
Friday, July 9, 2010
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7:05 pm EDT Fri Jul 9, 2010
The Detroit Tigers have lost six of their nine meetings with the Minnesota Twins this season, but they have to like their chances this weekend at home, especially if one of the league’s best hitters isn’t at full strength. Justin Verlander takes the mound for the AL Central leaders Friday when they open a three-game series against the Twins, who may be without Justin Morneau. Detroit has won five of six on its homestand to improve its home record to an AL-best 30-12. The Tigers lead second-place Chicago by one-half game and are two in front of Minnesota. The Tigers are coming off a three-game sweep of Baltimore, concluding with a 4-2 win Wednesday. Miguel Cabrera extended his hitting streak to 16 games. He’s batting .467 with 13 RBIs in his last 12 games, with nine of his 21 hits in that span going for extra bases.
This series could feature two of the AL’s leading hitters in Cabrera and Morneau, although the latter sat out an 8-1 loss to Toronto on Thursday because of a mild concussion after he was accidentally kneed in the head the previous night. Morneau, who has 18 homers and 56 RBIs this season, has batted .360 in seven games against the Tigers. Gardenhire’s club could certainly use Morneau’s bat against Verlander, who has a 1.81 ERA in his last seven home starts. The right-hander gave up one run and struck out 10 in seven innings of a 6-1 win over Seattle on Saturday - his fifth victory in six starts overall. Verlander lost to Minnesota at home on April 27, giving up one unearned run and four hits in 5 2-3 innings of a 2-0 defeat. Morneau is 9 for 33 against Verlander, but has four doubles and two home runs in their matchups. The Twins, who led the division by 4 1/2 games less than a month ago, have lost 11 of 16 including two of three at Toronto this week.
