Toronto Blue Jays at Detroit Tigers
Thursday, April 5, 2007
By Cory Smith
Apparently rain and lightning aren’t the only things that can prevent a scheduled game of baseball. Light flurries and a temperature of 27 degrees, combined with high winds reaching 32 miles per hour created a wind chill of 14 degrees, which acted as the sole motive in today's cancellation.
The game has been rescheduled for September 10th at 7:05 pm. ET at Comerica Park.
Justin Verlander will move back a day in the rotation, pitching at Kansas City on Friday, April 6 at 8:10 p.m. ET. Jeremy Bonderman has been moved up in the rotation, and will pitch the series finale against Kansas City on Sunday, April 8 at 2:10 p.m. EST. Sandwiched in-between is Mike Maroth, who will pitch Saturday, April 7 against the Royals at 2:10 p.m. EST.
Chad Durbin, who is replacing the Injured Kenny Rogers, will make his season debut for the Tigers (1-1) in the series opener in Baltimore against the Orioles (0-3) on Monday, April 9 at 3:05 p.m. ET.
Kansas City (1-2) is coming off a three-game series against the Boston Red Sox (2-1). More importantly, Kansas City lost 4-1 today, after Daisuke Matsuzaka tallied up 10 strikeouts in seven innings in his MLB debut with the Red Sox.
In Verlander’s short career, he has held the current Royals lineup to a combined batting average of .205. The Tigers went 14-1 against the Royals last season before losing their last three games of the season to finish 14-4 against them overall. At Ewing M. Kauffman Stadium the Tigers were a perfect 9-0 in 2006.
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