2012 Rockies Game #65: Jeremy Guthrie vs. Max Scherzer

Colorado Rockies Purple Row
@ Detroit Tigers Bless You Boys

Sunday, Jun 17, 2012, 11:05 AM MDT
Comerica Park

Jeremy Guthrie vs Max Scherzer

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Jeremy Guthrie

#15 / Pitcher / Colorado Rockies

Height: 6-1

Weight: 205

Bats: R

Throws: R

Born: Apr 08, 1979

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	W-L	ERA	WHIP	K	BB
2012 - Jeremy Guthrie	3-5	6.91	1.75	28	21

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Max Scherzer

#37 / Pitcher / Detroit Tigers

Height: 6-3

Weight: 220

Bats: R

Throws: R

Born: Jul 27, 1984

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	W-L	ERA	WHIP	K	BB
2012 - Max Scherzer	5-4	5.76	1.59	88	29

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Partly cloudy,rain. Winds blowing from right to left field at 10-15 m.p.h. Game time temperature around 80.

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We all know how bad Jeremy Guthrie has been this season, but his road numbers provide a small sliver of hope (4.23 ERA). However, a lot of that is in direct correlation to BABIP, as a lot of the peripherals have been similar. Being a flyball pitcher doesn't bode well against guys like Prince Fielder and Miguel Cabrera, but Comerica is a fairly large park, so who knows. That's the point of the three sentences of drivel I just wrote - we don't know anything about anything. Max Scherzer leading all qualified AL pitchers in K/9 but having a 5.76 ERA is just more proof of that.

So, while the odds are certainly not in their favor, the Rockies could still pull off an unexpected series victory with a win today. It doesn't have to be pretty, it just has to happen. 'Shit happening' is what makes baseball so great.

Lineups after the jump...

Rockies:

1. Eric Young (S) CF

2. Marco Scutaro (R) SS

3. Carlos Gonzalez (L) LF

4. Michael Cuddyer (R) RF

5. Jason Giambi (L) DH

6. Tyler Colvin (L) 1B

7. Jordan Pacheco (R) 3B

8. Chris Nelson (R) 2B

9. Wil Nieves (R) C

Tigers:

1. Austin Jackson (R) CF

2. Quintin Berry (L) LF

3. Miguel Cabrera (R) DH

4. Prince Fielder (L) 1B

5. Brennan Boesch (L) RF

6. Jhonny Peralta (R) SS

7. Ramon Santiago (S) 2B

8. Don Kelly (L) 3B

9. Gerald Laird (R) C