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When the top 5 hitters[sic] in your lineup go 0-17 and you still win the game, thank your pitchers and your lucky stars.

Joe bellyaching about another fringe player that would have never made the team if not for an injury.

Must be spring.......

Must be. But right now the fringe player looks like Bourn. I hope Bourn, Swisher, and Santana get their acts together real soon.

I would shake up the lineup for the time being and drop Bourn, Santana and Cabrera down. Not permanently, just to take off some top or mid-lineup pressure. Although Cabrera since about mid 2013 has been consistently quite bad offensively (except for a couple September weeks when he racked up homers and RBI). I'd like to hit Brantley at the top of the order. Also in the middle of the order.

It still irks me to remember Cabrera's performance in our playoff game with the Rays last fall.

Brantley leading off is a very good idea!

Anybody know why Aviles replaced Kipnis at 2B?

Kipnis got ejected arguing balls and strikes is the short version.

Brantley is absolutely amazing. Another 2 out, 2 run single for this guy. Off Verlander no less.

Salazar 47 pitches after 4 innings?? Misprint??

THank you TFIR. Glad it was not an injury.

Me and my big mouth. Salazar walks the first 2 guys in the fifth.

Boy does it cost him! 3 run homer by Kinsler.

I checked in just at the wrong time.

Salazar out of there with another 4 2/3 inning start, 5 runs, 6 hits, 3 walks, 2 strikeouts.
It would not be a terrible thing if he were to spend some time in Columbus. He only has 59 innings of AAA experience, most of pitchers go back down to work things out. Kluber and McAllister and obviously Bauer did not stay up forever after their first work in the big leagues.

Lee makes a mess for himself in the 6h. With one away he hits Davis; commits error on pickoff attempting moving him to third; and then Tiger Star of the Day Kinsler singles him in.