The lineup is the same for Game 2 as for Game 1. As for the weather, it looks like the rain should pass by to the north. It’ll be cold, but this game should get in.

One thing that got lost in the return of the Tigers’ struggling lineup and Verlander’s bad pitch to Albert Pujols: Brandon Inge’s double-error that helped the Cards break the game open.

Many of Inge’s errors are decisions more than plays. He can get too aggressive, tries to make a play that he probably can’t and pays for it. Though he has tempered that aggressiveness pretty well since the summer, he was thinking immediately about the lead out when he grabbed a hold of Juan Encarnacion’s bouncer, because the Tigers couldn’t afford to give up any more runs. The rushed throw followed.

As for the interference call that allowed Scott Rolen to score, Inge said he thought he was far enough away that he wasn’t in the runner’s path. "It’s a smart play," Inge said. "I’m not saying it in a mean way, or that he tried to hurt me. It was a smart play on his part."