Thursday Thames gets start versus Royals

Here’s the full Tigers lineup: Renteria, SS
Polanco, 2B
Sheffield, DH
Ordonez,Oakland Athletics Hats Sale, RF
Cabrera, 3B
Guillen, 1B
Rodriguez, C
Thames, LF
Inge, CF
And for the first-place Kansas City Royals: Joey Gathright, CF
Mark Grudzielanek, 2B
Alex Gordon, 3B
Jose Guillen,Impressive Comeback,NBA Hats, RF
Billy Butler, DH
Mark Teahen, LF
Ross Gload, 1B
John Buck, C
T.J. Pena, SS
He’s starting in LF in place of Jacque Jones. Leyland emphasized this morning that it had nothing to do with Jones’ performance, that he wanted to get Thames a start before the Tigers faced their first left-handed starter this season, which will be White Sox ace Mark Buehrle on Sunday night.