They call him Freeway Ricky and he was smokin balls tonight.
Well, actually, I’m the only one that calls him Freeway Ricky but he did smoke balls tonight. Porcello threw the fourth complete game of his career and his third complete game shutout this season. He allowed only three base runners and at one point retired 20 straight. The most impressive stat, however, is that Freeway Ricky needed only 104 pitches to get the job done.
On the offensive side, Victor drove in five of the six Tigers runs, four on a grand slam in the seventh. He looked terrible yesterday but Vmart looked good tonight.
Ok, Miggy is hurt and he has almost no power. That’s fine. I don’t expect him to find his power this year and perhaps he’ll never have the kind of power we saw from him in the past. But the thing that was driving me crazy about him was the strike outs and lack of walks. It looks like he’s figured the walk part out. There is a lot to be said for getting on base.
Finally, this was the best I’ve seen the bullpen pitch since Ricky’s last complete game. If they keep it up the biggest hole in the SS Tigers has been plugged.
One more thing, up yours Nathan you shit bird!
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I agree 100% about the pen with a 3 man rotation we are going…..
Good to see RP bounce back after that disaster last Friday.. He is on his way to a promising career.. As for Miggy, I’m not sure he’s figured out the walk, but obviously Madden has lost his mind by pitching around him.. Every other team so far this season has gone right after Miggy with great success.. I like Madden a lot, but he is over managing this series.. Good win but I’m still not convinced.