Good pitching. Good defense. Six runs scored including no double plays hit into. That gets the Tigers a modest three game winning streak. I’m not back on the bandwagon but it has been a lot easier to watch than the previous eight. Hey, even Joba helped out tonight. He got a big bases loaded strike out to preserve Sanchez’s line to end the eighth.
If Nebraska were around he’d say, ‘we shall see’ and we shall.
The Tigers made it two wins in a row and there were a few things to like. First, they got the series win. Second, they scored six runs after scoring seven the game before and they got the runs off of a good pitcher in Jeff Samardzija. Third, they came from behind after trailing 4-1. Fourth, Simon was solid and Soria closed out the ninth.
What’s not to like? Well, I’m still not on the bandwagon after two wins. The fielding, which looked like it was getting better, looks like it is reverting to prior year form and they are still hitting into too many double plays. However, after an eight game losing streak, I’ll take a series win scoring 13 runs in two games
I’m not jumping back on the band wagon but it’s nice to score some runs and end the eight game losing streak. Given this team’s history, I’m not expecting much offense for another couple of weeks, but at this point I’ll take what I can get.
The Tigers had 18 hits and everybody got in on the fun, including Kinsler who had two.
Price had an impressive night, pitching a complete game and striking out 11.
It’s only one game and for now the Tigers are a game over .500. Let’s see what happens tomorrow.
So they’ve lost seven in a row. This ship is sinking and there are not enough available life boats I’m afraid. Unfortunately, the window of opportunity for this team has closed. Now, Tigers fans, we are stuck with watching over priced, over-the-hill, has-beens, or never-weres, flail away, in futility. Strap yourselves in. This is going to be ugly.
They just keep finding ways to lose.
The Angels completed a four game sweep of the two run Tigers and I don’t have mush to say. I could rail on about Joba being the weak link in the pen but the offense, for about the 30tj time this year, couldn’t score. You just can’t ask that much of any staff.
Well a loss is a loss. But the Tigers didn’t quit after Shane Green threw batting practice for an inning a two thirds. They chipped away and made a game of it And they did manage a week’s worth of offense, six runs on 13 hits, including Kinsler’s first home run of the year. They still couldn’t get the big hit or the big inning but six runs matched what they produced in the previous five games.
Let’s see if they can salvage one tomorrow.
Alex Wilson was smokin balls out of the pen.
Have I mentioned how much I hate attempted steals of third base? In the case of Rajai Davis, however, I can’t complain. Somebody, has to try something. Had he been successful, I couldn’t have complained had he tried to steal home. There is no sense waiting around for something that rarely comes, clutch, a run producing hit.
Watching Yoenis Cespedes hit in the clutch reminds of the Tigers – A’s playoff series. He did nothing against the Tigers then and he’s doing nothing for the Tigers now. He swings as hard as he can on every pitch, every at bat, and hopes he connects. Hope is not a strategy. Kinsler nothing. Castellanos takes strikes and swings at garbage. Even though Miggy is not as good as his numbers, nobody is going to pitch to him. Why would they? There is nobody else that is even going to have a good at bat.
Five road games, six runs scored.
Sanchez look good for a change. But pitching isn’t the problem is it.
I’m not sure what to say other than, I hate them. I’m tired of watching them. They have scored six runs in four games on this road trip. Granted they weren’t going to win this game giving up 12 runs but six runs scored in four games? Here are some observations:
Miggy doesn’t look as good as his numbers suggest. He rarely seems to drive in meaningful runs, with two-outs and the game close.
Nobody else, besides, Gose and Davis seem like they have a chance of reaching base.
Cespedes didn’t hustle after the ball hit in the corner in the fifth.
For a few innings I thought Farmer was going to settle in.
It has become very hard to watch this team every day. They seem like they don’t care. I need a few weeks off.
So you score four runs in three games and win two of three. What does that tell you. First, your pitching is really good. Second, your hitting is really bad. Yes, I’m stating the obvious. Yes, I’ve been saying the same thing for three years. Yes, both are true. The bad news is that I don’t expect the offense to be much better in Anaheim where the offense is traditionally horrible. I’ll take the series win, and hope, which Nebraska informs me is not a strategy, for the best, but I’m out of options.
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