How can a single team...any team...have four 2-1 losses in a span of five games???
Is this even possible? Even legal? In the 6 games since the All Star break, The Tigers have scored the following runs: 3, 1, 1, 9, 1, 1. Record in that span: 1-5 with the only win being the only game they scored over 3 runs. Suffice to say...actually a major understatement to say that the pitching has been solid-to-outstanding and the offense has been bad-to-horrible-to-embarrassingly pathetic.
Does not matter who pitches, they have all been dealing good stuff. Does not matter the lineup that Leyland cobbles together, they have all sucked at the plate lately. They are now .001 percentage point ahead of the White Sox. They start a 4 game series against that team beginning with a double header today. JV pitches the opener, which they must win. Eddie Bonine pitches the nightcap.
Huge series? Yes. But, what they do in terms of shoring up the lineup and offense is more important than these four games. Even if they got swept, they would only be 4 games out and if they could get Matt Holliday or some other corner outfielder who can hit, I would still like their chances of winning the AL Central.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment