Game 14 : Record 8-6

Verlander still struggling, but the offense bails him out.

Large, huge, massive win on the left coast last night. It did not look good for most of the night as Justin gave up 7 runs in only 5 innings pitched. His final line: 5.0IP, 9 H, 7 ER, 2 BB, 5 SO. He had to throw 104 pitches just to get through the 5th, which is very similar to what Armando did the previous night. The difference is that Armando only gave up 3 runs versus 7 by Justin. All of the runs he allowed were scored as earned runs, but that is somewhat ridiculous. There were two horrible misplays by Ryan Raburn in RF. Ryan was just called up after the Tigers put Marcus Thames on the DL. He looked horrible, absolutely horrible in the field last night and it cost the Tigers a few runs. I know he is a better fielder than what he showed, because we saw him play pretty good defense last year, but he had a forgettable night.

On the plus side, Curtis & Brandon both went deep and Magglio had 3 hits. Even little Adam Everett had 3 hits in his return to the lineup.

Grades for last night:

Pitching: D+. Not a single pitcher had a clean line last night. Even Fernando struggled at the back end of the bullpen.

Defense: C. Those misplays by Raburn could have cost the team a win.

Offense: A+. Sometimes you can get away with outscoring your opponent. They won't win many games 12-10, but we'll take it when they do.