The Tigers rarely make things easy on themselves, and yet, here they are, one game away from consecutive AL Central titles. Anibal Sanchez pretty much picked up right where he left off in his last start. He wasn’t quite as dominant and had to pitch out of a few jams, but he got tough when [...]
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Anibal Sanchez is coming off his best start as a Tiger, if not one of the best starts of his career, a complete-game three-hit shutout against the Royals where he struck out ten and only walked one. It goes without saying that he had all of his pitches working for him, though his slider was [...]
It wasn’t easy, though it should have been. It wasn’t pretty, though it was for most of the game. At least until that infernal bottom of the eighth inning. And, in spite of all that—the drama in the eighth inning, the specter of Phil Coke warming up in the bullpen in the ninth while closer [...]
Most Valuable Tiger: Justin Verlander, .420 WPA Least Valuable Tiger: Joaquín Benoit, -.095 WPA Most Valuable Twin: Brian Duensing, .061 WPA Least Valuable Twin: Justin Morneau, -.168 WPA
The Tigers’ division lead is down to one as Justin Verlander takes on P.J. “Cy” Walters and the Twins. Lineups after the jump
Going in to this series, I wasn’t really expecting the Tigers to sweep (even though they have done well at Target Field this year, going 5-1 so far), and of the three games, I thought that this one was the game they were most likely to lose, so the fact that they lost doesn’t really [...]
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Hello friends, I am back. You may have noticed that I was busy with a small tweak to my other site. Since the last time I posted anything on this blog, the Tigers are 9-5 and have gained three games on the Chicago White Sox. Maybe I should have stayed away… Tonight’s lineups are after [...]
The Tigers are in first place and it’s up to Doug Fister to not fester in Thursday’s matinee. Brooms and breathing room. Lineups after the jump.
After throwing 86 pitches in five-plus innings in his start on Sunday, Max Scherzer has suffered a set back with his right shoulder and may will have to miss his next start, currently scheduled for Friday. Scherzer says he was 100-percent for his last start, but after he threw a bullpen on Tuesday, his shoulder tightened [...]
