DeTrOiT TiGeRs BaSeBaLL

Dont look now, but the Tigers are only up by 2.5 over the Royals. Gotta beat them Blue Jays.

Friday 8/8 7:07pm
Anibal Sanchez (R)
@ Blue Jays - R.A. Dickey (R)
1. Rajai Davis (R) CF
2. Ian Kinsler (R) 2B
3. Miguel Cabrera (R) 1B
4. Victor Martinez (S) DH
5. Torii Hunter (R) RF
6. J.D. Martinez (R) LF
7. Alex Avila (L) C
8. Nick Castellanos (R) 3B
9. Eugenio Suarez (R) SS

1. Jose Reyes (S) SS
2. Melky Cabrera (S) LF
3. Jose Bautista (R) RF
4. Dioner Navarro (S) DH
5. Danny Valencia (R) 1B
6. Colby Rasmus (L) CF
7. Munenori Kawasaki (L) 3B
8. Josh Thole (L) C
9. Ryan Goins (L) 2B

 

Tigers have now gone 19 innings without scoring a run.

 

Jinxed them. They scored twice. 4-2, Jays.

 

Sanchez leaves game with some kind of injury in the 5th inning. Hardy in relief.

 

Sanchez left tonight's game with a right pectoralis strain. He will be further evaluated tomorrow.

 

Nick C. ties it in the 9th with a 2-run blast.

Suarez goes deep...back-to-back, 5-4 Tigers in the 9th.

 

Tigers win it, 5-4. Nathan scared me.

 

We don't call him 'Nitro' for nothing.

 

http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2014_08_08_detmlb_tormlb_1&mode=recap_away&c_id=det

Games like this show that winning baseball is a total team effort.

 

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article/det...md=20140808&content_id=88661898&vkey=news_det

To go far in the playoffs, a team needs quality starting pitching. In general, this pitching could be provided by not only quality pitchers but average pitchers that get hot. For the Tigers, they have now 5 quality starting pitchers. Projecting a Tigers postseason, they will most likely be able to field 4 quality starters.

What worries me are the silent bats (which I have seen in the last two Tiger World Series) and middle / long relief. Nitro is starting to become more reliable - yet he doesn't make it easy on the fans.

 

Saturday 8/9 1:07pm
Max Scherzer (R)
@ Blue Jays - Marcus Stroman (R)
1. Rajai Davis (R) CF
2. Ian Kinsler (R) 2B
3. Miguel Cabrera (R) 1B
4. Victor Martinez (S) DH
5. Torii Hunter (R) RF
6. J.D. Martinez (R) LF
7. Nick Castellanos (R) 3B
8. Bryan Holaday (R) C
9. Eugenio Suarez (R) SS

1. Jose Reyes (S) SS
2. Melky Cabrera (S) LF
3. Jose Bautista (R) RF
4. Dioner Navarro (S) C
5. Colby Rasmus (L) DH
6. Juan Francisco (L) 1B
7. Munenori Kawasaki (L) 3B
8. Ryan Goins (L) 2B
9. Anthony Gose (L) CF

Game #114... time is a fly'n

 

Get Max some runs...he's pitching great.

 

Soria exits. Joba in. Looks like another injury of some sort.



Update; Joakim Soria left today's game with a left side strain. He will be reevaluated tomorrow.

 

Toronto ties it in the 9th, wins it in the 10th...bloody hell!

 

Alright, Alright...I knew that I shouldn't have written that. *WALL*

 

The bull pen, lack of hitting... I dont know whats going on. This is strange as hell.

...and here come the Royals!

 

This hurts...really hurts.

 

Sunday 8/10 1:07pm
David Price (L)
@ Blue Jays - Mark Buehrle (L)
1. Rajai Davis (R) CF
2. Ian Kinsler (R) 2B
3. Miguel Cabrera (R) 1B
4. Victor Martinez (S) DH
5. Torii Hunter (R) RF
6. J.D. Martinez (R) LF
7. Nick Castellanos (R) 3B
8. Alex Avila (L) C
9. Andrew Romine (S) SS

1. Jose Reyes (S) SS
2. Melky Cabrera (S) LF
3. Jose Bautista (R) RF
4. Danny Valencia (R) 1B
5. Dioner Navarro (S) C
6. Nolan Reimold (R) DH
7. Steve Tolleson (R) 3B
8. Colby Rasmus (L) CF
9. Ryan Goins (L) 2B