Dontrelle looks about the same, but this time it actually benefits the Tigers.
Maybe Dontrelle just has an aversion to olde English D's. He was fine for the D-backs his previous 2 starts.
Inge!!! My man!
Just in time for Valverde to come in and wrap up.
Just had a huge storm come through Ann Arbor...hopefully they can get this game done before that gets to the D.
Gotta love the MLB schedule-makers. While the Tigers get their third crappy NL opponent in a row, Minnesota has to play (and just lost to) Philly. Wrap this up and the Tigers will only be a half-game out.
The schedule has been crazy for Detroit/Minn.
Detroit gets to play a HS team in the Pirates, Nats team w/o facing Strasburg, and a reeling Arizona team. But hey, they are doing what they are supposed to do and beat up on bad teams.
Minn played Braves, Rockies, Phillies. All 3 should be fighting for playoff spots at the end of the year.
Next week and a 1/2 should be interesting. Twins play Mets, Brewers, Tigers. Tigers play Mets, Braves, Twins.
Should we be encouraged that Coke is now 5-0, or be concerned that we have had to get 5 wins from a middle reliever?
...get their seventh straight win and now stand 0.5 GB of the Twins.
I wouldn't worry about the middle reliever's win total, or too many of the relievers for that matter. In 1984 Aurilio Lopez went 10-1 and Willie Hernandez (he was Willie then, and not Guillermo) went 9-3, and they were at the back end of the bullpen. That's 19-4 out of the setup guy and closer, plus Willie snuck in 32 saves. Senor Smoke had 14 more.
Nice data. Thanks.