OT Tigers end of season stretch

Submitted by Rodriguesqe on

Do we still have time for one more Tiger thread? The season got interesting again recently. The Tigers got hot, then went into a deathspiral with seemingly half the team going on the DL. Somehow, they survived, are getting healthy, and the Tribe can hear some Cabrerra sized footsteps.

This year has been endlessly frustrating, but its pretty cool seeing Verlander back to form anchoring a rotation featuring seemingly three stud rookie pitchers. We all know about Fullmer, but Boyd had really come on strong, and oh yea, don't forget that Norris was the top dog before the the season which has been slowed with injuries. He's pitching ok too.

Fullmer had his first bad start since May last start and we need a return to form. Not just for the team, but he should be a stone cold lock to win rookie of the year. But the Yankees have a 23 year old of their own who just hit his 11th homerun in just 20 games. He's the toast of baseball and playing in New York he could steal the ROY vote even only playing 50 some games.

It will be a long time before I don't enjoy beating up on the Angels.

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BornInAA

August 27th, 2016 at 7:37 PM ^

Out of the 30 games left 7 are against bottom dweller  Minn and 7 are against Cleveland which they are 4.5 behind.

So their fate are in their hands, no excuses.

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mGrowOld

August 27th, 2016 at 7:39 PM ^

The tribe have a brutal schedule to end the season. Four in Detroit and then three in KC. If they aren't up by 7 or more when they hit that I fear you could be right and either the Tigers or the Royals might catch them.

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Michology 101

August 27th, 2016 at 7:52 PM ^

It would be nice if Cleveland lost their next two games in Texas. I was hoping Texas would sweep all four games. The Indians are real good at home. If they also manage to win a decent amount of tough road games, then we probably won't catch them. Though a wildcard spot is still a good possibility for the Tigers.

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WMUgoblue

August 27th, 2016 at 8:03 PM ^

They've got to continue to beat up on the bad teams they have coming up, Fulmer looks a tad erratic today so the bats are going to need to back him up.

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dh32

August 27th, 2016 at 8:42 PM ^

Very nice also to see Verlander having a vintage year and a glimpse into the future with guys like Fulmer and Boyd showing great potential.

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Tunneler

August 27th, 2016 at 8:48 PM ^

on this team for a long while now.  He had a bad day today...  Just made himself look bad arguing that called strike, getting tossed from the game & calling the ump every name in the book.  Victor is better than that.  

 

Before that Miggy took 3 straight strikes & complained.  

McCann was the only one with a reason to bitch.

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Mr. Elbel

August 27th, 2016 at 8:57 PM ^

got a score update on my phone a little bit ago. I knew they were playing LAA but for some reason I saw BAL 20; DET 3 and had a mini freak out before I saw it said 'halftime' at the bottom. that was scary.

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Ronnie Kaye

August 28th, 2016 at 12:24 AM ^

Fulmer's stuff looked poor tonight. Tigers have not been cautious with the rookie arm and he is hitting a wall. Inevitable. 

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Muttley

August 28th, 2016 at 3:33 AM ^

It didn't look too promising after the Tigers had fallen to five games over .500, but they're back in contention.  There's a whole pack of teams in competition for the two wildcard spots.

 

Central W L PCT GB HOME ROAD RS RA DIFF STRK L10
Cleveland Indians 73 55 .570 - 39-23 34-32 631 542 +89 L1 5-5
Detroit Tigers 69 60 .535 4.5 36-27 33-33 602 579 +23 L1 6-4
Kansas City Royals 67 62 .519 6.5 40-21 27-41 510 534 -24 L1 8-2
AL Wildcard W L PCT GB HOME ROAD RS RA DIFF STRK L10
Boston Red Sox 72 57 .558 +2 39-28 33-29 700 579 +121 W1 5-5
Baltimore Orioles 70 59 .543 - 42-22 28-37 610 604 +6 L3 4-6
Detroit Tigers 69 60 .535 1 36-27 33-33 602 579 +23 L1 6-4
Houston Astros 68 61 .527 2 36-28 32-33 589 541 +48 W3 7-3
Seattle Mariners 68 61 .527 2 36-28 32-33 599 560 +39 L1 4-6
New York Yankees 67 61 .523 2.5 37-27 30-34 552 556 -4 W4 6-4
Kansas City Royals 67 62 .519 3 40-21 27-41 510 534 -24 L1 8-2

 

 

 

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MGoBender

August 28th, 2016 at 10:40 AM ^

Last night was a missed opportunity, but win today and the Tigers are still looking really, really good.

Anibal Sanchez and Tyler Skaggs today.  Tigers needs to put 6 runs up and handle the game offensively. With a little luck, they'll go into Monday's ChiSox series tied for the Wild Card and/or a game closer to Cleveland.

The Cleveland series matchups look pretty good for us:

Boyd (1.21 WHIP) vs. Shields (1.61 WHIP)

Norris (1.59 WHIP) vs. Ranaudo (1.63 WHIP)

Sale vs. Verlander

 

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Rodriguesqe

August 28th, 2016 at 3:29 PM ^

Losing a series to a team 20 games under 500 hundred at home when and getting shutdown by 2 pitchers with ERAs 5+ will haunt the Tigers. 

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