OT: Tigers vs. Diamondbacks
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.