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Originally Posted by mikhail1973  Tigers offense finally woke up and the team on the strength of the 6-run eighth wins it 11-9. The Tigers put up 16 hits with only 1 strikeout. Maybe this comeback gets the team jump-started. Pitching wasn't great again, aided by poor defense, which is worrisome. |
Good comeback as the Tigers were actually down 9-4 going into the bottom of the 7th and heading for loss number 11. Did Leyland replay his yelling speech during the 7th inning stretch?? Good first win in front of the home town fans.. How many of the 32000 fans were still to witness the 8th inning comeback?
11 runs is what some expected from this team and they needed everyone of them today to pull out the victory. But giving up 7 runs on Saturday, 11 on Sunday and 9 tonight is not going to win many games even if the batters were hitting .300!!
Despite the dismal showing in the first dozen games, the tigs are only five back of first place and the two leaders got most of their wins off the Tigers....so there is hope