Tigers extend winning streak to 3 in a low hitting affair in Oakland beating the A's 3-0. Both starting pitchers were decent, with Phil Coke pitching a good seven innings to pick up his 1st victory of the season However, the A's pitchers gave up 11 walks including a couple in the 8th inning when the Tigers got two insurance runs to secure the victory. At 6-7, the Tigers would have to sweep the A's this weekend to start the next series over .500.
OK, the top of the order avg= ~<.200 the bottom of the lineup hits ~>.250 How long will Leland take to fix the rotation ?
You were complaining about Leyland. I wondered what lineup you would use if you were the Tigers manager. Let's see it.
7. Magglio Ordonez DH411100010.190 4. Miguel Cabrera 1B522120000.338 ------ 2. Alex Avila C413201001.327 9. Brandon Ainge .205 8. Austin Jackson CF512000000.177 10. Will Rhymes 2B300000010.196 ----- 1. Brennan Boesch RF311010011.338 5. Casper Wells RF100000000.269 6. Ryan Raburn LF312300010.261 3. Jhonny Peralta SS512100000.275 ------------ Sorry about the mess.
Nice effort. I don't think Casper Wells would give Cabrera the protection he would need at the #5 position. Cabrera is seeing a lot of good pitches right now because Boesch is hitting so well behind him. Maglio at the #7 spot? He's a slow starter. He'll come around....I hope.
Looks like its time to find another starting lefty and return Coke to the bullpen. Dude can't pitch more than 5 innings without losing his stuff. He gave up 7 ER in 5 innings today
Can't blame pitching on the loss completely. I saw the game and Rayburn turned his glove into a tennis racket and swatted a sure out into a HR... Yahoo! Sports Minute
Listening to the Tigers on the radio. The pitcher for Seattle, Pineda, has struck out the first 4 Tigers.
The offense is struggling...9 K's by Pineda as Jackson, Ordonez and Avila have all fanned twice each. What started as a good week with the sweep of the Chisux, could be a downer if they get swept by the Mariners
Tigers sweep the Sox to the tune of 21-3 and then get swept by the Mairiners with a 24-6 run beatdown...' Should have saved some of the runs over the weekend for the midweek effort... Back to under .500 and the teams in their division are playing dead too....
