PREGAME: The Tigers finish up their 9 game western swing with a matinee in Anaheim. By all accounts it has been a successful roadtrip with the team sitting at 6-2. Mike Maroth will be on the mound for Detroit and John Lackey will be pitching for the Angels.
POSTGAME: So Detroit is coming home 6-3 from the road trip. Without looking it up, it is the most successful west coast trip in recent memory for this team. It also brings their record against the AL West to 9-4.
The game was pretty sloppy for the Tigers, with all of the runs coming after a couple errors. It also featured 8 Tiger strikeouts, which is becoming problematic. However, I don’t think it was a give-a-way on get-a-way day type situation this time. Without seeing the game, it sounded like the Tigers were taking decent approaches at the plate drawing 5 walks. To me it seems like a team that is probably a little worn out on the last day of a long road trip.
I’ll have the series wrap tomorrow.
Win today would be great. Who would have thought 7-2 would be within reach on this road trip?
I’m very encouraged by the results of last night’s game. I’ve been thinking that, early in this season, Bonderman and Ordonez have been the two big question marks. Neither got off to a great start, but both came through bit last night.
We don’t need Bonderman to be a #1 ace, but we need him to be a consistent above-.500 pitcher. And we don’t need Ordonez to hit 40 HR, but we need him to be a legitimate clean-up hitter.
Looks like the only guys that mattered were happy with a 6-3 trip. Two shut-outs in 3 games, not many teams can pull that off.
We need to start hitting better.
I’m guessing this set against the Twins at Comerica is going to be a real barnurner.
Who’s going to some games?