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| "I know darn well that this is not what I was paying that big money to Luigi for - he must be on the take more than I thought......" |
When the Chicago White Sox came into the Motor City last Friday they were 5½ games out of first and looking to spoil the Tigers' party. Boy, did they ever get this series wrong. Detroit had already won Friday 8-1, then came back from 8-1 down to rally Saturday and then Sunday night they were leading 22-0 at the top of the 9th inning and finally gave up 2 mercy runs to a confused bunch of Chicago players. Now the White Sox are 8½ games out and worrying more about getting a tee time than seeing any part of the post-season. According to Baseball Prospectus.com - Chicago now has only a 3.1% chance of making the playoffs, and that's only if the Tigers implode.
Max Scherzer pitched some of his career best ball Sunday night, and the prevailing mood must have been contagious. In fact, the entire starting lineup had at least 1 hit, and the pinch-hitters (3) and designated hitter were the only ones without. The Tigers had a season-best 24 hits overall. Scherzer struck out the side in the 3rd and had 7 scoreless innings giving up only 5 hits and walking none.
Let's talk about RBI's. Miguel Cabrera was hurt scoring on a slide in the 6th, already having 4 to his credit, and then Andy Dirks came in and proceeded to get 4 of his own after that. Jhonny Peralta went 2 for 4 and had 3. Alex Avila had 4 hits - a career high - and had 2 RBI's. We wonder what the score would have been if the Tigers had not left 23 men on base!!
This was the 2nd biggest blowout of the MLB season. Michael Rosenberg of the Free Press® said," In the 6th inning the White Sox lobbied to have the game called on account of lightning, and there wasn't any. " Ha!!
It's a quick trip to Progressive Field in Cleveland for Detroit Monday afternoon and they start a 3 game series against the Indians who are in 2nd place 6½ games back. Doug Fister will be on the mound for the Tigers going against Ubaldo Jimenez, and we'll be here at CUBS' AC because today is LABOR DAY and we are going to have some fun!! Watch the game with us on the big screens and take a bite out of our new sensational burger, The Wolverine.
The Tigers magic Number is now №18.
GO BLUE!! GO TIGERS!!
Apologies to Franco-American and Ozzie Guillen. Not!
Let's talk about RBI's. Miguel Cabrera was hurt scoring on a slide in the 6th, already having 4 to his credit, and then Andy Dirks came in and proceeded to get 4 of his own after that. Jhonny Peralta went 2 for 4 and had 3. Alex Avila had 4 hits - a career high - and had 2 RBI's. We wonder what the score would have been if the Tigers had not left 23 men on base!!
This was the 2nd biggest blowout of the MLB season. Michael Rosenberg of the Free Press® said," In the 6th inning the White Sox lobbied to have the game called on account of lightning, and there wasn't any. " Ha!!
It's a quick trip to Progressive Field in Cleveland for Detroit Monday afternoon and they start a 3 game series against the Indians who are in 2nd place 6½ games back. Doug Fister will be on the mound for the Tigers going against Ubaldo Jimenez, and we'll be here at CUBS' AC because today is LABOR DAY and we are going to have some fun!! Watch the game with us on the big screens and take a bite out of our new sensational burger, The Wolverine.
The Tigers magic Number is now №18.
GO BLUE!! GO TIGERS!!
Apologies to Franco-American and Ozzie Guillen. Not!
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