Perhaps it's the thatballdontlie curse? I thought I was being rather fair to the Tigers prior to this game. Either way, it's the 8th inning, and Bobby Seay just gave up a bases-clearing double. Welcome back from injury, Seay. Now go sit down.
What an awful performance from the Tigers. The Twins tried to help them out by commiting three errors. And I can't completely blame Robertson. He ultimately pitched 6 innings with 3 ER. Yet, the clutch hits from the past two games were completely absent. It was the Twins coming through with two outs. The Twins moved runners into scoring position and sacrificed them home. It was all Twins. The Tigers did things like hit into non-standard double plays. Well done. This tells me that, when faced with the opportunity to crush an opponent, the Tigers simply don't have the players.
The magic number remains two. And I thought it would be easy...
Partial spoiler alert:
ReplyDeleteThey remain an exercise in frustration. Probably the most important game of the season...and no Polanco? Casey Fien on the mound? Leland - ejected; Bonderman - ejected; Laird - ejected.
What's goin on over there?
Aint no doubt about it. It WAS the most important game. And tomorrow will be more important, and so on. You better believe that Polly will be back in the lineup.
ReplyDeleteI can sorta understand why Leyland sat him. Polanco did cool off significantly from his hot hitting in Cleveland and Chicago.
But, man... he was missed.