Game 134: Goodbye August, Tigs fall
posted in New York Yankees |Well, Detroit lost 6-4. I got annoyed during the game with the way the Yankees kept getting bloops, the defense allowed things they should have gotten to, Neifi Perez stinking and the umpire having a small strike zone. I hope the players kept a bit cooler than me, but it appears Jim Leyland didn’t. Fortunately I had to leave for work in the sixth inning.
Just a short recap of my thoughts:
Jeremy Bonderman got hit a lot, that he only gave up four runs is a testement to Bonderman given the offense he faced. Not that he did perfect by any means, but he didn’t do too bad. New York really did get on base a lot during the series but didn’t come away with runs much at all. The Yankees crossed six runs on 14 hits. That many hits with a few walks, that was a problem for Bondo. But he didn’t let it get out of hand. In contrast, Detroit scored four runs on five hits.
Why must Neifi play! why!!! Why must Thames play behind Young? Why!!
Monroe is my Tiger.
I thought the batters did, while not a perfect job, a good enough one when you consider Randy Johnson was on the mound. Same thing goes for against Wang yesterday. As Bilfer pointed out, the pitches per plate appearance ranked with the Yankees. It may not have turned out as we’d have liked, but that was Yankee Stadium and the home team does do pretty well when it’s there.
I expected a win at Yankee Stadium. I got it. I didn’t expect MN to lose two games at home to KC. They did. And I still think Chicago has the toughest road ahead. I don’t enjoy losing one bit, but it certainly wasn’t a bad series, it just didn’t turn out.
Danny Knobler isn’t too concerned over August. I’ll have my monthly Q&A in the afternoon. My thought right now is the Tigers didn’t have to lose that many games. On the other hand, it could have been worse and wasn’t all doom and gloom.
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