Game 159: Bad start dooms Tigers
posted in The Stretch Run, Toronto Blue Jays |It was messy. Two errors before one out was recorded. And that was from guys who’ll be starting in the playoffs! Kenny Rogers just struggled today and Detroit fell behind, 7-0, before falling, 8-7.
While something could be said of the lineup, it was not the problem. Detroit scored 6. It’s a day game after a night game. Magglio had a back spasm two days ago. Polanco was injured. Thames had a cold. Today’s win doesn’t matter nearly as much as a win Tuesday. So, pennant race or not, it simply wasn’t a must win game and Leyland didn’t treat it as one.
I think the Tigers take two from the Royals, the White Sox take one from the Twins, and Detroit wins the division. But it doesn’t matter other than the right to wave a flag and buy a T-shirt. As Drew Sharp pointed out, the team with the home field advantage wins 50% of the time. Not much advantage in that. Actually, as bad as Detroit seems to play in day games, maybe we can get some nighttime advantage out of having them as an opponent!
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