The final nail?
posted in 2007 season, Cleveland Indians |Cleveland 7, Detroit 4
The Tigers dropped another game, giving up four home runs along the way. I hesitate to really call this the final nail in the Tigers’ coffin. There’s probably other nails. Maybe even a nail in the final game of the Cleveland series. In any case, what we know if the hometown nine is toasted. These game threads take on less and less importance as the games mean less and there’s not enough season left to really analyze anything but what went on. I’ll do that and more in October. But until then, I’ll keep up with game threads as much as possible.
Detroit led 1-0. Then 4-1. Then never again. Every inning Detroit got on the board, Cleveland duplicated the number in the lower half of it. All seven runs were charged to Verlander.
Bright spots? I guess. Ramon Santiago (starting SS next year? Who knows. I’ll discuss that too!) had three hits and a stolen base. He also had a two-out RBI. Placi and Sheffield had two hits.
Carlos Guillen was caught stealing for the 8th time. Just interesting to note. Pudge left six runners on base. Grandy left five. The Tigers stranded 11. Adding up individually though, the player left 20. Contrast this with Cleveland stranding 5 if you wish.
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