3rd
June
2008
Game 57: Tigers see Wings lose, follow suit
posted in 2008 season, Oakland A's |A’s 3
Tigers 2
Walkoff losses on the west coast: 3 in 7 games
Recap:
- Yes. 3 walkoff losses in less than a week, Tigers fans. Fortunately most people are probably not awake to watch the team choke on the west coast. Unfortunately I was.
- Kenny Rogers pitched great. He allowed just two runs and pitched into the eighth inning.
- Rich Harden was dealing great for the A’s. That the Tigers scored two runs on him was surprising. He finished with 8 strikeouts and allowed just three baserunners in the first five innings.
- Curtis Granderson homered in the sixth to at least make sure there was no shutout.
- Jeff Larish drove in the first run in the same inning with a two-out hit to left, scoring Carlos Guillen. I thought that would be the Tigers’ only run but it wasn’t.
- Daric Barton tied the game for the A’s to lead off the 7th.
- Bobby Seay tried to lose the game in the 8th for the Tigers. After Freddy Dolsi allowed two baserunners, Bobby Seay got an out and walked one to load the bases. He went to a 3-0 count before getting two strikes (batter wasn’t going to swing) and a flyout.
- About that time, the Red Wings lost game 5 in the third overtime.
- Then Detroit’s Francisco Cruceta took the loss, allowing a single to start by Kurt Suzuki the ninth inning. The A’s sacrificed him to second, and Bobby Crosby drove the runner in from second with a hard hit to right-center.
- The Tigers’ game ended 10 minutes after the Wings’.
Analysis:
- Well, that was a MEH ending to a late-evening for Detroit fans.
- I am not shocked by Cruceta struggling in the late innings, although it happened so quickly I don’t know if struggling is even th right term. I’m pretty sure not a lot of other fans were surprised either, judging by some game threads. In case you wonder, he got a blown save in one of the previous west coast walkoffs after blowing it in the eighth inning.
- Of course, as good as Harden was pitching, it was quite likely this game was going to end in a loss anyway.
- Another good pitching performance by the Tigers was wasted though. This is the new theme, strangely. Pitchers do great, hitters abandon them. You can nod to the guy on the mound, and you should, but the fact is, this is happening way too often.
- This lineup is nothing short of disappointing.
- As for 3 walkoff losses, well, it doesn’t really sting much because this team has really led us to expect bad things will happen eventually every game.
It was late, I was falling asleep on the couch, as soon as there was trouble in the 8th I went to bed and told my husband not to wake me and tell me if they lost, only if they won. I couldn’t do another super late night heartbreak…
Of course he still managed to wake me when he came to bed, and give away the news about the Wings.
Now I’m depressed that I gave up last night.
It was late, I was falling asleep on the couch, as soon as there was trouble in the 8th I went to bed and told my husband not to wake me and tell me if they lost, only if they won. I couldn’t do another super late night heartbreak…
Of course he still managed to wake me when he came to bed, and give away the news about the Wings.
Now I feel bad that I gave up last night, despite the loss.
Sorry, that was weird that it posted before I retyped my last sentence… ha ha…
I was still in shock over the Red Wings loss, so I’m glad I didn’t switch over to the Tigers, as it would have sent me over the edge. The edge of what, I’m not sure. But over the edge of something!
A “meh” night indeed. 34.7 SECONDS!!!
Mega Meh.
Bugnuts Meh.
Going to be a weird summer.
Another walk-off loss. Big Meh. But, it is nice to see the Tigers play well to the end. Even if they do lose them all. Figured I could find something positive out of it all. Clete looks great in LF. Granderson is still a human highlight reel. I’m just glad that Crosby didn’t beat us two nights in a row. That would have been just wrong.
Red Wings game-didn’t anyone find it odd that Sykora pointed to the broadcast booth at the end of the second overtime period and predicted that he would make the game-winning shot…and then he did, in the third. That was a called-shot if I’ve ever seen one. What a pompous bastard. But, you gotta hand it to his lucky @#$*.
Fire Paws. It’s over.