4th June 2008

Game 58: West Coast Walkoff No. 4!

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A’s 5
Tigers 4

Recap:

  • I’m glad I went to bed at 1:30 and was asleep for the ending.
  • Dontrelle Willis started for the first time since April, though he was a bit careful with his knee in later innings, he survived four without allowing a run. He did walk way too many.
  • Armando Galarraga is better as a starter than reliever. He gave up 3 runs quick in relief.
  • Detroit blew another late innings lead. This time, in the eighth inning Zach Miner relieved Casey Fossum and gave up a weak single to left field. Clete Thomas scooped the ball, threw it past the runner going home, and watched (probably disconcertingly) as Pudge dropped the bulleye throw and the tying run scored.
  • The Tigers got a runner to third with two outs in the 10th and a runner to third with one out in the 11th but failed to get them home.
  • Relieving Bobby Seay in the 11th, Freddy Dolsi got the inning’s second out when Edgar Renteria caught the lead runner in a mistake at second, but he then loaded the bases and allowed the winning run to score.
  • The teams combined for 12 walks.
  • The Tigers have no late-inning relievers.

Analysis:

  • I thought that last part was really more fact than opinion. Jim Leyland has absolutely no one he can give the ball to and feel confident. Funny how we had a month or more of the bullpen pitching so well, going games without giving up a run, and now they are back to being the Achilles heel.
  • I’ll try to find some time to blog more about how the Willis-Galarraga thing went later today.
  • Tigers = dead team walking until they get some real relievers. The offense, in theory, was good enough to make up for poor relief. They had plenty of chances against a young pitcher struggling with command and still only scored four runs for the game. But they still only scored 4 and they didn’t give any cushion for a bullpen that cannot take close games and seems bound to fail every chance it gets.
  • Leyland must be pulling his gray hair out.
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  1. 1 On June 4th, 2008, Deaner said:

    Absolutely brutal loss. I actually listened to the beginning of the game, went to bed (couldn’t fall asleep), got back up, and listened to the end of the game.

  2. 2 On June 4th, 2008, Stacey said:

    So frustrating that you can’t trust any lead…

  3. 3 On June 5th, 2008, Kaos said:

    Two in a row. Almost statistically impossibly. That actually sums up the whole season. Hey, at least they blew us out today. Looking more and more like the ‘03 bunch. But, I think they were a tad better, to be fair. I’m pissed and sick of this. Red Wings are world champs, at least (even though they almost found a way to lose it again, Tigers rubbing off on them?)

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