21st
July
2008
Tigers split with Orioles
posted in 2008 season |Tigers 5
Orioles 1
Recap:
- Saw The Dark Knight today so I didn’t really catch the end of the game.
- But from what I saw, the Tigers brought their power shoes. It was nice to see Marcus Thames get a little home run revenge after the “one in a billion” short from the O’s earlier in the series. He kept running around the bases while waiting for the umps to decide whether his home run shot was just a long, foul ball before getting the good news.
- Magglio Ordonez also homered.
- Also, Justin Verlander really, really had it. He got 16 consecutive batters out and came within an out of a three-hit complete game. He’s really dealing.
Analysis:
- Verlander is awesome. Simply awesome.
- I was a bit quick to say i’ll be glad when the season is over, because of course, that would suck if you’re a baseball fan. But you know, blogs and knee-jerk reactions. That loss Saturday night was a real kick in the pants. After losses by the White Sox and Twins today, the Tigers are back to being 6.5 games out of first with a series with the (dangerous?) Royals and the division-leading Sox.
- So it’s not over yet. It just really stunk to see the team blow as good a chance as it had Saturday.
Yeah, if the Tigers would have held onto that six game lead, they’d be 2 games over .500 heading into this series. They could then bump that higher with a good series here in KC before the series with the Sox. Oh well.