The Tigers simply can’t deliver when given platinum opportunities to do so. Leaving the bases loaded in the first and fifth innings cost them Game 1 – a game in which they out hit the Rangers.
Other thoughts:
Justin Verlander certainly pitched well enough to win that game. Homeplate umpire Tim Welke had a wildly inconsistent strike zone in the early innings.
How about Ryan Perry? In what could’ve been a disastrous move, Perry was flawless in his inning and two-thirds.
I think we might have witnessed Wilson Betemit’s last at bat as a Tiger. If you’re going to make an out anyway, why not just bunt Ramon Santiago over?
Speaking of Santiago, what a sweet drag bunt to leadoff the ninth.
Is anyone else concerned about Miguel Cabrera’s .250 October batting average?
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