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The Climb's Getting Higher: White Sox 7, Tigers 6

See, this is why last night's loss really hurts.  Besides the obvious part of it - losing a game - the Tigers just can't afford to cough up a win when it's there for the taking.  Because there will be games like tonight's, when your ace just doesn't have it working and you're never really in the game.

After pitching well in his last seven starts, Justin Verlander was probably due for a bad outing.  Especially facing the White Sox, against whom he had a 2-6 record and 5.45 ERA.  Verlander's streak of allowing two runs or less ended dramatically in the third inning on back-to-back homers by Carlos Quentin and Jermaine Dye.  The Tigers played catch-up valiantly, but just couldn't recover from that initial onslaught.

And how do we feel about Bobby Seay's outing tonight?  Does he get kudos for pitching three innings of shutout ball and keeping Detroit in the ballgame?  Or should he be knocked for crumpling in the pressure situation he was brought in to diffuse?  The two runs allowed were charged to Verlander, and Seay was brought into a difficult two-on, no-out situation, but he couldn't get the big out.  When was the last time he did?

Seven-and-a-half games behind the White Sox?  And left to try and salvage a win to keep the damage to a minimum?  Not entirely a lost weekend, but definitely a fumbled one.

Roll Call

These are the people who were willing to have their hearts broken and come back with hope the next night.  A shaky internet connection kept me from joining them through most of the game.  Or was my modem trying to spare me the pain?

Thanks to explosivo2k2, MikeMcClary, BigAl, wepri31, MackAveKurt, Oost, rock n rye, Zappatista, dettigionswings'stons, Wingz, ahtrap, rook34, densogirl, and ThaWalrus9 for trying to pick themselves up again after falling.

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The biggest crowd ever at Comerica

From a viewer’s perspective, it was still a good game, imo. Maybe not the way I wanted it to turn out, but it was exciting. Jenks looks like a human refrigerator and sure is menacing looking.

by densogirl on Jul 27, 2008 1:07 AM EDT   0 recs

I am still crushed from last night's loss

this one doesn’t even really hurt that much. Last night was a huge blow to their playoff hopes. I’m about ready to cash it in on this year. The Tigers have only 7 more games against the team they need to catch (and are 8 games behind in the loss column), and tomorrow is the last one that will take place in Motown.

There are some slight silver linings to be found in the White Sox’s schedule. First, they go to Minnesota after Detroit, hopefully the Twins can take a few from them while the Tigers fatten up (hopefully) against the Indians. Then it’s Tigers/Sox Chicago for a quick shot at redemption.

Other positives about the Sox’s schedule are that they still have 7 games against the Red Sox (Tigers have none), 4 in New York against the Yankees (1 makeup for the Tigers), and 3 against the Rays (Tigers still have all 7 against the Rays).

That’s probably all wishful thinking on my part, the Tigers need to make their own luck and they really blew a big chance on Friday night.

by ThaWalrus9 on Jul 27, 2008 1:19 AM EDT   0 recs

Dontrelle's line for Lakeland on Saturday

4 1/3 innings pitched. 4 hits, 3 BBs, 3 earned runs.

That’s a less than good lineup for a major league pitcher in single A ball. The odds of him contributing anything this year keep going down…

by ThaWalrus9 on Jul 27, 2008 1:47 AM EDT   0 recs

Obviously we’re not 10 games ahead in the Central like I thought we would be with that lineup and I’m no longer expecting that after watching the games so far. Chicago won the WS in ‘05, went down the drain for a couple years and have re-emerged. It can still happen for the Tigers, but maybe not until next year.

by densogirl on Jul 27, 2008 10:25 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

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