Game 2014.72 Postgame: Tigers 10, Indians 4

You can’t ask for much more than that. A sweep on the road, against a division foe, headed into an off day. I’m not sure if we’re back to being the .700 win team we were a month ago, but 4 wins in a row is a nice response.

Lots to like about the series. Three straight quality starts, good fielding, and great hitting. By my count, the Tigers were tied or led for all but 2 out of 27 innings this weekend. Cabrera was 5-13 with 5 runs and 4 RBI, and JD Martinez was 5-13 with 2 runs and 5 RBI.

The bullpen, well, its a work in progress.

Go Team USA.

23 thoughts on “Game 2014.72 Postgame: Tigers 10, Indians 4”

  1. The LOOGYs Hardy and McCoy did well, but apparently Smith has troubles getting lefties out. Assessment: ROOGY only.

    1. Smith was leaving his good fastball up and the Indians were waiting on it, or I should say, not waiting, given the inning and score. It was an Evan Reed-like performance. Jeff Jones came in and had a word, and Kipnis went down. I think Smith will be OK. Either that, or he’ll be Reed v.2 for a while.

      1. Maybe first game jitters. McCoy had them I guess, but it didn’t affect his command. Under the circumstances Smith should get a second appearance soon in the hopes he will settle (insert bike/horse riding metaphor here). Or not, but at least we’ll find out quickly if he is another Reed or not. Anyway, more where he came from – apparently there is an inexhaustible supply of relief pitchers waiting in the wings at Toledo.

  2. Dumbrowski asleep at the switch…Brad Penny was available, but the Marlins got him.

      1. Kevin travels from town to town running that scam. Promising the edit button, grabbing the cash. We’ll probably never hear from him again… under that particular name.

    1. I like the abbreviated URL thing, I think that’s new. It doesn’t work in the recent comments list on the right though.

        1. If Pops leaves it will be interesting to see if there is any change in attitude towards Alekks.

      1. tinyurl.com

        I try to remember, as a courtesy, to run those lengthy links by the tiny-izer first.

    1. Hopefully the JD..Casty connection keeps up. They don’t even have to keep up at the present rate…some drop off will be ok

  3. Hey Al when you get to San Diego can you use a really good CF…maybe for Houston Street!!!! What do you say Al??? How bout we throw in a catcher??

    1. I just flew into San Diego, and boy are my arms tired. Catchers! They’re really something. Take my catcher, for instance. Please. You know what a million battered catchers have in common? They just… wouldn’t… listen.

      Thanks, you’ve been great. Oh, you’re too kind.

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