Game 2016.154: Royals at Tigers

This Wild Card thing is looking like a thing. Let’s hope the Van Man can keep this thing rolling.

Great outing by Fulmer last night. He is now 6.1 innings short of qualifying for the ERA title. Could that explain leaving him in longer than we thought last night?

Today’s Lineup:

  1. Kinsler, 2B
  2. Maybin, CF
  3. Cabrera, 1B
  4. V Martinez, DH
  5. JD Martinez, RF
  6. Upton, LF
  7. McCann, C
  8. Romine, 3B
  9. Iglesias, SS

Comments

34 responses to “Game 2016.154: Royals at Tigers”

  1. Only Tiger Fan in Mississippi Avatar
    Only Tiger Fan in Mississippi

    The cocky Ventura has been a challenge for the Tigers with a 7-0 record against the Bengals. What a great time to turn this around and send the Royals below .500?

    1. Tony de Florida Avatar
      Tony de Florida

      We really need to bet him, small ball is not out of the question. We have to be patient and not count on just home runs.

  2. JimEggers USMC Avatar
    JimEggers USMC

    Great hustle by Ian to get to third and nice work to plate 2… is it just me or is the Royals world series champ patch past its expiration date? Our new mantra: the Wild Card thing is a thing! Coleman is the greatest!

  3. Tony de Florida Avatar
    Tony de Florida

    Hopefully we can add a few more. Norris has another inning to go based on pitch count. If we’re lucky we get into their pen this inning.

  4. JimEggers USMC Avatar
    JimEggers USMC

    As the grandkids would say, Ventura has a bad owie….

  5. Only Tiger Fan in Mississippi Avatar
    Only Tiger Fan in Mississippi

    Norris, Fulmer, and Boyd have saved us…the new kids on the block!

  6. KW Avatar
    KW

    Hey guys, I subscribe to the RSS feed for this site and the last update came through with a bunch of spam/Viagra links at the bottom. If you view the source on this page, you can see the links embedded in the HTML.

    Basically, the site has been hacked and needs to get fixed ASAP.

    1. Coleman Avatar
      Coleman

      KW I looked at the source of this page, and don’t see anything. Was it today’s update you are talking about, or yesterday’s? Maybe it is just something being sent along with the RSS feed, and not on the actual page?

        1. Coleman Avatar
          Coleman

          Wow, no. Do you see anything like that with today’/ post?

          1. KW Avatar
            KW

            Yep, in today’s post too. Highly recommend reading this article: https://codex.wordpress.org/FAQ_My_site_was_hacked

            I’ve never dealt with a WordPress hack, but I’m pretty familiar with WordPress and can probably help you guys out if you need someone to log in and clean things up. Just let me know.

  7. Tony de Florida Avatar
    Tony de Florida

    Time to pile on some runs to keep us from hand wringing the rest of the game.

  8. Tony de Florida Avatar
    Tony de Florida

    Not a pile but 1 is better than none.

  9. Jud Avatar
    Jud

    16 runners….4 runs…thats our Tigers!!!

  10. Jud Avatar
    Jud

    Rondon again…..getting pretty reliable!!..attaboy!

    1. Tony de Florida Avatar
      Tony de Florida

      Yes, good to see. Now no drama from F-Rod.

      1. Coleman Avatar
        Coleman

        Umm…

  11. Coleman Avatar
    Coleman

    Get him out of there.

    1. Coleman Avatar
      Coleman

      Too late.

      1. Tony de Florida Avatar
        Tony de Florida

        Have you noticed how many times Brad is a day late and a dollar short on pulling a pitcher? I don’t blame him per se, but we never seem to have anyone ready to go in 1 or 2 run late inning situations. Lots of drama from K-Rod today.

  12. Doug of Troy Avatar
    Doug of Troy

    A closer who can’t close, a reoccurring scenario for the Tigers.

  13. Jud Avatar
    Jud

    Gee Brad that was only 5 runs…now take him out?????..why bother now!

  14. Jud Avatar
    Jud

    19 runners and only 4 runs…has as much do do with this blow pen loss as anything….story of the year…Brad will say…”thats baseball”!..

    1. Tony de Florida Avatar
      Tony de Florida

      Absolutely, Victor and JD both struck out with one out and the bases loaded earlier.

      1. Jud Avatar
        Jud

        Kinsler and Mabin got on 7 times..3 time together…Miggy and Victor…0 RBI today!!!

  15. Tony de Florida Avatar
    Tony de Florida

    Yes, big letdown, but let’s not forget F-Rod now has 44 saves out 48. That’s not a shabby season’s work but, as thy say, timing is everything. I would think that we would have someone up and getting ready the minute the lead off man got on base in such an important game. But to be fair, that is hindsight.

  16. William Avatar
    William

    Impeccable timing indeed Tony. But great point. They’re all big now, but I think tomorrow is the biggest game of year with CLE coming in next. Gotta bounce back tomorrow. Still tied in loss column with BAL at worst by end of day today.

    1. Tony de Florida Avatar
      Tony de Florida

      +2

  17. StorminNorman$ Avatar
    StorminNorman$

    can’t let anymore like this get away this year

    KRod has been solid lately – and they’ll really need him to be sharp this last week of the season

    …DET fans have not known a ‘truly dependable bullpen’ since… well… a very long time ago… maybe since SeƱor Smoke & Willie Hernandez?

    1. JimEggers USMC Avatar
      JimEggers USMC

      Very sad, my grand kids spent the night, and my oldest (13yo RHP) turned to me and said I am going to ask Coach if I can have #16 next year…….