Game 2015.108: Royals at Tigers

Impressive debut number two was nice to watch, and even more impressive, and surprising, was the way Rondon-Hardy-Wilson came out of the bullpen and slammed the door shut.

We may have something with these two lefties, although, as our Hong Kong correspondent pointed out, we felt the same way about Shane Greene.

Still, maybe their performances will inspire the veterans. I’m looking scowling grinning shrugging at you, Anibal.

As good as the game was yesterday, it didn’t really have a rivalry game feel. Maybe that’s because the Royals are too used to the Tigers being a level above them, but you’d think with the chip the Royals have on their shoulders that would make it worse. Especially considering how chippy the Royals seem to get with other teams. It may have something to do with the Royals being 11 1/2 games up on us, but I watched the Reds and Cardinals last night, and the 20 game lead didn’t seem to make them play each other any less hard.

Today’s Alex Gets His Chance Lineup:

  1. Anthony Gose, CF
  2. Jose Iglesias, SS
  3. Ian Kinsler, 2B
  4. Victor Martinez, DH
  5. JD Martinez, RF
  6. Tyler Collins, LF
  7. Nick Castellanos, 3B
  8. Alex Avila, C
  9. Andrew Romine, 1B

Comments

27 responses to “Game 2015.108: Royals at Tigers”

  1. StorminNorman$ Avatar
    StorminNorman$

    MLB avg for team GIDP’s is 82, DET maintains a comfortable lead in that category with 111

  2. Coleman Avatar
    Coleman

    Who’s that guy in the Victor Martinez costume?!

  3. tbran Avatar
    tbran

    Vmart has rebooted — and re-batted.

  4. Kaline fan Avatar
    Kaline fan

    Ausmus is actually entertaining the idea of bringing in Feliz next inning against this Royals lineup? Don’t waste Victor’s hero shot like this…….

    1. Coleman Avatar
      Coleman

      Maybe he was just messing with Anibal, jacking his adrenaline up a bit.

      1. Kaline fan Avatar
        Kaline fan

        Unfortunately, looks like not….

        1. Coleman Avatar
          Coleman

          At least Feliz can field his position! Phew.

          1. Kaline fan Avatar
            Kaline fan

            Yes, that was nice. Nice break.

  5. Kaline fan Avatar
    Kaline fan

    This game has all the elements of a come-from-ahead Tigers loss now.

    1. Jud Avatar
      Jud

      You said it!…lets see Tigers clown pen vs the KC “world” pen…hmmmm!

      1. Coleman Avatar
        Coleman

        The clowns win one!

  6. Kaline fan Avatar
    Kaline fan

    Nice soft come-backer DP turned by Feliz.
    Tigers’ fortunes are turning? Guess so, because that’s all we have to see of Feliz.

  7. Jud Avatar
    Jud

    You know its absolutely amazing that the Tigers are where they are with no Cabrerra and getting nothing from Victor, JV and Avila…Martinez has to be the worst producing 3-4 hitter in baseball…hopefully today is not a blind squirrel..

  8. Kaline fan Avatar
    Kaline fan

    This one’s all but over now. Anibal can’t get the win, might even suffer the loss.

  9. Coleman Avatar
    Coleman

    Cue the sad trombone music.

  10. Coleman Avatar
    Coleman

    Rally Squirrel!

  11. tbran Avatar
    tbran

    The Reboots win again! I think they have a winning record!

  12. StorminNorman$ Avatar
    StorminNorman$

    Awesome win…after giving up a 3-run lead.

  13. Kaline fan Avatar
    Kaline fan

    Is Ian Kinsler the hottest thing in spikes right now, or what??

    1. Coleman Avatar
      Coleman

      He’s batting about .450 so far in August.

  14. Jud Avatar
    Jud

    Hey Kinsler, we take back MOST, not all, of the bad things we were saying about you during the first half of the season……atta boy!!!

  15. StorminNorman$ Avatar
    StorminNorman$

    DET’s 1-4 hitters today: 8 for 18 w/8 RBI

    Trade deadline acquisitions recap in this series:

    DET
    Boyd (W) 1-0

    KC
    Cueto (L) 0-1
    Zobrist – 2 for 12

  16. Jud Avatar
    Jud

    Way to go REBOOTS!!!!

  17. Kaline fan Avatar
    Kaline fan

    May be a little late for this season, but —–GO! TI-GRRRRRSS!

  18. Only Tiger Fan in Mississippi Avatar
    Only Tiger Fan in Mississippi

    Best game of the year!

  19. Jud Avatar
    Jud

    Hardy, Rondon ,and Wilson again…could Capt Smarty be learning something?