Tigers Hope Starters Can Outdo Orioles Bullpen
The Detroit Tigers' starting pitchers in the first three games of the AL Division Series have a combined 329 wins, three Cy Young Awards and 35 games of postseason experience.
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The Detroit Tigers' starting pitchers in the first three games of the AL Division Series have a combined 329 wins, three Cy Young Awards and 35 games of postseason experience.
In his career, Cruz is 11 for 25 against Scherzer, giving him a .440 batting average against the Detroit ace.
Cabrera can go back and sign the paper at anytime and get paid, but I think it's nice to see a player who wants to win more than he wants the money that could come with it.
"If you have a guy who can pitch the seventh, the eighth and the ninth, that's a lot more secure than having a guy who can just pitch the eighth and the ninth," Ausmus continued.
The Baltimore Orioles prefer to focus on what they have rather than who they're missing when assessing their chances of advancing deep into the postseason.
A look at the best-of-five American League Division Series between the Detroit Tigers and Baltimore Orioles.
The Kansas City Royals are off to the division series beating the A's 9-8 in extra innings.
"People can say what they want. I could really give two (expletive) to be honest with you. We know how good we are. At the end of the day, we're going to go through bumps and bruises but everybody does. We know what we have and obviously we continue to do it and we've put ourselves in a good position."
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Detroit starter Max Scherzer was in a good mood on Sunday afternoon after his team clinched their 4th consecutive AL Central title.
At some points this season, it looked like the Tigers - a World Series favorite since before the season began - could end up as a wild card or even miss the playoffs altogether.
Coke, who has talked sometimes during the season, hasn't recently until Detroit clinched the AL Central on Sunday afternoon.
As fans chanted "Let's go, Joe! Let's go, Joe!" and stood together, Nathan threw a one-two-three inning, sealing the deal for Detroit, which has now won the division in four straight seasons.
