Cleveland Vs. Detroit
A weekend in Cleveland might not be the ideal place for the Detroit Tigers to end their current struggles.
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A weekend in Cleveland might not be the ideal place for the Detroit Tigers to end their current struggles.
Miguel Cabrera went hitless - and even if he'd been swinging well, it probably wouldn't have mattered.
Brennan Boesch added two hits on Thursday and is one of the few Tigers who has hit well consistently from the beginning of the season.
But when a team is losing, adjustments become even more critical as a three-game sweep at the hands of the Seattle Mariners has pointed out to the Detroit Tigers.
Seattle came into Detroit and easily swept the three game series from the Tigers as the Mariners close out by winning 7-2 on Thursday.
Remember 2006? Your house was worth more than you paid for it. Your 401 K was making money. And most importantly, the Detroit Tigers shocked the experts by going to the World Series!
Michael Pineda is in position to make club history and help the Seattle Mariners sweep the Tigers in Detroit for the first time in almost eight years.
Ernie Harwell's life and legacy is about to take the stage.
Miguel Cabrera drove in Detroit's only run with a first-inning double. Cabrera now has an eight-game hitting streak, and his hit came in his only at-bat with a runner on base
Boesch is batting a more-than-healthy .342, and even more impressive, the left-handed hitter has a .417 average (10-for-24) against left-handed pitching. He hit .337 against southpaws last season.
Erik Bedard pitched seven impressive innings for his first win since June 2009, and Justin Smoak homered and drove in a career-high five runs to help the Seattle Mariners rout the Detroit Tigers 10-1 on Wednesday night.
The Detroit Tigers' run of impressive starting pitching is over and so is the team's winning streak.
Brennan Boesch now has a seven-game hitting streak and has reached base in 16 consecutive games.
Detroit had risen from four games under .500 (3-7) to two games over before Seattle trounced the Tigers 7-3 on Tuesday. Most of that rise came on the strength of starting pitching.
Miguel Olivo hit a bizarre home run and Felix Hernandez extended his dominance of the Detroit Tigers in the Seattle Mariners' 7-3 win Tuesday night.
