The roller coaster season continues right out of the gate after the All Star break. They lose there 1st place lead by losing 5 of 6 with the White Sox coming into town in a virtual tie and all they do is take 3 of 4 and end up with a 2 game lead. And memo to ESPN can you please keep my Tigers off your network nothing like getting all geeked up to watch them on a Wednesday or Sunday night ESPN game and watching them get smoked.
Once again the pitching comes up huge and there offense does a nice job playing small ball and getting a couple of key hits with runners on this weekend. This team is really putting the "pitching and defense wins" mantra to the test. It is very scary seeing almost half of the starting line up being filled in by platoon/minor league call ups. Then to learn that Guillen won't be completely healthy this year and will also be in a platoon situation from just 1 side of the plate as a switch hitter is especially discouraging. The importance of defense really showed in this series on both Saturday and Sundays games with 1st inning errors leading to early runs for the Tigers first and then the White Sox respectively. It was a little encouraging seeing Porcello settle down after the 1st but the offense scoring just 1 one run really made it a mute point. A team can't score just 1 run in 5 of there last 6 losses and expect to stay atop of the standings.
I can only hope that this disastrous offensive display after the All Star break will be a motivating factor in a trade deadline deal for another bat. I don't even care who they get as long as they just get some help because it would be a real waste of a very very good pitching staff.
Jason
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