Detroit Tigers vs. Cleveland Indians series thread

• iclfan2

  

  This umpire is garbage. He may be calling it both ways but it doesn't mean he still isn't terrible. Duncan looked like he was going to attack him.
• The Answer

  Agree about Carmona. Pitched very well. Couple grounders just placed in the right spot cost a few runs along with the squeeze. Other then that only 2 or 3 balls were really hit well. ALso the error in the first cost him a run. Hopefully we can get a couple more and take this
• royal_k

  

  Laley23;859330 wrote:Thanks. I assume JV will go through 7. We gotta make him work, cause a 10 pitch inning won't mean shit for his pitch count.

  
  And he just had a 10 pitch inning.
• Ironman92

  

  Duncan acted like a fool....but he didn't get tossed? Either the ump agreed he missed it or he's scared of the big ugly.
• royal_k

  

  Wow, didn't expect them to pull Verlander at 108.
• royal_k

  

  Bad call...he didn't go. umps are having bad nights...
• Ironman92

  

  Hafner stares at strike 3
• Ironman92

  

  Santana pops out
• Ironman92

  

  Verlander picks up another win
  
  17th win
• royal_k

  

  Ironman92;859403 wrote:Hafner stares at strike 3

  
  That pitch should have been ripped. I don't know what Pronk was looking for there.
• OQB

  

  SMH....
  
  Santana can't catch or stop a ball whether he is at first or catching. That error was costly tonight.
  
  Umpires were horrible the whole way around....bad and missed calls all night.
  
  hopefully Choo will be back this week and his bat is alive.
• iclfan2

  

  Hafner needs to start swinging the bat again. He has been useless recently. Agreed with Santana, he needs to learn how to play one of those positions.
• Ironman92

  

  royal_k;859410 wrote:That pitch should have been ripped. I don't know what Pronk was looking for there.

  
  He was thinking anything that starts at the knees that he's not biting because it's going down hard....being able to slingshot a fastball in their at height....there is some merit to that guy being 33/33 in save chances.
• BRF

  

  And now the ChiSox are breathing down our necks.
• hoops23

  

  BRF;859444 wrote:And now the ChiSox are breathing down our necks.

  
  Where ya been BRF? It's been a 3 team race for about 2 weeks now lol.
  
  As for the game, you can't really be too disappointed. We gained a game in the standings, we have 47 games remaining and 9 of those against the Tigers...
  
  We're only 3 back and our team has looked pretty good over the last few series.
  
  Also, Asdrubal and Santana got into a pretty heated argument in the dugout. But I like that. These guys are in the heat of the moment and are challenging each other. When a guy makes a mistake, let him know. Santana will get better because of that.
  
  Also, remember when people were saying we were winning meaningless games in April/May? Well, those "meaningless" games sure as hell are helping us right now.
• hoops23

  

  Oh and Fabulous Fausto may be back.. He's had a good start every time he;s been out since coming off the DL. His slider was filthy tonight as well.
• royal_k

  

  Ironman92;859439 wrote:He was thinking anything that starts at the knees that he's not biting because it's going down hard....being able to slingshot a fastball in their at height....there is some merit to that guy being 33/33 in save chances.

  
  The pitch was right down the middle in Hafner's nitro zone. It should have landed in Pronksville. But he isn't swinging the bat right now. He seems to be taking good pitches and swinging at pitches out of the zone., which is totally not like him. He usually has a very good eye.
• BR1986FB

  Dang it....things were playing right into my prediction. They hung close to Verlander but just couldn't rally late after he was out of the game.
• BR1986FB

  hoops23;859609 wrote:Oh and Fabulous Fausto may be back...

  
  Don't know about that. He spotted the best pitcher in baseball a 4 run lead. Granted, one of those weren't his fault. Kinda hard to overcome that type of deficit against Verlander.
• grodt

  

  I don't really blame Fausto for last night mostly because they scored due to a brainfart by Santana and a couple of perfectly placed groundballs. To his credit he didn't let those get to him and he managed to hold them at 4 for the next 5 innings.
• TBone14

  

  hoops23;859608 wrote:
  
  Also, Asdrubal and Santana got into a pretty heated argument in the dugout. But I like that. These guys are in the heat of the moment and are challenging each other. When a guy makes a mistake, let him know. Santana will get better because of that.
  

  MY GOD. Good news fans. The Indians are showing signs of life for the first time in weeks. Looks like Santana is carrying his left a little low. That could hurt him in the later rounds.
• Glory Days

  

  Did anyone notice Santana blow off Kipnis the other day after they both almost collided trying to catch a foul ball behind first base? Santana caught the ball, but from what it looked like, Kipnis was calling for it and said something to him and Santana just shrugged his shoulders like he could give two shits as he ran back to the infield and Kipnis just stood there looking at him.
• fiction

  

  Would have loved to have gotten a W last night, but I'll take 2 of 3. Going into this series the Tribe could have been 7 GB after last night's game. The schedule the rest of the month isn't too difficult. Other than the White Sox and Tigers on the road, Tribe has the upcoming series against the Twins at home, and home against Seattle, Kansas City, and Oakland.
  
  13 home games the rest of this month against teams a combined 60 games under .500.
• Glory Days

  

  fiction;859719 wrote:
  13 home games the rest of this month against teams a combined 60 games under .500.

  
  combined, the indians have a losing record against the rest of their schedule.
• TBone14

  

  Waiting on Crimson Streak to start the Twins thread....