It's really not fair for this lineup to ever have a game like this. Nearly get no-hit by a guy named Gavin and waste a perfectly good outing by Justin Verlander, who would have not allowed more than one run if the umpires had made the correct call in stopping the game in the eighth inning. Fucking ridiculous game. Thank God for the Red Wings being on at the same time, I don't think I would have been able to just watch this the whole way through.
In my own opinion, it's absurd that the umpires didn't stop the game in the eighth. There were puddles, PUDDLES, on the infield. If the home team is in the field and the Tigers are up, is it more likely the game gets stopped? Probably. If only because there's a full two innings left instead of just a few outs away from the ninth. Instead, Verlander is forced to stand around in the pouring rain and pitch with a soaked ball. How telling was it about the conditions when Verlander's fastball got up and away from him and struck Orlando Cabrera in the back of the head? Or on the next batter when Jim Thome's bat went sailing into the stands? Simply ridiculous.
Other than that, what is there to say other than everything that's been written already this year? The bats got left at the hotel, and they wasted another good start. Verlander is going to get a loss that he really didn't deserve. Anytime this lineup gets shut down by Gavin Fucking Floyd and is no-hit through 7 and 1/3, there's a big problem. Winning every other game isn't going to get this team any closer to .500. Maybe it's the weather, maybe it's just a early season lull, but one thing is certain - it's getting pretty fucking difficult to watch this team.
In my own opinion, it's absurd that the umpires didn't stop the game in the eighth. There were puddles, PUDDLES, on the infield. If the home team is in the field and the Tigers are up, is it more likely the game gets stopped? Probably. If only because there's a full two innings left instead of just a few outs away from the ninth. Instead, Verlander is forced to stand around in the pouring rain and pitch with a soaked ball. How telling was it about the conditions when Verlander's fastball got up and away from him and struck Orlando Cabrera in the back of the head? Or on the next batter when Jim Thome's bat went sailing into the stands? Simply ridiculous.
Other than that, what is there to say other than everything that's been written already this year? The bats got left at the hotel, and they wasted another good start. Verlander is going to get a loss that he really didn't deserve. Anytime this lineup gets shut down by Gavin Fucking Floyd and is no-hit through 7 and 1/3, there's a big problem. Winning every other game isn't going to get this team any closer to .500. Maybe it's the weather, maybe it's just a early season lull, but one thing is certain - it's getting pretty fucking difficult to watch this team.