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A stolen base allowed and brain freeze by an infielder are going to be the difference. Amazing the pitching holds it close enough for those things to matter.

I've always thought that the best time to make the pitching change is after the 2nd out in a tough extended inning as it seems it's inevitable that the pitcher lets down after the 2nd out.

Still have a chance...

tigers just have no room for error. Walk, dumb play and straight into a hole.

brain freeze for Javy

doesn't batting Javy 3rd just add more pressure he probably doesn't need? Or do they figure reverse psych and more pressure is good for him?

If Haase were a little quicker or Roni had thrown over there....

Unfreaking believable.

Kane should be suspended for cumulative punkness at this point.

actually in a sense my bigger complaint about them playing Willi is the argument that he's playing because he can hit better than the alternative. I just don't believe he is even the better hitter.

Streiff? Seriously. You'll need to do better than that.

Riley with ground outs to 1st, 2nd, SS and a walk.

Meadows back in the Toledo lineup tonight. Solo shot leading off the 6th.

I heard he told an interviewer last week he was having trouble seeing the ball, but I have no idea if that means anything or is just generic hitter speak. He should have ditched his shades today though. Not many players thought they needed them today and less light just makes it harder to see spin.

if you wonder why the Tigers don't score runs, Barnhart's last AB is a good example. Took a middle-middle 'hit me' fastball, then swung at a pitch 4 inches off the plate.

Joke of a throw by Hill.

Jimenez just ran out of his stash of house money.

that will be a bummer. But that won't be half as bad as when Skubal gets hurt.

They've looked relatively human today compared to last night. Problem is the Tigers have looked Australopithecene.

it was the right move, it's not working. And TBH, he probably would have had a better chance if the clan had not decided to follow him around until he got his first hit.

yeah - that's a great start for a summer day game at the Yankee bandbox. I was skeptical that Brieske was going to be well served by having to finish his education on this crash course, but he's responding. He and Faedo (and Skubal off course) have been the high points of the season so far. Under any normal circumstance that would be more good news than you could expect in any season.

LOL - Jack hexed him.

Hill did the right thing letting the low slider go and it still caught the plate.

don't worry, they will

Stupid as it may sound, I'd like to see Javy ditch the shades while hitting.