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Brieske gets out of it.... Solid performance, this is about as high-test a lineup you will find

They did have a taxing night last night...

Yikes

Bellinger may have bought him another inning there.

On one hand true, but its crazy to me that they are actually having better ABs and working Kershaw harder than Anderson last night Although the emotional rollercoaster for Kershaw may have had an impact

Candy did something!

Pretty cool!

Kid gets out of it...

Lol, Jack complaining about Brieske keeping an eye on the runner. Has he seen all the steals the Tigs have allowed this season?

Holy shit, they scored a run against Kershaw. Its a damn miracle!

I didnt, although he has hit some balls hard lately...

Derek Hill breaks up the no XBH streak!

18 pitches, 7 outs

Beau was locating his fastball/chageup much better that inning.

Nice to see that Chris Taylor decided not to give the umps an earful...

Are the Dodgers gonna ***** and moan every time they don't swing at balls down in the zone? They did it all night last night too, even with balls in the superimposed box They are the best team in baseball, but they arent entitled to preferential treatment

Don't throw this guy another change up lol

What exactly does firing AJ Hinch accomplish? I get that fans want blood, but it's not like AJ or Coolbaugh or whoever can go take Candy or Schoop's ABs or field second for them. And it's not AJ's fault that there aren't exactly a ton of alternatives to them at the moment, given that roster sizes are limited, as are the options in Toledo. And it's not AJ's fault that Ryan Kreidler broke his hand earlier this week. The situation sucks, but firing AJ over this wouldn't accomplish anything at all.

Where's Bert's 2 runs?

Sure enough... I assumed the same thing. Now would definitely be a good time to change it up. Give Short another cup of coffee.

Is there anyone internally who can fill that void at this point? Defensively, Short probably can cover all the positions (except maybe 1st, which Miggy can cover), but despite the good performance in Toledo with the bat, is the expected drop off there worth it? Part of me wants to say 'yes', but I remember when folks wanted to run him out of town last year when every plate appearance was a K or a flyout.

I hate playing the "what-if" game, but at least on eye test, the offense is the biggest offender so far. My guess is that they would have at least a couple more wins if they were performing at league average. Even the game Tuesday that they threw away defensively in Minnesota, they had opportunities to score earlier on that they didn't cash in. They havent hit many homers or even had extra base hits with any sort of consistency. Their last extra base hit was a double by Robbie Grossman on Wednesday night (in garbage time). It's just not a recipe for success... and no amount of good pitching or even good defense can win you a lot of games with the kind of offense they are playing right now. Even the Dodgers pitching staff would struggle with it.

My guess is Option C...

Probably to an extent. Things like not giving up a bunch of walks probably helps too.