Rationally, we should win this game. Skubal is bound to be completely dominant eventually so why not now? The Orioles are a team stumbling so what’s to keep them from stumbling one more game?
When Koufax was asked him how much pleasure he got from striking out people and he shrugged and said it was actually more gratifying to make a pitch that produced a weak pop-up or a simple grounder. This is good advice.
I have no problem with the runner on second base to open extra innings. I had to watch Brandon Inge pitch in extra innings once and that cured me of the idea of long games.
On the Tigers MLB page reporting on the doubleheader Jason Beck said the 12–3 start was the best home record in the 26 year history of Comerica Park and he said nothing about 1911.