05/08/2026 7:40p Detroit Tigers at Kansas City Royals

[gehringer_2]

Wasted lead off double. 🤮

[Adullin]

New challenge watch the Tigers without drinking 

[gehringer_2]

if they get through the bottom of the 9th they better score two in the 10th as the Royals have the top of the order, which means Witt, on tap.

[Dan Gilmore]

Strikes
 

[Dan Gilmore]

Thank you

[gehringer_2]

Just now, Dan Gilmore said:

Strikes
 

Nice comeback for Hurter there.

[gehringer_2]

should have challenged ball one......

[gehringer_2]

wrong ball one to challenge.

[Crazy Cat Gentleman]

BOOOOOOO

[Dan Gilmore]

That sucked.

[monkeytargets39]

Disgusting loss.  Send Wenceel to Toledo for that

[gehringer_2]

Zach Short signed for his defensive reliability......

[Tigermojo]

Sloppy losers.

[Sports_Freak]

Good job, Hinch. This loss is on our manager. The smartest man in the room syndrome . 

[kdog]

They wasted so much bandwidth for Zach Short lol...truly desperate times.

The defense is an abomination.

[GalagaGuy]

I remember the good old days when outfielders could actually throw home.   

[GalagaGuy]

2 minutes ago, Sports_Freak said:

Good job, Hinch. This loss is on our manager. The smartest man in the room syndrome . 

Hinch made Finnegan crap the bed?  

[lordstanley]

Listened to this game during my breakfast in Taipei. 8th and 9th innings made me throw up my congee and thousand-year egg. 

[gehringer_2]

I guess we can debate if there is a cost in defensive precision for moving guys around a lot, I think there is at least some, or we could just bemoan the fact that the tigers have some guys who are not great defenders no matter where or how many places they play.

Edited 59 minutes ago by gehringer_2

[Sports_Freak]

1 minute ago, GalagaGuy said:

Hinch made Finnegan crap the bed?  

Why take Montero out? Why take Holton out? An old theory is you keep using pitchers, eventually one will give it up. And....they did.

[kdog]

Colt Keith will hit a homer by July 1st.

[Adullin]

This is frustrating 

[GalagaGuy]

1 minute ago, Sports_Freak said:

Why take Montero out? Why take Holton out? An old theory is you keep using pitchers, eventually one will give it up. And....they did.

So starters should only come out after the get knocked around?  Relievers should keep pitching until they get knocked around?  This game is on Finnegan, full stop!

[Tiger337]

I am glad the Tigers focued on fudamentals in Spring training.  It is really paying off.  

[gehringer_2]

7 minutes ago, Tiger337 said:

I am glad the Tigers focued on fudamentals in Spring training.  It is really paying off.  

I think I'd rather see McKinstry in the OF than Perez. Wenceel reminds me of Raburn a little bit in that there is no lack of athletic talent but he just botches too high a proportion of plays just out of the blue. It would also be nice if Riley could figure out a way throw from the OF. If wasn't a factor today but he has to be one of the worst OF arms in the AL. Do I recall there is some injury history there that makes that a lost cause maybe?

Edited 48 minutes ago by gehringer_2