06/03/2026 1:10p EDT Detroit Tigers at Tampa Bay Rays

[Tiger337]

18 minutes ago, monkeytargets39 said:

Leave Melton in

Again in the 8th.  He's cruising along, no stress.  

[monkeytargets39]

Hot take:  Extend Melton now

[IdahoBert]

Wow, what a great eight innings for Melton. 

[lordstanley]

Just now, IdahoBert said:

Wow, what a great eight innings for Melton. 

17 innings a row retired. 22 straight strikes at one point according to the Tampa announcers.

 

[Tiger337]

Maddoxesque performance by Melton.  

[Tiger337]

2 minutes ago, monkeytargets39 said:

Hot take:  Extend Melton now

No need to extend a starting pitcher beyond the first 6 years.  They all get hurt.  

[NorthWoods]

Win 25 in a row, trade Skubal for a haul anyway.

[Tigermojo]

I like June.

[Sports_Freak]

6 minutes ago, Tiger337 said:

Maddoxesque performance by Melton.  

It really was. A young and inexperienced pitcher making only his 3rd start of 2026? Pretty impressive, he retired the last 17 hitters. Some people say you need to get to the good pitchers early in the game because once they settle in, they're gonna beat you.

[monkeytargets39]

[Tigermojo]

[lordstanley]

Sweep!

[guy incognito]

Took a while to get the brooms out of storage. Well done, boys.

[Tigermojo]

[Sports_Freak]

So...can we cancel the day off?

[romad1]

I like the direction this team is heading.  

[GalagaGuy]

Fire Hinch!

 

We still doing this?  🤔

[IdahoBert]

[Tenacious D]

Rotation has been good as advertised, just with a bunch of other guys.

All this team does is win.  We’ve gone from ****ty Tigs to Gritty Tigs in 3 days!

[papalawrence]

Don't let them get hot!

[Tenacious D]

Nice to save the pen, after the first game in the series.  Vest, Holton, Finnegan all with three days rest.  Hopefully that helps against the M’s and Big Dump.

[Crazy Cat Gentleman]

another pretty great game. Melton killed it, both the catchers killed it, even if one wasn't catching.

speaking of which, I don't pay much attention to the league as a whole, really just the Tigers. what kind of competition does Dingler have when it comes to starting the All-Star Game?

[Tiger337]

5 minutes ago, Crazy Cat Gentleman said:

another pretty great game. Melton killed it, both the catchers killed it, even if one wasn't catching.

speaking of which, I don't pay much attention to the league as a whole, really just the Tigers. what kind of competition does Dingler have when it comes to starting the All-Star Game?

Dingler and Langeliers are the top catchers.  Langeliers is the better hitter, so fans might vote for him.  

[Dan Gilmore]

I appreciate that getting All-Star recognition is cool, but I kind of wish the team sent few players, if any. Get rested, heal any minor injuries. I think Dingler and Greene have had seasons (so far) to warrant inclusion, and it would be awesome for McGonigle to go as a rookie, but with all the injuries this year-Stay home for a few days. 

[chasfh]

4 hours ago, Tenacious D said:

Nice to save the pen, after the first game in the series.  Vest, Holton, Finnegan all with three days rest.  Hopefully that helps against the M’s and Big Dump.

We’re gonna have seven guys in the pen with three days’ rest. That’s a lot of guys with a lot of rest. Hinch might give Valdez a short leash on Friday so he can give a bunch of guys some trigger time.