Great 2-out rally in the 9th last night...that was very fun obviously and even better to do it against a guy throwing All-World Gas like Neftali Feliz.
But a couple of walks in the bottom half of the inning soured the whole experience. Ni and Perry are a couple of young guys still feeling their way....these things are going to happen.
Elvis Andrus wins the ballgame on "Elvis Night" at the ballpark in TX. Apropos I suppose. (in fact I missed Boesch's first MLB hit last night because the stupid Texas TV broadcast had some numbnut TV guy dressed up like Elvis interviewing former Ranger Jim Sundberg for some upcoming promotion....that ticked me off! LOL)
I thought Max Scherzer looked pretty good overall. He couldn't solve Vladimir Guerrero all night and that cost him...but he went 7 IP, allowing only 5 hits, 2 walks, and struck out 7. That's a solid outing. The obscure error by Avila hurt....he broke a rule (its a dumb rule...but what can you do?) and the Tigers paid a price. I had just seen another catcher do that on some MLBN highlights about a week ago.
Neftali Feliz gets one of my favorite statistical oddities....he gets credit for a Blown Save and he gets credit for "the Win". HA! Another further discredit to "Wins" having much meaning for judging pitchers.
Another installment of "The Dontrelle Chronicles" tonight....should be fun, it always is to me. Its like the baseball equivalent of a high-wire act in some ways. He stayed on the wire nicely in his last outing....can he do it again? The Tigers have lit up Scott Feldman like Independence Day Fireworks in the past....let's hope for that tonight. It would be interesting to see what Dontrelle could with a lead for once.
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