Tigers @ Royals Game Thread, May 4th

[spockmaster]

Tigers Lineup:

Davis LF
Kinsler 2B
Miggy 1B
VMart DH
Hunter RF
AJax CF
Castellanos 3B
Avila C
Romine SS

Verlander P


Royals Lineup:
Aoki RF
Infante 2B
Hosmer 1B
Country Breakfast DH
Gordon LF
Perez C
Moustakas 3B
Escobar SS
Dyson CF

Vargas P



Gameday: http://detroit.tigers.mlb.com/mlb/g...n#gid=2014_05_04_detmlb_kcamlb_1&mode=classic

 

[tigermud]

No Sunday afternoon B lineup for JV Today, how wa bout that!

Tigers 7-1 vs lefties with another lefty today, whew glad to see them doing so well againts lefties so far this year, remember couple years ago hat wasn't the case when they had 9 iron delmon hacking up fur balls at pitches in the dirt

 

[spockmaster]

The one time we dont actually test Gordon, he makes a horrible throw. ok then.

Buuuut, it was a good idea to not test him. Im tired of getting runners cut down by him because we DO test him.

 

[tigermud]

My goodness victor is just a great friggen hitter, he...not miggy so far, but it's victor that's making this wheel go around

 

[spockmaster]

Castellanos with a solo homer, #4!

1-0 Tigers!

 

[jas5lf]

Good job Torii.....broken bat and all. 2-0.

 

[spockmaster]

Hunter with a TwinsHit to score Davis! 2-0 Tigers!

 

[gotime909]

Davis with his 10th stolen base. AJ led the team with 8 last year. lol

 

[tomdalton22]

Davis with his 10th stolen base. AJ led the team with 8 last year. lol

but speed is over rated!

 

[Thumb]

but speed is over rated!

It has cost us a bit as well. Kinsler got picked off and thrown out yesterday.

Speed/stolen bases help, but you still have to have the guys like Torii or Victor to drive them in.

 

[gotime909]

It has cost us a bit as well. Kinsler got picked off and thrown out yesterday.

Speed/stolen bases help, but you still have to have the guys like Torii or Victor to drive them in.

That had less to do with speed and more to do with being stupid.

 

[spockmaster]

but speed is over rated!

Speed, used properly, is a benefit. The break-even point for steals increasing run expectancy is 75%. With Davis' steal today, we're at 73.3% (22 for 30), so we're right around where we want to be at the minimum. Hopefully some of the other TOOTBLANs will decrease and our steal % can also go up a little. No margin for error where we're at right now before it'll start costing us runs. Ok so far though.

 

[spockmaster]

74% now after #11 for Davis. Cmon Kinsler!

 

[Thumb]

That had less to do with speed and more to do with being stupid.

True. Though the same can be said of stolen bases. A smart baserunner can steal bases without having blinding speed.

Speed is a nice thing to have, but I don't rank it that high in importance as many do.

 

[gotime909]

Speed just got us another run

 

[jas5lf]

Now that time speed gained us another run. Nice hustle by Kinsler.

Plus, if Davis doesn't steal 2nd they flip to second to end the inning. Now Miggy adds two more RBIs!!

 

[spockmaster]

Infield single for Kinsler, double for Miggy, 5-0 Tigers!

 

[tomdalton22]

Another steal for Davis and Kinsler beats a throw for an infield single. Speed!

 

[johnny2x2x]

Just left a family function. My dad, who has forgotten more about baseball than I'll ever know, said one thing, "Boy, is Asumus making Leyland look like an idiot, he's a big improvement and it's obvious he knows what he's doing. "

Miggy just continues to hit. 5-0.

 

[spockmaster]

That was some great baserunning! Speed definitely helps outside of steals too. No more fucking bellyflops.