Game #101: Detroit Tigers @ Pittsburgh Pirates, Monday July 21st, 2025, 6:40 Pm

[biggunsbob]

Sweeney K’s looking. Just send him down.

 

[biggunsbob]

They need to go dumpster diving for a SS if they aren't going to try Mckinstry there. The rest of the lineup is not doing enough to have an auto out in the lineup. Appreciate what he did last year but this "slump" is almost 100 at bats long.

Flaherty is not himself this year. Missing his spots over and over.

When you are throwing 0-2 counts right down the middle my guess is you just don’t care. He looks so disinterested to me every time I see him pitch.

 

[biggunsbob]

I wonder if they dare let Kevin make jump from Double AA ball to mlb ? I bet he could give a better at bat than some of the tigers.

 

[biggunsbob]

Tigers 5 innings and 5 lobs tonight.

 

[biggunsbob]

Two clean innings from Enns

Btw Jack’s era is at 4.77 now.

 

[@Stakesarehigh]

I wonder if they dare let Kevin make jump from Double AA ball to mlb ? I bet he could give a better at bat than some of the tigers.

Was just thinking that myself. Late enough in the year that his clock is started late also.

Kriedler is dumpster juice.

At some point you can't have a guy who is getting literally zero hits play all the time

 

[biggunsbob]

Greene hacking away pops our to 2nd, on 1st pitch.

 

[@Stakesarehigh]

Thank God they built an 11 game lead to work through this.

 

[@Stakesarehigh]

Greene hacking away pops our to 2nd, on 1st pitch.

The brutal piece to that being not forcing Skenes to throw more pitches. Now we looking at 7 innings

 

[biggunsbob]

Just throw high fastballs to tiger hitters.

Last I checked down 3-0 you cant hit a 4 run homer with zero base runners. Don’t you take 3-1 down three runs.
Sometimes I worry about the baseball awareness of this team.

 

[@Stakesarehigh]

Two clean innings from Enns

Btw Jack’s era is at 4.77 now.

He had 2 really bad starts in June. Been passable since. Today was brutal with 9 base runners in 3 innings.

 

[nydo77]

Yeah sadly I know analytics say bunting is bad. But if you can’t hit .And we all know Sweeny cant hit. Such an unproductive at bat.

When players can't get the bat solidly to the ball swinging, there is a good chance that the same thing happens when they try to bunt, though.

 

[kalinecountry]

First XBH since 6/22 for Parker.

 

[@Stakesarehigh]

Nice effort by Parker.

 

[biggunsbob]

When players can't get the bat solidly to the ball swinging, there is a good chance that the same thing happens when they try to bunt, though.

But that at bat runners were at 1st and 2nd zero outs.
If he does sacrifice the runners move up. First base is open and Keith’s little dribbler to 1st produces a run . Remember we are just trying to have him move runners up. His soft pop-out to second was just a bad at bat that just did nothing to help the team.

 

[biggunsbob]

Mr auto out delivers what he does. A out.

 

[biggunsbob]

Last 34 innings. Three games at Texas and 7 innings at Pittsburgh the tigers scored 3 runs total.

 

[@Stakesarehigh]

Last 34 innings. Three games at Texas and 7 innings at Pittsburgh the tigers scored 3 runs total.

Just brutal hitting.

 

[biggunsbob]

Keith sees a bunch of pitches but swings at 2 balls on a 3-2 count.
Fouls one off . Misses and k’s on 2nd ball. Torres gets a infield single
Greene K’s on a 1-2 WASTE PITCH ! Strange how these even work against good mlb hitters.

They should not be losing to Pittsburgh even with Skenes pitching.

They better wake up . Tigers play some good teams after Pittsburgh.

Tork misses 3 nasty sliders.

Embarrassing night for tiger hitters.

 

[biggunsbob]

Cleveland is going to win.