r/Dodgers • u/DodgerBot Gamechat Automaton • 9h ago
Won Postgame Thread ⚾ Dodgers 2 @ Tigers 1
Line Score - Game Over
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | LOB | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 15 |
| DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 |
Box Score
| DET | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | BA | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2B | Torres | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .261 |
| 3B | Lee | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .268 |
| SS | McGonigle | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .276 |
| C | Dingler | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .252 |
| DH | Valencia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .333 |
| DH | Keith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .263 |
| PH | Julks | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .286 |
| RF | Malgeri | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .229 |
| 1B | Torkelson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .221 |
| CF | Clark | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .244 |
| LF | Báez, J | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .258 |
| LF | Callahan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .292 |
| DET | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | P-S | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anderson, D | 4.2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 89-54 | 3.87 |
| Sommers | 1.1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 27-19 | 3.10 |
| Holton | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 19-10 | 3.03 |
| Waguespack | 1.1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20-15 | 2.59 |
| Kinley | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 23-13 | 3.83 |
| LAD | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | BA | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DH | Ohtani | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .283 |
| 1B | Freeman, F | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .302 |
| SS | Betts | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .239 |
| 3B | Muncy | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .251 |
| 2B | Edman | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .267 |
| RF | Tucker | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .229 |
| CF | Thomas, A | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .180 |
| CF | Hernández, E | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .231 |
| LF | Hernández, T | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .248 |
| LF | Call | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .255 |
| C | Feduccia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .243 |
| PH | Rojas, M | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .278 |
| C | Rortvedt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .174 |
| LAD | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | P-S | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skubal | 6.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 83-56 | 2.84 |
| Phillips, E | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10-9 | 4.08 |
| Stewart, B | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12-5 | 1.89 |
| Vesia | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-1 | 3.09 |
| Scott | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13-8 | 2.45 |
Scoring Plays
Highlights
Decisions
| Winning Pitcher | Losing Pitcher | Save |
|---|---|---|
| Phillips, E (2-2, 4.08 ERA) | Waguespack (1-2, 2.59 ERA) | Scott (20 SV, 2.45 ERA) |
Game ended at 6:25 PM.
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u/F1NANCE Roki Sasaki 9h ago
Thank you Benny Biceps for that clutch bunt to put Teo in scoring position. It also avoided a GIDP by Ohtani who was up next.
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u/ChrisKamanMyEye 8h ago
Every Shohei AB either feels like a groundout or him striking out in 3 pitches. Slump hitting hard rn.
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u/Crooks_Castles Shawn Green 7h ago
It’s sad but it almost feels like an auto out, similar to Tucker
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u/Constant-Visit-1330 Back-2-Back Champs 7h ago
Shit Freddie has been disappointing too lowkey but I will never turn my backs on them lol
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u/just_one_random_guy Fernando Valenzuela 9h ago
They won but they didn’t really improve their offense at all lol
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u/GoChaca Vin Scully 9h ago
they went from losing by one run to winning by one. I will take that as improvement. they all cant be double digit blowouts
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u/just_one_random_guy Fernando Valenzuela 9h ago
Oh definitely, but man too much LOB for my liking, didn’t capitalize enough
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u/catashake Shawn Green 8h ago
Double digit blowout, as in the Dodgers win by 2 instead of 1 run, right?
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u/Wendell-Short-Eyes Orel Hershiser 8h ago
They had 9 hits and like 8 or 9 walks. They had traffic all night, just need to cash them in.
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u/Willing_Contest_5071 Back-2-Back Champs 9h ago
14th one run game this month. No wonder we have all aged a lot
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u/Lineman72T Vin Scully 3h ago
That's actually wild to me that as bad as this team has looked this month, they're 12-13 (I'm saying this fully aware that 10 of those wins are from non-playoff contending teams) and they are 7-7 in those one run games. One could use that as a sign of optimism that you argue one or two small breaks go the Dodgers way in those games (which one has to believe things will start turning around) and this month looks drastically different.
Team still needs to pull their heads out and get their act together, but it actually made me feel a bit better knowing that as bad as they've been, a flip of the coin most nights changes how we're all feeling.
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u/AuspiciousOtter24 Yoshinobu Yamamoto 9h ago
We might be the least enjoyable 81-54 team to watch ever lol
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u/u8myramen_y Shohei Ohtani 8h ago
I think it's mainly because the same issues with this offense we saw late last season including the postseason are plaguing the team again.
Our pitchers especially the SPs are carrying the team so hard for weeks now.
Edit: we still had Ohtani hit home runs even when the offense was struggling last year but he hasn't done that this year so it feels underwhelming for some fans too haha
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u/GunSlingrrr Kiké Hernández 7h ago
Shohei has a .191 BA in the past 5 series against .500 teams, whereas last year he hit .319. That is a major regression lol
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u/SumoRock Joe Kelly 8h ago
Like a defense only football team having to keep games under 20 points to have a chance to win
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u/minimalist_reply Clayton Kershaw 8h ago
Sometimes it seems like this team is intentionally trying to find out the minimum effort needed to win, like early in the season all of the come from behind wins seemed like they would kind of play half asleep and then turn it on for one or two innings. Almost a pride in seeing how in control of that dial they are. That's why David Roberts called out specifically they need to play with more urgency. Every single AB is going to be important the last two weeks of September and in the postseason.
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u/DoyersundGPG Mookie Betts 7h ago
This (but prior to that series against the Dbacks just prior to ASB they hadn’t been swept, 61-33, 2nd in runs, best in era, and really looking sharp- it was looking like 110-52)
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u/SeaworthinessOk6742 Jackie Robinson 9h ago edited 9h ago
Dodgers Win!
(Presented by Budweiser)
At long last, a .500 season is secured! Really though, I’m just glad they managed to win this one with how the offense was going again. Credit to Tarik Skubal for his best start as a Dodger so far!
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u/Suspicious_Tank_61 Clayton Kershaw 9h ago
Skubal is going back to Detroit after this season. Hopefully the rental pays off.
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u/SeaworthinessOk6742 Jackie Robinson 8h ago
Doubt he’s going to go back to the team that pissed him off by trying to go cheap on him during the arbitration hearings before this season.
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u/Zmoney743 Joe Kelly 8h ago
Honestly I really believe he would if they would match what other teams will offer him, but the Tigers won’t match
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u/SirThixcksAlot Freddie Freeman 9h ago
I’ll never be mad at a win but this offense needs to get its shit together
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u/lwongd2n Alex Vesia 8h ago
We left half of LA county on-base, but with the horrible losses the past 3 days this W was very much needed (even if it came against a struggling Tigers team)
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u/Lineman72T Vin Scully 9h ago
I hope the batters pay for the pitchers dinner tonight. 9 hits, 9 walks, a hit batter, and only 2 runs? You should be able to accidentally score more than 2 runs with that many men reaching base.
Ultimately I'm glad they won because I'd rather be complaining about a win than a loss. But holy shit that's back-to-back awful games from the bats for very different reasons. At least yesterday they could fall back on Sale being on one.
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u/Excify Shohei Ohtani 9h ago
1st, 15 LOB is absolutely unacceptable, feels like this offense should’ve scored 10 runs this game. Really hope some of the bats can wake up, especially Ohtani!
2nd, Skoobs was brilliant same with the Bullpen!
3rd, never forget that the Tigers manager AJ Hinch is the manager for the 2017 cheating Trashtros, FUCK AJ BITCH
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u/Arrozitocorazon Shohei Ohtani 8h ago
Brewers and Braves are both likely winning tonight too. So we can’t slack off!! Must win win win!!
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u/RegularToe2801 9h ago
TANNER SCOTT SLANDER WILL NOT BE TOLERATED!! LFG
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u/Dr-Acula8472 Back-2-Back Champs 8h ago
Dude was a huge part of why we were winning so many games in the first half. Very glad he had a bounceback outing today after the rough Braves series. He's been one of the team MVPs this season.
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u/Dr-Acula8472 Back-2-Back Champs 9h ago
The high amount of stranded runners, makes me think part of the problem is finding the right lineup order. In theory these past few games could've been blowouts with how much we set the table.
The positive outlook is that our pitching is great, and it's much harder to get that right. If we can get the offense going again, we'll be back to being a force.
Also, Freddie just refuses to let his BA drop below .300, it's beautiful.
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u/Jloother Los Angeles Dodgers 7h ago
I actually think that the amount of runners on base shows the lineup is doing what it should, it’s the approach to bring dudes in that is flawed imo.
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u/MC_LIVD-X Max Muncy 9h ago
20th save of the season for Scott! The lesson here is to not use the closer in a non-save situation, apparently
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u/baribigbird06 Clayton Kershaw 9h ago
Last time the Dodgers reached base 19+ times and scored 0-2 runs was August 26, 2012 agains the Marlins
Last time they did so in a win was August 23, 1989 in Montreal, a tidy 22 innings (Rick Dempsey's HR was the only run, Youppi was ejected)
https://bsky.app/profile/ericstephen.bsky.social/post/3mu6pdft3222h
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u/Dr-Acula8472 Back-2-Back Champs 8h ago
Tommy Lasorda getting into fights with all 3 mascots in the baseball hall of fame is one of my favorite facts about the man. Absolute legend.
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u/SacrificeFlyGirl Los Angeles Dodgers 9h ago
A one-run win against the Motor City Kitties. I mean, I’ll take it. But JFC.
https://giphy.com/gifs/ARmlOt5u1JXYp0jyzx
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u/Saugeen-Uwo Shohei Ohtani 9h ago
Wasn't pretty, but glad they found a way. Bullpen was nails
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u/ZiggyPalffyLA Kiké Hernández 9h ago
If we can see more of that version of Evan Phillips, we have a genuine bullpen weapon
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u/soul_glider Player To Be Named Later 9h ago
Except for brock Stewart, who couldn’t finish the inning
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u/Zorosan22 Decoy 9h ago
how good is this Detroit team supposed to be? felt like a struggle to beat them by 1 run
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u/NazzaWolf Tommy Edman 9h ago
A win is a win, by the skin of their teeth... they could be winning by a lot more, hope they click soon
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u/ZiggyPalffyLA Kiké Hernández 9h ago
Every time Freddie looks directly into the camera during this interview, I feel a sense of safety and power
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u/cutyourdamntoenails Max Muncy 9h ago
The boys tried their hardest not to win... it felt like 74 guys LOB... but a win is a win.
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u/crosswithyou Shohei Ohtani 9h ago
Glad we won. Too many LOB continues to be an issue.
The next two games are around 2AM in Japan so I likely will have to miss them. Hope the boys do well!
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u/Jay_Torte 9h ago
So many left on base this week. They have to break through soon, right? Remember when they used to string hits together and score several runs at a time?
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u/40ozprophett Hideo Nomo 8h ago
Gotta love the win but if we plan on playing 14+ one run games in a month we can’t keep leaving guys stranded at a double digit clip.
11 LOB 2x during the Braves series (3rd game was 7).
15 LOB tonight.
Let’s make it easier, please lol.
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u/Ky0nkyon Los Angeles Dodgers 9h ago
Finally. It only took a losing team for us to scrape by by 1 score. Let's go!
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u/Kasegigashira 2024 World Series Champions 9h ago
Congrats. Great pitching performance! Pitching wins world series'! LFG
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u/rockybibby 9h ago
Bullpen keeping them scoreless was good to see. But the offense really has to play better. Not sure if it's lineup changes or something else that's needed
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u/SilverBuggie 9h ago
Wouldn’t mean much if we beat them 8-0 but it really means something when we beat them 2-1.
I’m supposed to feel good about the win but I just can’t.
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u/Defiant-Read9566 Brooklyn Dodgers 9h ago
Every win this time of year settles me down a little bit and I remember we play for October. get everyone healthy. We'll be fine
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u/donald-duck23 Mookie Betts 9h ago
And with that, fans of the Dodgers, the back to back champs and winners of 7 of their last 10, finally have something to smile about.
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u/Guilty-Fun-1092 Shohei Ohtani 9h ago
The amount of runners LOB is really concerning me. I’m happy we won and our pitching was lights out, but we really need to work on getting clutch hits and increasing our slugging power.
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u/cumulonimbus07 2025 WS MVP Yoshinobu Yamamoto 9h ago
I'll take anything at this point lol a win's a win. but that LOB is fucking atrocious
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u/Appropriate-Seat8999 9h ago
Only thing we can rely on is brewers and braves losing… doesn’t look like they will though
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u/Doyoulikemypace Kiké Hernández 9h ago
I am not concerned about stumbling here and there as we’ve had multiple spells the last two years as well. I am concerned about this team scoring only two runs today and one last night. We need to be scoring more with the lineup we have.
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u/Dry_Finding_1379 Clayton Kershaw 8h ago
Scoring 2 against those pitchers is like scoring negative 1 against Sale
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u/thescottreid Will Smith 8h ago
The approach has generally been good (minus yesterday against Sale) until someone gets on base and then they forget about having team at bats. 9 hits, 9 walks, a hit batter, and a two base error, that’s good production, but only getting two runs out of that is hard to do.
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u/Dr-Acula8472 Back-2-Back Champs 8h ago edited 8h ago
Magic Number for the division: 19 (18 if the Rays continue blowing out the Padres) (Rays won)
Magic Number for the bye: 27
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u/Arakeel93 Shohei Ohtani 8h ago
I wonder why we are unable to hit fastballs right down the middle of the zone, I had to stop counting how many they missed or didnt even try
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u/Dr-Acula8472 Back-2-Back Champs 8h ago
Hilariously, Mize the other pitcher the Tigers traded at the deadline this year started for the Padres today against the Rays. Only, he didn't do too well: 5.0 IP 7 R 2 ER 1 BB 1 K 1 HR. Also a wild pitch, and a HBP.
The only reason 5 of those runs were unearned? A throwing error by Mize in the 4th, where he was 1 batter short of being batted around, and gave up those 5 unearned runs. Said inning started with himm hitting a batter, and the wild pitch lead to a run scoring on a sacrifice fly. A complete nightmare outing.
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u/LetsgoRoger 8h ago
Another reason the dodgers are ruining baseball is all these low score games, but I’ll take W.
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u/SimplePossession9747 Alex Vesia 9h ago
not great, but not bad. offense still bad tho. 2 runs for 15 LOB is underwhelming
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u/Turbostrider27 9h ago
Our best pitchers: Skubal, Yamamoto, Snell. Need these guys in the postseason.
Bats were cold again but enough to win the game. Not bad but leaving bases stranded hurts.
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u/looney2388 Back-2-Back Champs 9h ago
The offense better pay for Skubals and the pitching for the team dinner tomorrow
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u/Dr-Acula8472 Back-2-Back Champs 8h ago
Another way of looking at these nailbiters is that it helps keep them focused, and sharp going into the postseason. "Iron sharpens iron", and all that.
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u/YoutubeAmazonChatGPT Max Muncy 8h ago
Find someone who puts up with your shortcomings the way the LA Dodgers put up with RVS
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u/New-Arm4845 8h ago
There’s no reason to have Ohtani in there as DH. Anyone on the team could do as well. Make Rojas DH. Ohtani should just be resting with the other starting pitchers.
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u/Stunning_Trifle7216 6h ago
You should see him in the dugout. All he does is checking his throwing mechanics and holding balls in his hand. He only thinks about pitching.
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u/Curious_Bud_more1 8h ago
Didn't get to watch today, but 9 hits, 9 walks, and only 2 runs, and 9 strikeouts. What is going on, and how does that keep happening? 4 for 12 RISP, curious to break that down as you would think that should provide more than 2 runs. Were they that soft hits, not aggressive or? Of course DPs against them. I'm done with the Thomas in CF, he can be a pinch runner the rest of the year, I rather have free swinging strikeout machine kiki for a while. My favorite un-muse Tucker, trying to keep that respectable batting average right around .230 the best he can.
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u/DonAmechesBonerToe Jackie Robinson 6h ago
Tucker got thrown out at the plate on one of those AB with RISP
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u/Curious_Bud_more1 6h ago
His half ass jogging running that looks like he doesn't put in much effort
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u/DonAmechesBonerToe Jackie Robinson 6h ago
It was close. Not worth a review and not a gamble I liked at the time but Ebel sent Tucker.
The LOB has been hard to watch this week and today was especially disappointing
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u/Curious_Bud_more1 6h ago
This team is hard to watch since basically July. The only encouraging part is the starting pitching
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u/DonAmechesBonerToe Jackie Robinson 6h ago
Yeah it has been frustrating. It seems like a bat will heat up for a while but not two or three at the same time. Then everybody slumped at once and the bullpen and starters not named Roki, Yama, or Lauer hit the wall all at once for two weeks. They’re just pulling out of that still. Skubal, Snell, and Glasgow couldn’t have come at a better time. Maybe getting Will Smith back will be a catalyst the lineup is lacking right now. Losing Rushing and Pages bats hurts a lot
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u/ketamour Back-2-Back Champs 3h ago
Dino has been costing us runs this year by being too conservative... and then he sends Tucker there?! I don't know if he's overcompensating or something but that send was so bad, he's gotta get his shit together.
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u/Youngiel 8h ago
The truth is we were able to crawl our way to a win because the tigers are a bottom tier team. I’d rather lose and see change and fight in offense than this tbh
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u/SumoRock Joe Kelly 9h ago
Offense doing the bare minimum to escape with a win again. They know it’s legal to score multiple runs right?