Tigers Coming Alive?
The Tigers batted around Kei Igawa last night in their 6-5 victory over New York, and have now won 2 of their last three games. Despite being held to just one run against Josh Beckett on Thursday night, the Tigers have scored 17 runs over the past three games.
Last night, Ivan ‘Pudge’ Rodriguez went 3-4 with 2 RBI’s, Placido Polanco and Magglio Ordonez each went 2-4 with an RBI, Gary Sheffield doubled in a run of his own, going 1-4, and improving his average to .204.
The Tigers are now 4th in the AL (7th in the MLB) in batting average, and 2nd in the AL (6th in the MLB) in total runs scored. The Tigers also find themselves 2nd in the AL (5th in the MLB) in base-on-balls.
But don’t get too excited, the Tigers pitching is still among the worst in the league statistically. They’ve given up the most runs in the MLB with 204, and they have the worst ERA in the MLB with a staggering 5.10.
The Tigers will try to put a streak together as they play the Yankees today (Saturday) at 3:40p. Jeremy Bonderman will duel Darrell Rasner.
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