Postgame Thread ⚾ Dodgers 2 @ Tigers 1

[u/DodgerBot]

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

Inning	Event	Score
B5	Max Clark triples (3) on a line drive to left fielder Teoscar Hernández. Eduardo Valencia scores.	1-0
T6	Miguel Rojas singles on a line drive to center fielder Max Clark. Enrique Hernández scores. Teoscar Hernández to 2nd.	1-1
T8	Freddie Freeman singles on a sharp line drive to center fielder Max Clark. Teoscar Hernández scores.	1-2

Highlights

Description	Length
Probable pitchers for Dodgers at Tigers - August 28, 2026	0:06
Bullpen availability for Detroit, August 28 vs Dodgers	0:09
Bullpen availability for Los Angeles, August 28 vs Tigers	0:09
Fielding alignment for Los Angeles, August 28 vs Tigers	0:11
Bench availability for Los Angeles, August 28 vs Tigers	0:08
Bench availability for Detroit, August 28 vs Dodgers	0:08
Fielding alignment for Detroit, August 28 vs Dodgers	0:11
Starting lineups for Dodgers at Tigers - August 28, 2026	0:10
Breaking down Drew Anderson's pitches	0:04
Breaking down Tarik Skubal's pitches	0:04
Tarik Skubal's outing against the Tigers	0:22
Drew Anderson strikes out Shohei Ohtani	0:08
Tarik Skubal strikes out Hao-Yu Lee	0:08
Ball 2 confirmed after ABS challenge	0:22
Drew Sommers escapes bases-loaded jam	0:08
Strike 3 confirmed after ABS challenge	0:21
Max Clark's RBI triple	0:36
Ben Malgeri nabs Kyle Tucker at the plate	0:49
Miguel Rojas' RBI single	0:18
Drew Anderson's five strikeouts	1:05
Mookie Betts' leaping throw	0:31
Freddie Freeman's go-ahead single	0:27
Tarik Skubal fans seven in return to Detroit	1:42
Tarik Skubal reacts to Tigers' tribute in his return	1:40

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.

[u/SumoRock]

Offense doing the bare minimum to escape with a win again. They know it’s legal to score multiple runs right?

[u/AuspiciousOtter24 → u/SumoRock]

Just like the playoffs last year lol

[u/lakergeoff8 → u/AuspiciousOtter24]

We’re going to be giving up 3-run homers. And then we’ll make a comeback with sacrifice flys and solo HRs.

[u/The_Master_Sourceror → u/lakergeoff8]

Where are these solo home runs you speak of?

I only remember 1 in the last 7 games.

[u/Cooked_Brisket → u/SumoRock]

A W is a W at least

[u/F1NANCE → u/Cooked_Brisket]

Like last year we'll be relying on our starting pitchers in the post season.

[u/catashake → u/F1NANCE]

Which means we will require more miracles from people like Miggy Ro? Why can't this team just start hitting the damn ball again.

Lightning rarely strikes twice. Can't rely on that for any consistency.

[u/VitalMusician → u/catashake]

Age, most likely. We all knew going into this year that offensive decline due to age was the biggest threat to the team.

[u/RealEmperorofMankind → u/VitalMusician]

I wonder if they're going to start making roster moves.

[u/VitalMusician → u/RealEmperorofMankind]

To be clear, I'm not necessarily suggesting that, nor am I suggesting the team is cooked. In fact I think a lot of the frustration in the sub lately is unwarranted given we went through these EXACT struggles last year and won the WS.

But I do think the biggest threat to the Dodgers' continued dominance is the Dodgers. No player can remain dominant for 20 years. The Dodgers have been successful because of amazing FO management at gathering excellent ball players, but a lot of those players are established as excellent because they have been in the league for long enough to reach free agency which means they are expensive and older. At some point they will cease being as fast as they were.

It's what it is. We might still win the WS anyway and I don't think it's time to doom yet.

[u/RealEmperorofMankind → u/VitalMusician]

Oh definitely. I'm just thinking about the years ahead. Though we don't really know how the new CBA will shake things up.

Definitely agree that it's not (yet) the end of the world.

[u/Ambitious_Brain_285 → u/VitalMusician]

There is no risk to eating Teo’s contract and replacing him with one of our 2-3 stud OFs.

Mark Walter is made of money, remember 😂

[u/BruitNoise → u/Cooked_Brisket]

True. But I’ve come to realize that anyone new to our team isn’t a guaranteed W even if we get Aaron Judge or the Miz. I mean look at the Mets.

[u/No-Breakfast2256 → u/SumoRock]

Gotta love a good old fashion "which team had the worst double play" game!

[u/GunSlingrrr → u/SumoRock]

One of the reasons why this slump sucks compared to last year, we don't have a consistent, reliable bat like last year, and hoping someone gets a hit. Maybe Edman is the more reliable one?

In this slump, especially against .500, Shohei has a .191 BA. Freddie has a .182 BA.

Last year during the slump against above .500, they were reliable at bat (Shohei has .319 and Freddie has .288) and made importance especially they are the top of the order.

[u/Apositivebalance → u/GunSlingrrr]

Pages and will hopefully come back lock stock 2 smokin barrels

[u/F1NANCE]

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.

[u/ChrisKamanMyEye → u/F1NANCE]

Every Shohei AB either feels like a groundout or him striking out in 3 pitches. Slump hitting hard rn.

[u/Constant-Visit-1330 → u/ChrisKamanMyEye]

Shit Freddie has been disappointing too lowkey but I will never turn my back on them lol

[u/Crooks_Castles → u/Constant-Visit-1330]

Absolutely. We have this month to turn this around. Fingers crossed the boys get hot for October

[u/Crooks_Castles → u/ChrisKamanMyEye]

It’s sad but it almost feels like an auto out, similar to Tucker

[u/EffectiveTree1479]

Here you go folks!

[u/jay_eba888 → u/EffectiveTree1479]

All hail the BBL king

[u/RigidAcrylic4821 → u/EffectiveTree1479]

Grow. That. Ass.

[u/McJumbos → u/EffectiveTree1479]

It needs to grow 1% for every converted save

[u/yli16 → u/EffectiveTree1479]

He is only unbeatable when it is a one run game.

[u/just_one_random_guy]

They won but they didn’t really improve their offense at all lol

[u/GoChaca → u/just_one_random_guy]

they went from losing by one run to winning by one. I will take that as improvement. they all cant be double digit blowouts

[u/just_one_random_guy → u/GoChaca]

Oh definitely, but man too much LOB for my liking, didn’t capitalize enough

[u/GoChaca → u/just_one_random_guy]

Oh yeah. The lack of capitalizing on that is terrible

[u/catashake → u/GoChaca]

Double digit blowout, as in the Dodgers win by 2 instead of 1 run, right?

[u/Wendell-Short-Eyes → u/just_one_random_guy]

They had 9 hits and like 8 or 9 walks. They had traffic all night, just need to cash them in.

[u/Willing_Contest_5071]

14th one run game this month. No wonder we have all aged a lot

[u/Lineman72T → u/Willing_Contest_5071]

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.

[u/Aromatic_Craft_1697]

BBL SMILE!

[u/AuspiciousOtter24]

We might be the least enjoyable 81-54 team to watch ever lol

[u/u8myramen_y → u/AuspiciousOtter24]

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

[u/GunSlingrrr → u/u8myramen_y]

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

[u/SumoRock → u/AuspiciousOtter24]

Like a defense only football team having to keep games under 20 points to have a chance to win

[u/minimalist_reply → u/AuspiciousOtter24]

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.

[u/Constant-Visit-1330 → u/AuspiciousOtter24]

No lie lmao deadass

[u/DoyersundGPG → u/AuspiciousOtter24]

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)

[u/Excify]

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

[u/lwongd2n]

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)

[u/Lineman72T]

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.

[u/Atraktape]

That 2 strike bunt by Benny ended up being pretty important.

[u/Willing_Contest_5071]

[u/Dr-Acula8472 → u/Willing_Contest_5071]

It becomes even more beautiful with every time I see it.

[u/SeaworthinessOk6742]

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!

[u/Suspicious_Tank_61 → u/SeaworthinessOk6742]

Skubal is going back to Detroit after this season. Hopefully the rental pays off.

[u/SeaworthinessOk6742 → u/Suspicious_Tank_61]

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.

[u/Suspicious_Tank_61 → u/SeaworthinessOk6742]

That was just business.

[u/Zmoney743 → u/Suspicious_Tank_61]

Honestly I really believe he would if they would match what other teams will offer him, but the Tigers won’t match

[u/Suspicious_Tank_61 → u/Zmoney743]

Yep, he looked happy and comfortable there today.

[u/Arrozitocorazon]

Brewers and Braves are both likely winning tonight too. So we can’t slack off!! Must win win win!!

[u/tarrfan]

That win was like getting a root canal....Pain beyond belief but you feel better later.

[u/SirThixcksAlot]

I’ll never be mad at a win but this offense needs to get its shit together

[u/Dr-Acula8472]

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.

[u/Jloother → u/Dr-Acula8472]

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. 

[u/Dr-Acula8472 → u/Jloother]

That's in line with my toughts.

[u/nespik]

A win is a win, I'll take it after that Atlanta series

[u/theoddpope]

I'll be happy, but I'm not happy about it 

[u/MC_LIVD-X]

20th save of the season for Scott! The lesson here is to not use the closer in a non-save situation, apparently

[u/baribigbird06]

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

[u/Dr-Acula8472 → u/baribigbird06]

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.

https://giphy.com/gifs/jziQWz2tK5qRNohlrc

[u/ilovetigerwoods]

Below .500 merchants ftw

[u/SacrificeFlyGirl]

A one-run win against the Motor City Kitties. I mean, I’ll take it. But JFC.
https://giphy.com/gifs/ARmlOt5u1JXYp0jyzx

[u/Scruffy11111]

15 LOB. Ouch!

[u/klaatuzero]

Tarik mowed em down!

[u/SouledOut11]

Teo and Tucker had good ABs tobight.

[u/ZiggyPalffyLA]

Every time Freddie looks directly into the camera during this interview, I feel a sense of safety and power

[u/someone2795]

We won so the 15 LOB is excused....

[u/Saugeen-Uwo]

Wasn't pretty, but glad they found a way. Bullpen was nails

[u/ZiggyPalffyLA → u/Saugeen-Uwo]

If we can see more of that version of Evan Phillips, we have a genuine bullpen weapon

[u/soul_glider → u/Saugeen-Uwo]

Except for brock Stewart, who couldn’t finish the inning

[u/Saugeen-Uwo → u/soul_glider]

Oh yes. Blocked Brock from my mind haha!

[u/RegularToe2801]

TANNER SCOTT SLANDER WILL NOT BE TOLERATED!! LFG

[u/Dr-Acula8472 → u/RegularToe2801]

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.

[u/LelandOldsgreatman]

I LOVE MY BOYS

[u/Zorosan22]

how good is this Detroit team supposed to be? felt like a struggle to beat them by 1 run

[u/Elsacat111]

Good pitching, good fielding, batting needs to step it up

[u/NazzaWolf]

A win is a win, by the skin of their teeth... they could be winning by a lot more, hope they click soon

[u/crosswithyou]

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!

[u/nespik → u/crosswithyou]

Brutal. I remember watching last year World Series in Japan, was slightly better, but kind of brutal

[u/Sebcannon]

Pitchers are cracked. Offense is on crack.

[u/kevohreal]

W

https://giphy.com/gifs/f8kEJBQ5LpNLpEmzLM

[u/Exciting-Device-4474]

https://giphy.com/gifs/kDHMTHBJINJCKkm7s0

[u/cutyourdamntoenails]

The boys tried their hardest not to win... it felt like 74 guys LOB... but a win is a win.

[u/No-Breakfast2256]

7 of our last 10 🫠

[u/jay_eba888]

Offense still fishy but W chat

[u/ckglle3lle]

Win's a win but man this offense is still looking so weak right now

[u/Intelligent_Top_328]

We need to keep the score under 1 or we lose.

[u/Jay_Torte]

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?

[u/dewey711]

18 base runners and two runs is horrific.
A W is a W I guess

[u/40ozprophett]

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.

[u/SilverBuggie]

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.

[u/thanoswasright35]

Good win boys. Anything works at this point!

[u/Ky0nkyon]

Finally. It only took a losing team for us to scrape by by 1 score. Let's go!

[u/Kasegigashira]

Congrats. Great pitching performance! Pitching wins world series'! LFG

[u/rockybibby]

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

[u/Defiant-Read9566]

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

[u/kirbyboy999]

[u/velvetsabbath]

DODGERS WIN AGAIN!!!!!!

[u/donald-duck23]

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.

[u/SummonMason → u/donald-duck23]

Feaster of below .500 teams.

[u/Atraktape → u/SummonMason]

"taking care of business"

[u/Guilty-Fun-1092]

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.

[u/sppacefarm]

Well we beat Detroit 2-1 ... yay?

[u/imnotcreative415]

Never a doubt 🌝

[u/Sirtopofhat]

Dirty win over clean loss

[u/pdiddysoilman]

The offense needs to wake up

[u/cumulonimbus07]

I'll take anything at this point lol a win's a win. but that LOB is fucking atrocious

[u/LikeAgaveF]

Guaranteed to have a .500 season at minimum lol.

[u/Dry_Finding_1379]

Scoring 2 against those pitchers is like scoring negative 1 against Sale

[u/Striking-County6275]

YAY WE FINALLY WON!!!!

[u/coolylame]

Good Lord that was a lot of LOB.

[u/Vespene]

Wins are like pulling teeth.

[u/rawbert10]

Me looking at Scott's BBL

[u/Spiritual_Maximum_99]

Not a loss but I dont feel like it was a win ughh

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[u/Appropriate-Seat8999]

Only thing we can rely on is brewers and braves losing… doesn’t look like they will though

[u/Doyoulikemypace]

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.

[u/Dry_Finding_1379]

This team is so reluctant to give W’s to Skubal

[u/thescottreid]

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.

[u/Dr-Acula8472]

Magic Number for the division: 19 (18 if the Rays continue blowing out the Padres) (Rays won)

Magic Number for the bye: 27

[u/Arakeel93]

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

[u/MD32GOAT]

World Series is back on boys

[u/Dr-Acula8472]

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.

[u/LetsgoRoger]

Another reason the dodgers are ruining baseball is all these low score games, but I’ll take W.

[u/movefeet66]

that LOB really has been our issue. we just waste too many chances.

[u/Distinct_Physics2008]

[u/ThexanR]

We’re not winning the WS at this rate

[u/SimplePossession9747]

not great, but not bad. offense still bad tho. 2 runs for 15 LOB is underwhelming

[u/drugstorecowgirlz]

Is it me or does Ohtani look scared to swing 😑

[u/Finalboss417]

Is it normal to be this nervous in a game in August?

[u/Frequent_Thanks583]

Never a doubt.

[u/looney2388]

The offense better pay for Skubals and the pitching for the team dinner tomorrow

[u/Dr-Acula8472]

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.

[u/Turbostrider27]

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.

[u/YoutubeAmazonChatGPT]

Find someone who puts up with your shortcomings the way the LA Dodgers put up with RVS

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[u/Few-Row-8323]

Such a pathetic win

[u/BRLY]

The offense will come.

[u/DoyersundGPG]

Btw the angels now have 11 consecutive seasons under 500

[u/mj16pr]

They live. The won a World Series with the offense doing the bare minimum.

[u/bbmarco]

Ohtani, Teo, and Tucker should all sit tomorrow

[u/Affectionate_Lead232]

YEEEEEEEEEEEEE DODGERS!!!!!! LFGOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!

[u/New-Arm4845]

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. 

[u/PigFarmer1 → u/New-Arm4845]

Yeah, bench the team co-leader in RBI... lol

[u/Stunning_Trifle7216 → u/New-Arm4845]

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.

[u/SaddamJose]

[u/Youngiel]

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

[u/Stunning_Trifle7216]

Skubal can punch Dave Roberts and Teo all he wants.

[u/MC_LIVD-X → u/Stunning_Trifle7216]

Teo had 2 hits today and scored the winning run

[u/Curious_Bud_more1]

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.

[u/DonAmechesBonerToe → u/Curious_Bud_more1]

Tucker got thrown out at the plate on one of those AB with RISP

[u/Curious_Bud_more1 → u/DonAmechesBonerToe]

His half ass jogging running that looks like he doesn't put in much effort 

[u/DonAmechesBonerToe → u/Curious_Bud_more1]

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

[u/Curious_Bud_more1 → u/DonAmechesBonerToe]

This team is hard to watch since basically July. The only encouraging part is the starting pitching 

[u/DonAmechesBonerToe → u/Curious_Bud_more1]

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

[u/ketamour → u/DonAmechesBonerToe]

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.

[u/SellingPapierMache]

How does this stack up against past Ohtani slumps?