So after and encouraging series against Atlanta, three close ballgames that were well-pitched, the Tigs return home aaaaand get the old pitching back.
Out of all the Tiger pitchers in this series against Texas, the returning Nate Robertson was the only one who did not make me shake my head in anguish. Jeremy Bonderman looked shut down for points on Monday, but then fell apart spectacularly to allow a bunch of Rangers to cross the plate and put the Tigs out of it early. The same old bullpen got off the plane from the Dirty-Dirty and has allowed over ten runs in the past two games.
The Texas Rangers are a bad team. They have improved since the Tigers played them last month, but they are still not good. Yet they have waltzed into Comerica Park and beaten the Tigers once and let them beat themselves yesterday. It's disheartening coming off such a successful road trip.
With the game today being rained out, the Tigs are almost certain to be relegated back into second place in the division tonight. We all knew that at some point the bats would go quiet, and then that's when this team would get into trouble. Well, for three games prior the bats were quiet and the pitching held it together, but now the trouble begins. There are three pitchers I trust coming out of the Tiger bullpen- Durbin, DLC, and Zumaya. Zoomer is hurt and DLC just had a shithole outing on Monday, so that limits me to Chad Durbin.
Par for the course at this point, right?
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