AJ=due for a hit, and he hasn't looked too good thus far.

Yet to take a pitch.

97 pitches for Verlander through 6. 95 for Jose.

AJ has swung at all 8 pitches he has seen tonight.

A.J. needs to just take a pitch next at bat. I don't care if it's tonight, tomorrow, the next day.....take a pitch or two.

 

At any rate, 3-2 good guys heading to the 7th.

Do you all sense this is like the White Sox of the postseason where this 3-2

lead would be good enough?

Or are we in danger of losing still?

AJ has swung at all 8 pitches he has seen tonight.

Pretty ridiculous. Plus he just got another 1st pitch out. Among the league leaders for that stat.

A.J. needs to just take a pitch next at bat. I don't care if it's tonight, tomorrow, the next day.....take a pitch or two.

 

At any rate, 3-2 good guys heading to the 7th.

I think AJ's plan tonight was to not let Verlander get ahead of him using the fastball. He just hasn't been able to hit the first pitch fastballs.

In a perfect world Dye and Thome's homers would have been 3 run bombs.

To be honest I'd almost rather they were 3 run shots. These 1 run losses have hurt lately. At least in a blowout you know it's over early.

Pretty ridiculous. Plus he just got another 1st pitch out. Among the league leaders for that stat.

As a trade off for a .324 batting average, I'll take it.

The exploding bat trick.....yikes that thing went all over the place. 1 out.

Pretty ridiculous. Plus he just got another 1st pitch out. Among the league leaders for that stat.

 

He is hitting .378 when he swings at first pitch and puts it in play.

DJ: "Granderson homered into DEEP left center field..." No s*** DJ.

AJ has swung at all 8 pitches he has seen tonight.

I hope he keeps hacking away - that's just how he does it.

That 1-0 pitch has been a strike all game.

f***

DJ: "Granderson homered into DEEP left center field..." No s*** DJ.

 

Homers into shallow left center are a lot of fun.

 

3-1 to Granderson, not somebody you want to walk. And Count walks him. Ugh.

A DP would be really nice here.

That 1-0 pitch has been a strike all game.

 

Kulpa has been horrible. Very inconsistant. Jose getting raw deal.

We've got to stop walking guys, especially in the last few innings of a game. Granderson's going to be at 2nd base soon.

Walks Granderson, that's basically a double.

Walks Granderson, that's basically a double.

 

Granderson is an awful basestealer.

I hope the Tigers just do a straight steal, as Polanco is a great guy to do a hit-and-run with.

Walks Granderson, that's basically a double.

He's only 4/8 in SB this season according to the Tigers' announcers.

 

Montero and Cotts up.

Edited June 8, 200619 yr by Balta1701

Montero getting warm....hmmmm wtf?

Montero for ordonez if we get that far this inning?