Last Week: 2-4
This Week: at LAA (4/19-22); at Tex (4/23-25)
So what happened?
The Tigers’ first butt-kicking of the season came on Friday night, when the Seattle Mariners had their way with Jeremy Bonderman. The pitching was uneven all week, the defense shaky at times, and it all added up to a 2-4 week that the Tigers deserved; in fact, they were perilously close to going 1-5, if it wasn't for a rousing 6-5 win on Tuesday (coming back from a 5-0 deficit).
Manager Jim Leyland wringed his hands over the starting pitchers, who have been laboring to give the team six innings, let alone the seven or even eight that Leyland would like to see more often.
But rookies Austin Jackson and Scott Sizemore are not regressing; if anything, they’re showing on an almost nightly bas ...
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Article written by Greg Eno
Monday Morning Manager: My Weekly Take on the Detroit Tigers
Posted: 19th April 2010 by Greg Eno in MLBComments Off on Monday Morning Manager: My Weekly Take on the Detroit Tigers