Yeah, well - 7 Earned Runs? In 4 innings! It’s hard to beat a baseball team that scores enough to beat the Lions. Pathetic. I can’t count how many times Verlander or Zach Miner had a hitter down 0-2, and the guy gets a hit. When you have a guy down 0-2, you’re supposed to toy with him like a cat plays with a mouse. Instead, they tossed them chunks of cheese.
They hit well. Magglio as always. Guillen. Maybin had a couple of hits including a key double to lead off the ninth, but alas - it was not to be. They made a valiant effort, but when the other team scores 11 runs, well, you generally don’t win.
To really put a damper on things, Sheffield is likely to miss the rest of August with recurring shoulder problems from his collision with Placido Polanco a few weeks back. He took as much cortisone as allowed, but the shoulder is worse than ever, so he’s out for awhile.
Without his bat in the line-up, Detroit looks alot less dangerous. They should still be able to beat Cleveland tomorrow (unless they give up 11 runs), but facing the Yankees minus Sheffield is certainly not an ideal situation.
Detroit desperately needs to win tomorrow with Nate Robertson on the mound. Then they better hope they can at least split with the Yankees, or it’s gonna be a long uphill climb by this time next week.
