Cleveland – It happened quickly. And without a ball that even leaves the inner field. The Detroit Tigers took an advance of 2-0 at the bottom of the sixth round in a crucial match against the Cleveland Guardians on Tuesday to see their ace collapsing on the mound in several different and dramatic ways.
“We have done a lot of unusual things, and that hurts us,” said Tigers manager AJ Hinch after loss of tigers 5-2.
First of all, Tarik Skubal tried to switch a ball to the gap through his legs, his back on the first goal, only to see him navigate the head of his teammate Spencer Torkelson, putting the runners in the second and third. It was the second of the two consecutive goals by the Guardians, who entered the night following the Tigers by a single match after being broken up to 10½ on September 1.
After a third stroke in the English Channel, he went wrong – the designated knocking of 99 MPH of Skubal struck the designated striker David Fry to the face, and Fry had to be transported – Skubal launched a wild land and then fell. Both led to races.
Game. Together. Correspond. Tigers were taken in the Central of the American League.
“There is a certain frustration,” said Skubal. “Losing is not fun, and we have lost a lot.”
Hinch added: “He chose to do the emergency flip [through his legs]Which is not easy to do and has not produced a good game. This is an example of an unusual error that accumulates on us at worst time. “”
It is an understatement. The best team in the AL in the first half fell hard, losing seven in a row. Not only did the Guardians caught Detroit in the rankings, but they also obtained the equality break, in case the team teams ended when the regular season ends later this weekend. Nothing is fine for tigers.
“We did not play our match this evening,” said the receiver Dillon Dingler. “I know it’s redundant to say in the past two weeks.
“We have been in a few series for a few now. We certainly feel a part of the pressure. We have to eliminate it. We have to find ways to stay loose and get into what we have to do and go there and do it.”
The tigers played this part of the coward before the opening of the series: Skubal worked on his crossword puzzle, others played in Pingpong, while Hinch advocated a positive perspective. Who would not want to play significant games and control their own destiny, he estimated in the canoe several hours before the first throw. But the match started, and a victory again slipped into their hands.
And if these sixth round errors were not enough, the tigers also struck 19 times. This was a franchise record for Cleveland launchers.
“They won the striking area on both sides tonight,” said Hinch. “They dominated tonight. We didn’t do it.”
The days are dangerously low for Detroit to return things. Cleveland has all the momentum. Playing at home did not help the tigers last week, nor the change of landscape on Tuesday with their ace on the mound. But they always control their destiny even if their future is still so muddy. A joker berth or perhaps a breathtaking fully in the playoff season are increasing possibilities.
“I have to introduce himself tomorrow and win a baseball match,” said voltiseur Riley Greene. “We believe in each other. We have to play better baseball and we have to win. That’s what it comes down.”
