The righty has fallen off quite a bit since his All-Star season with the Cards in 2015, with just one sub-4 ERA since. OUR BURNING QUESTIONS: Is this the year for a winning record?īut that’s the past, and we’re here to talk about the future: Namely, Monday's afternoon/evening matchup against the Red Sox and their starter, former Tampa Bay Ray/New York Met/St. OUR PICKS: Here's your division winners, World Series champ For evidence, see Saturday, in which the Tigers were held two hits over the first five innings in a 5-2 loss, and Sunday, in which they had two hits for the entire game, a 10-1 loss. Loading six hits into the final inning and change (there were only two outs when the winning run scored Friday) is probably not a repeatably favorable occurrence. They had eight hits - not awful - in their walk-off win over the Chicago White Sox on Opening Day, but only two came in the first seven innings. Winning games without a lot of hits is something the Tigers are working on, actually. And of course, the final hit of those five ended up as the most important - Bobby Dalbec homered with no outs in the top of the sixth inning, sending a sinker from Clarke Schmidt (a name that sounds dirtier than it actually is) out to right field to snap a 3-all tie. Game notes: Red Sox Nation can finally relax a bit, as Boston pulled out its first win of the season, 4-3, against the Yankees on Sunday night despite getting only five hits. THE SCHEDULE: Predicting all 162 games this season Red Sox RHP Michael Wacha (3-5, 5.05 ERA in 2021).īULLPEN BOOST?: Tigers' Fulmer finds velocity after concerning spring: Worries 'gone now' Probable pitchers: Tigers RHP Matt Manning (4-7, 5.80 ERA in 2021) vs.

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