MLB: Near No-No, Tigers Explode, and Yankees Waking-UP

Posted on | May 25, 2008 | No Comments

There were some very interesting games on Saturday. We saw a great pitching performance in the Oakland and Boston game, the Tigers exploded for major runs, and the Yankees continued to show signs of getting things going.

Justin Duchscherer threw one hit ball for eight innings and nearly had himself a perfect game. He hit Varitek early in the game to lose the perfect game and then David Ortiz broke-up the no hitter in the seventh inning. And in his eight innings, Duchscherer only faced one more batter than the minimum. It was a great pitching performance from a pitcher against the Boston Red Sox less than a week after Jon Lester three a no-no for the Sox.

Over in the AL Central, the Detroit Tigers have show a little more life recently. Mainly their bats have come alive. They knocked the ball around the park in all three games during their series with the Mariners. Then after scoring only four runs in the first game of their series against the Minnesota Twins the Tigers exploded for 19 runs last night. And with their pitching improving, the Tigers may finally be turning things around. Of course, one – or five games – doesn’t mean much yet, but we might end-up looking back at these games with the knowledge that this is when the Tigers finally pieced things together. Of course, if the Tigers lose today then that will mean they lose the series and suddenly their good feelings from a 19 run outburst will fade away.

Finally, back in the AL East, the New York Yankees are also showing signs of life. Of course it’s pretty easy to come alive against the Seattle Mariners. But the Yanks have won four straight games and they are now just one game under .500. Since A-Rod returned the Yanks have only lost once – his first game back. So this too might be a stretch of games that we point to later on as the time when the Yankees got it going.

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2. MLB: Yankees and Red Sox Flex Their Muscles
3. MLB: Yankees Roar Back from the Break
4. New York Yankees at Texas Rangers
5. Chicago White Sox at Detroit Tigers

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