If last night's game versus the Baltimore Orioles wasn't a summation of the Detroit Tigers season this year I don't know what is. Detroit squandered a 6-0 lead, appeared to score the go-ahead run in the top of the 10th inning, and then lost it in the bottom of the 10th.
When the Tigers can hit, they can't pitch. When they pitch well, they can't hit.... and sometimes they can't do either and just fall apart. Not to mention the Tigers have gone 5-5 in their last 10 games against teams that are more then beatable (and some of which are Central Division foes): Seattle, Cleveland, Minnesota and Baltimore. If you are a playoff bound team you go 7-3, 8-2 in that stretch against those teams, not .500.
People are going to say that sounds like a band wagon fan talking and there is the second half of the season to go still, plenty of time to get back in the race. But to me, you've got to prove you are capable of putting together a run to get back in the race. You don't just turn it on all of a sudden. So far the Tigers have only proven to be consistently inconsistent.
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