Game 64 Tigers vs. royals June 11, 2019

[kalinecountry]

Confirmed Tigers Lineup:
SS Niko Goodrum S
LF C. Stewart L
RF N. Castellanos R
DH M. Cabrera R
3B B. Dixon R
2B H. Castro L
1B John Hicks R
C G. Greiner R
CF JaCoby Jones R
P Spencer Turnbull R

Confirmed royals Lineup:
DH W. Merrifield R
LF Alex Gordon L
SS A. Mondesi S
RF Jorge Soler R
3B C. Cuthbert R
2B Nicky Lopez L
1B Ryan O'Hearn L
C M. Maldonado R
CF B. Hamilton S
P Jakob Junis R

https://www.mlb.com/gameday/tigers-...5736#game_state=preview,game_tab=,game=565736
Tigers vs. royals Game preview.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/previews/2019/KCA201906110.shtml
Kansas City Royals vs. Detroit Tigers, at Kauffman Stadium, June 11, 2019 Matchups, Preview.
Baseball Reference

All-time royals lead 356-352.

https://motorcitybengals.com/2019/06/11/detroit-tigers-royals-series-preview/
Detroit Tigers: Tigers prepare to battle Royals in KC & Omaha.
MCBTB

 

[kalinecountry]

Nick hits a first inning home run,

Tigers lead 1 - 0,

 

[kalinecountry]

Dixon hits a home run,

Tigers lead 2 - 0 top of the 4th,

 

[Mitchrapp]

Nothing like facing Kansas City to lower your ERA.

 

[nsonnett14]

LOL lets rush to get to our amazing bullpen !!! OMG Turnbull was close to 100 pitches , gotta take him out !! Fucking idiots

 

[Mitchrapp]

100-105 seems like max for us. I miss the days of 120 pitch JV. Let the guy pitch, he's not a 20 year old rookie.

 

[Mitchrapp]

Its good that Hardy got a hold for us. Lol. Stupid stat.

 

[nsonnett14]

Clown show in full affect

 

[Mitchrapp]

This ones on the manager.

 

[tigermud]

Boy they really pissed that one away

 

[Mitchrapp]

96 pitches, stupid manager.

 

[kalinecountry]

https://www.mlb.com/tigers/news/spencer-turnbull-tosses-six-scoreless-innings
Turnbull goes 6 sharp, but Tigers get messy late.
Tigers official site

https://www.blessyouboys.com/2019/6...ty-royals-spencer-turnbull-jakob-junis-errors
Royals 3 - Tigers 2: Tigers let win fall through their fingers.
A mediocre starting pitcher and sloppy defense were more than the Tigers could handle as Royals rally late to steal the win.
BYBTB

https://www.mlb.com/gameday/tigers-...736#game_state=final,game_tab=box,game=565736
Boxscore.

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/s...s-them-game-against-kansas-royals/1418772001/
Tigers display power, but defensive lapse costs them game against Royals.
Detnews

https://www.mlive.com/tigers/2019/06/tigers-lose-late-lead-fall-to-royals-in-series-opener.html
Tigers lose late lead, fall to Royals in series opener.
Mlive

https://www.freep.com/story/sports/...t-tigers-kansas-city-royals-score/1427422001/
Detroit Tigers observations: Bullpen gives up lead to Royals, 3-2.
Freep

 

[kalinecountry]

https://totallytigers.wordpress.com/2019/06/11/the-perfect-solution/
THE PERFECT SOLUTION.
Totally Tigers

 

[tomdalton22]

so, the offense can't score more than 2 runs and the pitchers give up 3, but it's the manager's fault?

 

[dale675]

I'm completely fine with Turnbull coming out after 6 with 0 runs. Keep his ERA low. Hopefully we can get someone to overpay for him at the dead line. Don't get me wrong, I love that he's having a great season so far...but still not 100% convinced this is the real him.

 

[byco42]

Nick Castellanos needs to run right though Hicks to catch that baseball. He should have been stationary and waiting to catch that, rather than taking a tentative, serpentine path to the ball. He needs to move to LF or 1B.

 

[Mitchrapp]

I'm completely fine with Turnbull coming out after 6 with 0 runs. Keep his ERA low. Hopefully we can get someone to overpay for him at the dead line. Don't get me wrong, I love that he's having a great season so far...but still not 100% convinced this is the real him.

Is that the criteria? How about winning?

 

[Mitchrapp]

so, the offense can't score more than 2 runs and the pitchers give up 3, but it's the manager's fault?

He doesn't let his starters pitch. It's not like we have Mariano Rivera in the BP. 96 pitches when things are going well let him get his own win.

 

[dale675]

Is that the criteria? How about winning?

You can have an ERA of 0, if your team never scores a run, you never win. So no, wins IMO are not an important stat. Is ERA good criteria? By itself, it's decent, doesn't paint the entire picture. But it does indicate how many runs you give up per 9 innings.

In the 14 games he's started we've scored 44 runs, or 3.14 per game. Not gonna win many games scoring 3 runs. 3 of which we were shutout.

 

[tomdalton22]

He doesn't let his starters pitch. It's not like we have Mariano Rivera in the BP. 96 pitches when things are going well let him get his own win.

6 innings and didn't give up a run. He did his job, it was time for someone else to do theirs and they didn't.