10-28-12: World Series Game #3 and #4
Oct 28, 2012 Baseball
Posted by
Dick Ourada
Where oh where are the Tigers hitting we all knew from a week ago? I can’t understand, are they exhausted? Have they had too much time off between games? Are they injured? All these questions and more will be answered tonight in game #4 of the 2012 World Series. Ryan Vogelsong was spectacular with his pitching performance last night for the Giants, as was Tim “The Freak” Lincecum out of their bullpen. The Giants who are not overpowering offensively seem to get enough runs and hits from their hitters, while Detroit’s batmen seem lost at the plate and that includes Miguel Cabrera and Prince Fielder. The Tigers starters these last couple of games have been very good themselves but haven’t gotten the run support they need from their offense.
Tonight is game #4 on FOX, live from the Motor City in what should be a chilly evening and more chilly if the Tigers can’t get a win. Detroit is throwing their blue and brown eyed stopper in Max Scherzer who has had a wonderful season while hoping for a big game in his last start of the year. I know the statistics, no team has ever come back from an 0-3 deficit to win the coveted crown, however if they can win tonight and throw Verlander tomorrow and get a win, they go back to San Francisco in hopes to get two in a row and win it all. These playoffs have had their share of major comebacks, but its mainly been the Giants doing the coming back. The Tigers have been good with their backs against the outfield wall all year and its going to take four in a row to salvage this series, maybe there is a first time for everything?
To get a win tonight the Tigers are going to have to do it against San Francisco’s ace Matt Cain who seems to be calm and collected. Detroit is going to have to figure out how to solve his coolness and rattle his cage early. We all know Lincecum won’t be able to come out of the bullpen tonight, so maybe, just maybe the Tigers get this one. I hope so, as I wish for baseball to continue as long as possible this season. Plus, I want a friend and his father who are the biggest Tiger fans I know to have a night of happiness.
Being a White Sox fan, as I’ve mentioned proudly over the course of this blog in October, I know how good Detroit is, I just didn’t think that the Giants had the bats to beat the Tigers. Maybe Detroit sits Cabrera and Fielder and replaces them with Al Kaline and Mickey Stanley. Maybe they move the game to old Tiger Stadium just for one evening. Maybe just maybe Sparky Anderson and Ernie Harwell look down from the heavens and help persuade the baseball gods to bless the boys of Detroit one more time. We will see, and we will be watching.
