Tigers at Royals: Game 43

Tigers 13, Royals 1

A rare chance to blog about a game right after it happened! Aren't holidays wonderful?

Whatever was ailing the Tigers in Detroit those last two games was left behind when they landed in KC. The Tigers got 13 runs off of 19 hits. Laird hit another HR and Cabrera had 2 more doubles, adding to his MLB leading .378 batting average.

Verlander pitched another fantastic game allowing 0 runs in 7 innings (and only needed 96 pitches to do it). I wasn't able to watch much of the game (only the Tigers' 9th) but Verlander apparently allowed only 1 runner into scoring position for the whole 7 innings. With 8 more strikeouts Justin regains the strikeout lead in the MLB (at least until Peavy pitches again) with 85.

Once again the Tigers did not commit an error in the game.

I don't think KC was a flash in the pan to start the season. They are not the basement dwellers that they have been and I think that they will start to win again and challenge the Tigers for the division. I just hope that Detroit can at least take this series and then play well against Baltimore, because starting in June the schedule gets tougher yet- Boston comes to town and then the LAA Angels to start the month of June.

With this win Detroit leads KC by 4 games in the AL Central. Minnesota is 4.5 games back after losing to Boston earlier today.