(Graffanino's) hit us whether he's been with the Royals, White Sox, Boston. He seems to always get on base, some how, some way. He's been a thorn in our side. |
(Grilli) did an outstanding job. I couldn't be happier. I'm sure he's very happy. He did a great job tonight. He had a good curveball tonight. Normally when he's pitching well, it's working for him. He threw it for strikes. |
(Mauer's) no easy at-bat. We're going to be talking about him for years to come. |
(Oakland) got back on track and we just couldn't stop them. It was just a night the Tigers got pounded. |
A lot of things aren't going our way. You score that many runs in the first inning and then give up six, it's depleting and it takes its toll on you. |
A starter gives you seven or eight good innings, you'd like to see him rewarded with a win. It hasn't worked out as much as we'd like. |
Applying it is the difficult part, |
At this point, in September, it's probably caught up to us. |
Back to one run again -- that's not going to cut it. Score one run and there's a low percentage of winning ballgames. |
But if we keep pitching like this, we'll bounce back. |
But it doesn't matter whether there are 2,000 or 45,000 in the stands, ... Your job is to play. |
But it was a heck of a performance by our bullpen. Obviously it will be forgotten, but they deserve a lot of credit all the same. They had us wondering if something unbelievable (a 1-0 victory after a first-inning exit by a starting pitcher) might happen, but you know what, it didn't. |
Comerica Park a bandbox, ... Who would have thought? |
Comerica Park a bandbox. Who would have thought? |
does he fit in next year? |