Four The Tigers managed a mere four hits against the Angels on Friday, an output that isn’t going to cut it against Major-League opposition. To put it in perspective, Albert Pujols had three hits by himself for the Angels. Nine…
Seven The number of runs allowed by Tigers starter Anibal Sanchez. The former Florida Marlin also allowed eight hits and two walks in 5.2 innings pitched. To his credit he struck out every Houston hitter with the exception of Evan…
10 The difference between the Brewers’ total hits (13) and the Tigers’ (3). Detroit did draw four walks, but they have to get more hits if they want to succeed. Nine The number of pitches seen by Nick Castellanos over…
Because I missed the last game, here are twice the stats from the Detroit Tigers blowout win over the Minnesota Twins. Five The number of runs driven in by Miguel Cabrera. Miggy went yard twice and scored three runs on…
Three The number of Tigers with multiple hits. Victor Martinez, Yoenis Cespedes and James McCann all had two hits each. Zero The number of runs allowed by the Tigers bullpen. This was another strong effort by the Detroit ‘pen as…
11 The number of hits collected by the Tigers as a team. They easily out-hit the Royals, who managed a comparatively paltry six hits. 15 The number of pitches needed by Detroit closer, and former Royal, Joakim Soria to pitch…
One The number of hits by Tigers hitters not named J.D. Martinez. Martinez went 2-for-4 with two strikeouts. Anthony Gose had the lone, non-Martinez hit. Gose also scored Detroit’s only run of the game. Four The number of home losses…
1 The minimum number of times ever Tigers starting position player reached base. Rajai Davis and Jose Iglesias contributed two hits and a walk each while every other starting position player, with the exception of Alex Avila, registered a hit.…
Thanks to the Kansas City Royals being reigning American League Champions and the Chicago White Sox and Cleveland Indians making significant improvements in the offseason, the trendy pick is to not pick the Tigers to win their fifth consecutive AL…
4 The number of runs scored by catcher Alex Avila. Avila went 1-for-1 with three walks. His batting average on the season is .750. Shortstop Jose Iglesias had four hits for the Tigers. Avila and Iglesias, the team’s 8…