The amazing run of the Oakland Athletics came to a screeching
halt at the hands of a very solid and outstanding pitcher in Justin Verlander.
The Tigers did put up a great run with their bats in the final game. After an
amazing home run of 5 consecutive victories (including the 3 game sweep of the
Rangers). And I thought that they could pull it off, I thought that the Oakland
A’s could get the job done at home. But alas I was wrong the reigning AL MVP
and Cy Young award winner was too much for the Athletics to overcome and in the
final game the Tigers took the series…
ALDS – Detroit Tigers
(3), Oakland Athletics (2)
Offense: The
offense of the Oakland Athletics came to life during game 3 and late in game 4
. there was also a big push of offense in Game 2 as well. The only 2 games in
which the Oakland Athletics struggles are the 2 games that ace pitcher Justin
Verlander started and having 2 guaranteed wins in a 5 game series is huge for
any team. So the bats were cooled off and the Athletics were made to look merely
human as they were shutdown…
Pitching: Well
considering the fact that the Athletics starters were young (3 out of 4
starters were rookies) I think that they did an amazing job against a very
tough lineup. They had Prince Fielder and Triple Crown winner Miguel Cabrera
and both of them were shut down pretty effectively during the 1st 4
games of this series. Parker and Griffin and Milone took on a huge task and did
the best that they could. The one bright spot was the pitching of Brett
Anderson to get back into the series in Game 3. Look out for this pitching
staff next year because the Athletics are going to be dangerous…
Bullpen: The
bullpen of both teams had their good moments and their bad moments. Like Ryan
Cook blowing the save and the hold in Game 2. The Tigers had their mistakes as
well like their closer blowing the save in Game 4 allowing 3 runs in the 9th
inning. But it was the lack of use of the Tigers bullpen in Game 5 is what hurt
the most the Athletics couldn’t get to the Starting pitcher and drive him out
of the game and that is what cost them the series. But a great effort by the
bullpen none the less. Cant wait for next season…Till then…Class is dismissed…
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