So the Tigers spent a month getting swept by the worst teams in the league, only to turn around and sweep one of the top teams in the AL on the road…
Ok.
1. Hinch looked like he’s trying to get out of dodge by yanking Montero, who was pitching a shutout on 65 pitches thru 6 innings.
2. Do any of the hitters care about their careers that they’d attempt to show some pride in their ABs. It doesn’t appear winning motivates them.
From Tigers game notes and Elias Sports Bureau: With Friday’s loss, Tigers have suffered a walkoff loss in each of their last seven road series, becoming just the 2nd team since 1961 to post that kind of streak. The 1992 White Sox were the other.
There are a ton of reasons the Tigers will lose this game and generally why this team sucks.
But it begins off the field and with the decision makers.
There’s zero accountability, which means there’s zero leadership.
It’s the only reason such bad things happen consistently.
The ONLY reason guys can loaf on this team is because there’s zero accountability. And in today’s game it started with Vierling’s lazy play.
That’s a microcosm of the reality of what’s wrong with this team that seen multiple times every single game.