How I Realized the Guardians Were Outsmarting Everyone All Along
The Tigers couldn’t get any offense going yesterday. In fairness, they really didn’t get much going in the first game of the series either. They have now scored a total of three runs in the two games. I’ve said the entire year that the downfall of this team would be their offense. They just don’t seem to be consistent enough. Despite having a hot start to the season, they struggled to maintain that effectiveness throughout much of the second half of the year. Their pitching, outside of Tarik Skubal and Casey Mize, also left a lot to be desired. One guy who hasn’t been consistent enough is today’s starter, Jack Flaherty. The Tigers send the right-hander to the hill today, and he brings a season in which he went 8-15 with a 4.64 ERA, and a 1.28 WHIP. He did finish 19th in strikeouts for the year, but the Guardians were middle of the pack, so it might not matter if he is good at that. He has been a full run worse on the road than he has at home and the Tigers have lost all three of his starts against Cleveland this year. He went a total of 16 innings and allowed seven earned runs to the Guardians. His last two starts of the season were against them as well, and while none of them were terrible starts, he doesn’t seem to get run support when he faces the Guardians. The total combined score of those games was Guardians 16, Tigers 1.



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