Friday, October 13, 2006 |
A's Dislike Mister Rogers' Neighborhood: Tigers 3, A's 0
You could have knocked me over with a feather.
Rogers came in and owned the A's, two-hitting a very solid Oakland lineup while striking out six, shutting down Frank Thomas (who has yet to get a hit in this series), generally keeping the two through six hitters, well, hitless, while walking only two. It was one masterful performance, unlike that of Rich Harden, who reminded me of his last appearance against the Angels: not only was Harden wild early, once again he gave up runs early, and the Tigers took advantage. Harden came close to getting into a blowout as he walked the bases loaded in the second with Craig Monroe up; Harden eventually struck out Monroe to end the threat and settled down, only giving up a solo homer to Monroe later on in the fifth.
One of the footnotes of the game was the substitution of Mark Kiger for D'Angelo Jimenez, following yet another fielding atrocity by Jimenez in the bottom of the seventh. This makes Kiger the first player in major league history to make his debut in the postseason. Dance with the one what brung ya, but sometimes injury forces your hand; while he had no at-bats, Kiger successfully completed a 6-4 forceout to end the eighth.
Ironically, of course, the game that could be the one that propels the Tigers into the World Series will feature a matchup of Danny Haren against Jeremy Bonderman, the latter being the unfavorite of chair-thrower Billy Beane. Well, you all know how I'm hoping that one turns out.
Five more, Kittycats!
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