One great pitching game deservers another, seems to be the MO for this year’s World Series. One day after Kenny Rogers pitched the Tigers back into the Series, Cardinals pitcher Chris Carpenter pitched the Tigers to another must win game with his eight shut-out innings, allowing only three hits. He faced only two batters over the minimum and threw only 82 pitches. Also, unlike his counterpart Rogers, Carpenter was not accused of having any substance on his hand.
I joke about the fiasco but Carpenter helped to put that to rest by just dominating the Tigers. Only first baseman Sean Casey and third baseman Brandon Inge had hits and three Tiger players (2B Placido Planco, CF Curtis Granderson, and C Ivan Rodriguez) continued to not have any hits in the World Series. This issue has caused Tigers Manager Jim Leyland to seriously think about some major line-up changes before Wednesday’s Game 4.
Leyland needs to find some spark because the Tigers do not want to fall behind 3 games to 1 since the odds of overcoming that deficit aren’t very good.
Well that’s all for now. Stay tuned as I’ll start my NBA preview in the coming days with the NBA season looking to begin next week. Until then, peace.
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