Catch a toothless Tiger by the tongue game thread

[D-train]

Marquee matchup tonight boys. This is the type of game we were dreaming about when we became fans decades ago! When you are trying to win the tankathon, there is no better way to see what you are made of than to go against the worst of the worst!

Miguel Cabrera: I'm only here so I don't miss a paycheck.......

Mariners
August, 13
7:10pm
Tigers
Yusei Kikuchi (L)
Matthew Boyd (L)

1. Mallex Smith (L) CF
2. J.P. Crawford (L) SS
3. Domingo Santana (R) DH
4. Daniel Vogelbach (L) 1B
5. Austin Nola (R) RF
6. Kyle Seager (L) 3B
7. Tom Murphy (R) C
8. Dee Gordon (L) 2B
9. Tim Lopes (R) LF

1. Niko Goodrum (S) CF
2. Dawel Lugo (R) 3B
3. Miguel Cabrera (R) DH
4. Brandon Dixon (R) LF
5. Ronny Rodriguez (R) 2B
6. John Hicks (R) 1B
7. Travis Demeritte (R) RF
8. Jake Rogers (R) C
9. Jordy Mercer (R) SS

[Petert]

“Science Fiction, double feature...
Doctor Jerry, makes a creature...”

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[Juliooooo]

Mariners take an early lead. 1B, SB, bloop single.

[Juliooooo]

Seemed like a lazy play from Lopes in LF. Turns a single into a double by waiting on the ball.

[Petert]

It will be really interesting to see if Kikuchi can handle these guys tonight. If they rack him up, or he pitches himself out of the game, I’ll have lost a lot of what remaining faith I had in him.

[DavidGee24]

Seager and Murphy give Kikuchi two home runs and he serves them right back up. I just have the bad feeling this is what he is and even if he were still pitching in Japan he'd be getting tagged.

[Juliooooo]

Seager and Murphy give Kikuchi two home runs and he serves them right back up. I just have the bad feeling this is what he is and even if he were still pitching in Japan he'd be getting tagged.

I think he will improve next year. If its to a competent #3 starter, or to a fringe # 5, time will tell. He most definitely ins't a top 2 guy like we had hoped.

[Logainismyhero]

I thought this Kikuchi guy was supposed to be good? He cannot beat major league hitters.

[Juliooooo]

I thought this Kikuchi guy was supposed to be good? He cannot beat major league hitters.

The hope is its fatigue and adjusting to a new league, losing a father, becoming a father, adjusting to pitching every 5 days instead of every 6-7.

Probably wishful thinking he ends up as good as we hoped, but I think he may improve next season to league average.

[D-train]

It will be really interesting to see if Kikuchi can handle these guys tonight. If they rack him up, or he pitches himself out of the game, I’ll have lost a lot of what remaining faith I had in him.

If you can't beat the toothless Tigers you don't belong in the big leagues. They should have sent him down long ago but that would be good for appearances which is the most important thing for this org.