Game 6 - 4/8/2007

Tigers 3, Royals 2

Blown saves. The Royals had an amazing 31 of them in 2006. This, obviously, is an area that needed much improvement. Dayton Moore signed Octovial Dotel to fill that role and reverse that trend.
Unfortunately, we heard on the way to the Opening Day game that Dotel had a strained oblique and he was later put on the DL. Setup man David Riske is handling the closing duties until Dotel's return. Riske notched his first save on Friday night, but couldn't record his second on Easter Sunday.
After Brandon Duckworth pitched an absolute gem, keeping the Tigers scoreless, Riske entered the ninth to complete the win. He gave up a double to Ordonez, then a walk and then a homerun to Pudge Rodrigez to give the Tigers the lead, and eventually the win.
Losing the game is somewhat heart breaking, but it is much more encouraging to see the starting pitching continue to be so strong.
Duckworth gave up only 4 hits with one walk and a strike out. He handed the shut out over to Gobble and Soria who each did their part. Too bad Riske couldn't complete the job.

The Bell Curve
Actual Record 2-4
Expected Record 3-3
Runs Scored 19
Runs Allowed 22
Projected Record 54-108
Pythagorean Record 70-92
Pythagorean Winning% 0.427

Let's go get 'em