TIGERS POSTCAST: MELTDOWN IN CLEVELAND! Detroit Tigers BLOW Game 2 Leave 14 Men On, DECISIVE GAME 3

TIGERS POSTCAST: MELTDOWN IN CLEVELAND! Detroit Tigers BLOW Game 2 Leave 14 Men On, DECISIVE GAME 3

This is the Tigers Post Cast, your instant game reaction for the Detroit Tigers, part of the Locked On Network, your team every day. That’s what playoff baseball does to you. High one day and rock bottom low the next. Welcome into a live locked on Tigers post. I am your host Jake Rema. You can follow me on Twitter, Jake_Rapma. And the series is even at one game a piece. The Guards take this one six-1. And the Tigers are back in meltdown mode just like we saw at the end of the regular season, but inventing new ways this time to lose one for 15 with runners in scoring position. 15 men left on base. It was painful, painful to watch and we will revisit all of that pain. If you’re new around here, would like you to invite you to like today’s video and of course subscribe to the channel if you haven’t yet already. Daily Locked on Tigers content with Scott Bentley and of course the postgame show with me, Jake Rema. Now, if you’re a Guardians fan, shove it in our face. Sure. We had a lot of Guardians fans on the stream yesterday and maybe after a win there’ll be even more Guardians fans on today’s lockdown Tigers postcast. But the for eight innings this was just two bad baseball teams is what it felt like. I mean the base running mistakes that the Tigers made and I said listen we’re going to get into this in my biggest talking point. we’ll have our turning point and I’ll be able to hone in on what I’ve said all year about for whatever reason this Tigers team and their aggressive base running that was praised all season long on the FanDuel broadcast because why wouldn’t you praise this team for every little thing that they do, it came back to bite them in the ass just like any baseball mind could have told you if you consistently make egregious mistakes and egregious errors on the base pass when moments matter the most is you’re you’re going to do the exact same thing. The other part of this, like I mentioned in the open, one for 15 with runners in scoring position and 15 men left on base. But let’s talk about it. Your comments, welcome. Fire up that comment section. I know we’ve got a ton of comments already coming in. I’ll do my best to get to as many as possible. But we begin where we always do. Our biggest talking point after a Tigers loss in game number two. This is what you’ll be talking about. Any competitor will tell you that when the moments are the biggest, the lights are the brightest, you have to be able to perform at your absolute best. That’s what separates good from the great, turns players into legends, that sort of thing. And really, and I I’m sure Guardians fans would tell you the same thing, neither team was at their best today. I mean, look at the way the game started. And I’m not picking on the kid. I know it was his major league debut, but errors all over the place. And the Tigers though, they they have no excuse. This game was there for the taking. You had a crooked number when Jav Bayz hits the RBI single. Let’s break that play down for a second. For Zack McKinstry to get gunned out at third, there’s no excuse. And I haven’t, you know, the way that replay is is played back. I finally got a replay on the ESPN broadcast like an hour later. But Dylan Dingler rounding third. And it’s a little thing, but you got to do the little things right in the highest magnitude of the game, like the postseason. You have to be sprinting home. He’s looking back at the baseball. There’s no reason for that. I know everyone does it and when things like this happen, the mistakes get the mistake gets magnified. But Zach McKinstry, if you’re going to use the oven mitt, use it. He the the first point of his body does not make contact with the base and therefore the tag being applied to the helmet and head area makes contact with him before he’s in safely at third. And little things, they’re little things, but again, in the heat of the moment, they get magnified. And if Dingler’s running 100% full-on sprint, he scores there. And if you’re Joey Cora, maybe, you know, you don’t send him there. Or maybe McKinstry turns around, gets in a rundown. Okay, he’s gunned down, but then it’s a it’s a 2-1 game. The weight and the the air being lifted out of the balloon and deflated when that game went from 2-1 Tigers to 1-1 cannot be overstated. It really can’t. Other notes I had written down for my biggest talking point. You know, in a playoff game, you’re going to have a lot of talking points. You really are. But Jamai Jones pinch hitting for Riley Green tells you everything you need to know. And there’s no confidence in Riley Green. And that was a huge pivotal moment of the game. It was yet again another opportunity for this Tigers team to break it open, put up a crooked number, but instead Jamai Jones strikes out. And this is the craziest part. I texted a buddy when they had two on after that Carpenter single. Glabber gets hit by the pitch. Carpenter singles. I texted a buddy and said, “They’re not scoring here.” and call me cynical, call me whatever you want. Call me a bad fan. And I know we had some comments. I normally don’t respond to comments on the Lockdown Tigers post after the show has aired. Of course, when the show’s on, but oh, you were so down on this team a week ago, and now you’re all excited that they won. Yeah, of course I was excited that they won. I mean, this is fanided content. But at the same time, we’re not going to not call them out or hold them accountable when egregious mistakes are made. You have to call it how it is. And this Tigers team, for how many consecutive innings did they have two on this particular time? Happened to be first and third. Nobody out. Torqulson shallow fly ball. Might as well still been on the infield. That’s not getting the job done. Jamai Jones strikes out. But again, it’s more telling. I I I don’t want to crucify AJ Hinge for making a bold call in that particular moment and pinch hitting Riley Green. Riley Green’s been terrible. I know he had the double, but he he’s been absolutely atrocious and I liked the chances better with Jamai Jones up there than with Riley Green. I really did. And uh that being said though, I think Jamai Jones got screwed on the 3-1 pitch. Being called a strike, it should have been ball four would have loaded the bases. Totally changes the the demeanor, the outcome of the atbat, of course, but at the same time, be big league baseball player, man. It’s the playoffs. That’s why you’re in the game. That’s why you’re facing a lefty. Find a way to get it done. The Tigers repeatedly, repeatedly gave themselves opportunities and did not get it done. And the result, a winner take all game number three. All right. Um, do want to give a shout out. I saw one comment there. How about Jav Bayas? I mean, I put this on Twitter. I take all the negative things I ever said about Jav Bayas. And if you’ve been with us from the beginning of the Locked On Tigers post, you know, one of the bits we have is I’ll say something nice about Jav. It pains me to do so, but he’s been phenomenal. He’s the only one on this team, two for four today, and should have had the two RBI, but again, boneheaded mistakes from the Detroit Tigers. Demetrius McNeel is up first. Tigers with men in scoring position is a disgrace. To make matters worse, game three is win or go home. Got to come back next game. Yep, that’s 100%. AM says one for one for 15 with runners in scoring position. Runners in stranded position. That’s good. The RISP stands for runners in stranded position. Unbelievable. It’s It’s just Elijah Harris says, “I’m done.” I’m not blaming anybody for feeling that way. We got one more. I mean, we got a winner take all. There’s not a clutch bone in this entire team other than Scooble, Elijah Harris adds. And I don’t even believe I don’t disagree with that by any means. R1 VJ4, we haven’t even talked about this yet, but Melton fed them in the eighth. Herder should have been in there first and maybe Melton. That was just good hitting by Bo. Yeah, listen. I I know we can look at the box score and say, okay, you know, it was still a 1-1 game in the bottom of the eighth, but you just with the number of times the Tigers failed to score and the opportunities they had, that was that was inevitable. There’s no doubt about it. And I’m sorry I can’t get into all of these comments, but uh let’s take a quick timeout. We’ll get into our biggest uh turning point as well as our player of the game. That’s all next on a live locked on Tigers postcast. This episode of the Lockdown Tigers Postcast is brought to you by our good friends at Game Time. There’s nothing quite like catching a baseball game live. 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We’ll do our best and uh whatever happens happens, man. Couple more comments here. Travis Wayne, Javi being our best hitter is concerning. I don’t know how to how I feel about flity. I’m with you. And Tim Palmer, I agree with you. This is the result of Scott Harris thinking he’s the smartest dude in the room. We sure could use another bat and a few more arms. No, it’s exactly right. This team wasn’t built to last and this team wasn’t built to make a playoff run. Really, you think about it. Um, and especially on top of that with your stars not performing. And I yelled and screamed at the deadline. I’m not going to do that again. It’s not as simple as, oh, you add this player and you’re a contender. I get that. I’m trying to summarize it in a matter of 30 seconds here. And the season’s not over. There’s a winner take all game three. We’ll gear up, roll our sleeves up, see what happens in game number three. Jack Flair to pitch for the Tigers. I don’t feel overly optimistic on that. But at the same time, baseball is a crazy tame crazy game. The Tigers have to do something. I mean, one for 15 with runners in the scoring position. And it’s just insane. Sony for the Guardians will pitch. Just absolutely insane. All right, we got to get into our biggest turning point. Time to reveal where the game was won or lost. It’s the turning point. Couple of options in this one. How about anytime the Tigers had a runner in a scoring position, right? One for 15. I got to stop saying that. But 15 men left on base. My original turning point was going to be the Zack McKinstry play Dylan Dingler and with runs being at such a premium that still looms so large. So it has to be the turning point. It really does. But to you know I hate to give the Tigers credit for anything but they did continue to create opportunities. They didn’t quit after that and they continued to get men aboard and they continued to fail to get that clutch hit. What we wouldn’t give for just a hit like Jav gave us with runners in scoring position. And you know, as it was happening with the base running mistake, you know, of course, I’m screaming at my apartment. I’m so rattled by the fact that everything I said I couldn’t stand about this team with their egregious base running mistakes now looming so large in the most pivotal game of the season. Do I feel validated? Sure. But I mean I mean again I want this team to win so badly at that moment. It was a horrific, horrific realization that of course the aggressive base running comes back to screw this team over. Of course, of course that’s how it worked out. Another turning point, you know, Jamai Jones again with the opportunity there in the seventh, one out, and just what does the game look like? Of course, the just the overall feel of the game, the overall makeup of a batter’s approach of a pitcher’s approach is so different. If it’s 2-1 Tigers, and even again, if it’s not 2-1 Tigers from that particular time, if it’s 2-1 Tigers from Jamai Jones or from Zack McKinstry and Dylan Dingler figuring out a way not to make base running mistakes, but season comes down to one game, win and advance to the next round, lose, and the season’s over. We’ll have a live lockdown Tigers postgame show for you. After that, make sure you check out the daily show with Scott Bentley. Make sure you like today’s video. Subscribe as well. And the Guardians fans, hey, maybe you get to go to the game tomorrow. That could be fun. I don’t know. Anyways, enjoyed the postgame show. I’m glad I didn’t have a meltdown because what what do the kids call it? Cash crashing out. Crashing out. I I I crashed out before I got on camera. How about that? All right. Um also check out the locked on Lions squad show. That’ll be tomorrow. It’s on Thursdays. Uh we’ll have um special guest Will Birfield from 971thetick.com. He does the Lions pregame show on Fox 2 as well. Busy time of year. Tigers Guardians game three winner take all. Let’s see what happens. Thanks so much for tuning in. Love you guys. See you next time.

Detroit Tigers lose Game 2 in Cleveland against the Cleveland Guardians as the series now heads to a winner-take-all game 3. Detroit Tigers left 15 men on base and went 1-13 with runners in scoring position. Cleveland Guardians scored 5 runs in the bottom of the 8th to earn the win.

MLB Playoffs:
American League: Detroit Tigers 1-0 over Cleveland Guardians; New York Yankees vs Boston Red Sox, Seattle Mariners vs Detroit Tigers / Cleveland Guardians, Toronto Blue Jays vs Boston Red Sox / New York Yankees
National League: Chicago Cubs vs San Diego Padres, Cincinnati Reds vs LA Dodgers, Milwaukee Brewers vs Chicago Cubs / San Diego Padres, Philadelphia Phillies vs LA Dodgers / Cincinnati Reds

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Detroit Tigers Home 46-35
Detroit Tigers Away 41-40

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