Tigers Post-Game: Detroit falls to Seattle in 15-inning ALDS thriller

Tigers Post-Game: Detroit falls to Seattle in 15-inning ALDS thriller

BIG, DEEP BREATH SETS THREE, TWO. SWINGING THE LINE. DRIVE. BASE. HIT INTO RIGHT. MARINERS. WINNER. CRAWFORD INTO SCORE. DUGOUT ERUPTS. CHASES DOWN POLANCO. AND THE MARINERS IN 15 INNINGS HAVE ENDED THE TIGERS SEASON, AND THEY’LL BE HEADING TO THE AMERICAN LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2001. DAN DICKERSON ON THE CALL, 97 ONE THE TICKET, THE. >> TIGERS RADIO NETWORK. THAT IS HOW IT ENDED GAME FIVE OF THE AMERICAN LEAGUE DIVISION SERIES BETWEEN THE TIGERS AND THE MARINERS. AND AS YOU SAID, SEATTLE. NOW ON TO THE AMERICAN LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES. IT COULD HAVE BEEN SO DIFFERENT SO MANY TIMES. GOOD EVENING. WE’RE GOING TO TRY TO UNWIND THIS FOR YOU. WELL GOOD MORNING. EXACTLY RIGHT. GREAT TO HAVE YOU HERE. DAN MILLER, WILL BURCHFIELD IS GOING TO JOIN US FROM SEATTLE. COMING UP IN JUST A BIT. WERSHE ONE OF THE MOST INCREDIBLE PLAYOFF GAMES IN BASEBALL HISTORY. 15 INNINGS, 15 PITCHERS. SO MANY CHANCES FOR BOTH TEAMS. EDGE OF YOUR SEAT STUFF WASN’T ALWAYS GREAT BASEBALL. THERE WAS SOME FUNDAMENTALS MISSING AT TIMES, BUT IN THE END, IT’S SEATTLE THAT CAME UP WITH A BIG HIT. >> JUST A DEVASTATING, HEARTBREAKING, HEART WRENCHING WAY FOR THIS TIGERS SEASON TO END. IT FELT LIKE THEY HAD ESCAPED DEATH MAYBE 4 OR 5 TIMES BEFORE IT EVENTUALLY CAME FOR THEM. BUT I AGREE, A HISTORIC GAME THAT WILL REMEMBER THESE FANS FROM BOTH CITIES WILL REMEMBER FOR A LONG TIME, MAYBE FOREVER. THAT IS ONE FOR THE RECORD BOOKS. >> LONGEST PLAYOFF GAME IN PLAYOFF HISTORY. LONGEST ELIMINATION GAME IN BASEBALL HISTORY 15 INNINGS. THERE WAS A LOT GOING ON IN THIS ONE. AND LOOK WE WENT INTO THIS GAME TALKING ABOUT TARIK SKUBAL. HE DID NOT DISAPPOINT. AND ONE OF THE DOWNSIDES HERE IS HE HAD A HISTORIC PERFORMANCE TONIGHT. AND THE TIGERS COULD NOT TURN THAT INTO A VICTORY. TAKE IT BACK. SHOW YOU SOME OF THE AMAZING THINGS HE DID. 13 KS, SEVEN IN A ROW AT ONE POINT. THAT’S A NEW POSTSEASON RECORD. TEN STRIKEOUTS THROUGH FOUR INNINGS WITH NO WALKS THAT HAD NEVER BEEN DONE BEFORE. INTO THE SIXTH INNING, HE WENT PITCH COUNT. THAT WILL BE WHAT A.J. HINCH SAYS ULTIMATELY GOT TO HIM 101. ON HIS FINAL DELIVERY TO CAL, RALEIGH STRUCK HIM OUT, BUT AFTER THAT HE WAS DONE FOR THE NIGHT AFTER SIX. THERE WILL BE QUESTIONS ABOUT MAYBE THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN A SEVENTH INNING IN KEEPING THE BALL IN HIS HANDS, BECAUSE IT IS IN THAT NEXT INNING. HE LEFT WITH A21 LEAD. IN THAT NEXT INNING, THEY GAVE UP THE TYING RUN. >> YEAH, AND WE’LL GET INTO THAT. BUT I JUST WANT TO ECHO WHAT YOU SAID. JUST AN INCREDIBLE PERFORMANCE BY TARIK SKUBAL WHO GIVES YOU EVERYTHING HE HAS IN HIS HEART, IN HIS ARM LIKE IN HIS BASEBALL SOUL EVERY TIME HE TAKES THE MOUND. AND TONIGHT WAS THE EPITOME OF THAT. 26 SWINGS AND MISSES ON 18 SWINGS ON HIS CHANGEUP. HE HAD 14 WHIFFS. AND IN HIS FINAL INNING, THESE WERE HIS LOWS ON HIS SINKER OR FASTBALL, 9899, 199 99, 101, 100, 199, 101. >> 101 TO END ON HIS 99TH PITCH. >> YOU KNOW, WE ASKED HIM IN THE PREGAME SHOW TO GIVE US A VERLANDER TYPE, PUT THE TEAM ON YOUR BACK PERFORMANCE. AND IT FELT LIKE TO ME HE DID EVERYTHING HE COULD TO TO TO DO THAT AND MAYBE JUST CAME UP ONE INNING SHORT BECAUSE OF THE EARLY PITCH COUNT AND HOW IT BEGAN TO CLIMB IN THE FIRST 2 OR 3 INNINGS. AND LIKE I SAID IT TO YOU WHEN THEY PULLED HIM, I THINK IN A SITUATION LIKE THAT AND A GAME LIKE THIS, YOU HAVE TO TRUST YOUR ACE. IF YOU KNOW THAT WILL VEST. YOUR BEST RELIEVER IS GOOD FOR SIX OUTS. YOU HAVE TO TRUST YOUR ACE TO GET YOU THREE MORE GET YOU THROUGH THE SEVENTH. DESPITE THE FACT THAT HE’S THROWING 99 PITCHES, DESPITE THE FACT THAT HIS CAREER HIGH IS 107. GIVE HIM THAT BALL IN THE SEVENTH INNING. MAYBE HE GOES BATTER BY BATTER, BUT IF HE CAN GET YOU THROUGH SEVEN AND VEST CAN FINISH THAT GAME OFF AND YOU AVOID THE BRIDGE BETWEEN YOUR BEST PITCHER AND YOUR BEST RELIEVER, THE TIGERS PROBABLY WIN THAT GAME. AND I UNDERSTAND THIS IS AN EASY TIME TO SECOND GUESS THE DECISION, AND I DO I DO WANT TO TO REFERENCE AJ’S EXPLANATION, HE WAS ASKED ABOUT THIS POSTGAME AND THIS IS WHAT HE SAID. HE SAID IT WAS QUOTE, AN EASY DECISION. HE SAID AFTER THE FIFTH HE CHECKED ON SKUBAL HOW HE WAS DOING PHYSICALLY AND EMOTIONALLY, AND WE BOTH KNEW THEN THAT HE HAD ONE INNING LEFT AND HE SAID HE EMPTIED HIS TANK. ONCE SKUBAL CAME OFF THE MOUND IN THE SIXTH, EMOTIONAL AND SORT OF YELLING, HE COULD TELL THAT WAS A SIGNAL THAT HE WAS DONE. AND SO I UNDERSTAND WHY THEY CAME TO THE DECISION. THEY DID. BUT I GUESS THE MORE OLD SCHOOL BASEBALL FAN BASEBALL WATCHER IN ME WOULD HAVE PREFERRED TO HAVE SEEN SKUBAL GET ONE MORE CHANCE, ONE MORE INNING TO PITCH HIS TEAM INTO THE ALCS. >> SO THAT WAS A.J. HINCH TALKING ABOUT TARIK SKUBAL. ALSO AFTERWARDS, THE TIGERS MANAGER TALKED ABOUT JUST TRYING TO PUT THIS GAME IN THIS SEASON INTO PERSPECTIVE AS IT ENDED TONIGHT. >> START BY SAYING CONGRATS TO SEATTLE. YOU KNOW, JERRY I GO BACK A LONG WAY WITH DAN. I’VE JUST GOTTEN TO KNOW I MEAN THAT WAS THAT WAS AN INCREDIBLE WIN FOR THEM. AND WHICH MEANS IT WAS AN INCREDIBLE LOSS FOR US. BUT I WISH HIM WELL IN THE NEXT ROUND. THEY EARNED IT. AND THAT WAS AN EPIC GAME AS FAR AS MY TEAM GOES, YOU KNOW? YEAH, I SPENT SOME TIME WITH HIM TO THANK HIM. YOU KNOW WE HAD AN INCREDIBLE GAME TODAY THAT THAT UNFORTUNATELY SOMEBODY HAD TO LOSE AND THAT SOMEBODY WAS US. AND IT HURTS. YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THAT GROUP IS THEY GAVE EVERYTHING THEY COULD. YOU HAD GUYS PITCHING ON SHORT REST. YOU HAD PLAYERS GIVING EVERYTHING THEY HAD BECAUSE THIS WAS GAME FIVE AND WE WANTED SO BADLY TO TAKE THE NEXT STEP, YOU KNOW, AS A TEAM. AND SO I WANTED TO THANK HIM. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE NOTHING TO HANG OUR, OUR HEAD DOWN ON. AND. THERE’S GOING TO BE PLENTY OF TIME TO, TO TO TO TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE SEASON THIS GAME THE THE THE PEAKS THE VALLEYS. BUT I’M I’M EXTREMELY PROUD OF THAT GROUP IN THERE FOR WHAT WE ACCOMPLISHED AND HOW WE FOUGHT TONIGHT TO TO TRY TO EXTEND OUR SEASON. >> YEAH. AND A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT WE’VE SEEN THROUGHOUT SEPTEMBER. THAT OFFENSE JUST COMING UP EMPTY THREE LAKES AND ZERO REPLIES ON X TONIGHT TWEETING THIS OUT CORY CARPENTER TONIGHT 800 AVERAGE, FOUR FOR FIVE ONE RUN SCORED TWO RBIS. EVERY OTHER TIGER HITTER 0.0874 FOR 46, ONE RUN SCORED, NO RUNS KNOCKED IN. WE’LL TAKE A BREAK. WE’LL COME RIGHT BACK. WE’LL CHECK IN IN SEATTLE AGAIN WHEN WE RETURN. TIGER POSTGAME SHOW. THEY FALL SEASON OVER SEATTLE. MOVING ON TO THE ALCS. [MUSIC] . >> ONE ZERO FLY BALL RIGHT FIELD DEEP. IS IT PLAYABLE? RODRIGUEZ GOING BACK. HE’S LOOKING UP AND IT’S GONE. A HOME RUN. [LAUGHTER] HOW BOUT IT? CARRY CARPENTER. >> AGAIN DAN DICKERSON ON THE CALL CORY CARPENTER JUST A WRECKING CREW IN THIS GAME TONIGHT. JUST DIDN’T HAVE ANY HELP WITH THE REST OF THAT LINEUP. >> YEAH I MEAN YOU SEE WHY A.J. HINCH BAT HIM AT THE TOP OF THE LINEUP. BECAUSE HE FORCED THE MARINERS INTO AN EARLY DECISION AND THEY GO TO THE LEFTY. HE LEAVES CARPENTER IN AND AND HE TAKES THE LEFTY DEEP. HE HAS A PLAYOFF TRACK RECORD NOW LIKE HIS LEGEND IS GROWING. GO BACK TO THE ALDS LAST YEAR. BIG HOME RUN AGAINST CLASS A THE BIGGER HOME RUN IN GAME ONE THIS YEAR. THE BIG HOME RUN TONIGHT. THAT’S THE GUY THAT YOU CAN CLEARLY COUNT ON IN BIG SPOTS MOVING FORWARD. >> IN SEATTLE TONIGHT. ONE CLUBHOUSE HAVING A BALL, THE OTHER CLUBHOUSE. MAN, IT IS A BRUTAL WAY TO SEE YOUR SEASON END. HAMMER WAS IN THERE MOMENTS AGO. LET’S GO LIVE TO HER NOW. THAT’S A TOUGH NIGHT FOR THE TIGERS. HAMMER. SOMEBODY WAS GOING TO LOSE THIS GAME AND IT WAS GOING TO HURT AFTER 15 INNINGS. >> YEAH. AND YOU KNOW AS WE WERE WATCHING THIS THING UNFOLD AND YOU KNOW I TEXTED YOU GUYS I THINK AT THE BOTTOM OF THE EIGHTH INNING AND I’M LIKE I’M GOING DOWNSTAIRS COME WHAT MAY. I WATCHED THE BETTER PART OF THAT GAME ON TELEVISION DOWN BELOW WITH SOME PEOPLE FROM THE TIGERS FRONT OFFICE. THERE WERE SOME FAMILY MEMBERS DOWN THERE, OTHER MEDIA MEMBERS, AND IT WAS JUST CRAZY TO WATCH IT. AND AS YOU GUYS TALKED ABOUT KIND OF THE LEGEND OF CORY CARPENTER UNFOLDING AND GROWING WITH TONIGHT’S GAME, SO TOO DID TAREK SKUBICK LEGEND AND STAR, RIGHT? I MEAN, THIS GUY WAS UNBELIEVABLE, UNTOUCHABLE. HE JOINS BOB GIBSON AND GERRIT COLE. THINK OF THOSE NAMES AS JUST THE THIRD PITCHER IN MAJOR LEAGUE HISTORY TO HAVE MULTIPLE 13 GAMES IN THE POSTSEASON. SKUBICK JUST HAPPENED TO DO HIS BOTH IN THE SAME SEASON. I MEAN, IT’S UNSPEAKABLE WHAT HE DID, REALLY. HE WAS AMAZING. BUT AFTER THE GAME, CERTAINLY HE DIDN’T WANT TO DO ANY OF THE TALKING ABOUT HIMSELF AND HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS. INSTEAD, IT WAS ABOUT THE DISAPPOINTMENT THAT THIS LOSS LEAVES. [MUSIC] DEREK. IF YOU CAN JUST TAKE US THROUGH YOUR PERFORMANCE. I MEAN, YOU REALLY SEEMED LIKE YOU WERE LOCKED IN AND JUST GOING DOWN. GUYS, SEVEN STRAIGHT SETS, A NEW MLB RECORD. JUST HOW DID YOU FEEL ABOUT HOW YOU THREW THE BALL TONIGHT? >> YEAH, I FELT GOOD. IT DOESN’T REALLY MATTER. WE LOST. SO. YEAH, I MEAN, YEAH, I DON’T REALLY HAVE MUCH MORE TO I DON’T REALLY WANT TO TALK ABOUT MYSELF RIGHT NOW, TO BE HONEST. ANYTIME YOU END THE SEASON ON A LOSS, YOU KNOW YOU’RE NOT GOING TO BE HAPPY OR SATISFIED. BUT I MEAN, I GET WHAT HE’S SAYING. IT’S KIND OF IS A STANDARD. YOU KNOW, THE DIAZ IS THE STANDARD FOR THIS CLUB. AND. THAT’S AWESOME. YOU KNOW, EARLY IN MY CAREER I, WE COULDN’T SAY THE SAME THING. RIGHT. SO TO SAY THAT THIS IS ALMOST EXPECTED I THINK IS, IS REALLY COOL. AT THE BUT YOU KNOW, IT’S TOUGH WHEN WHEN YOU END THE SEASON ON A LOSS, YOU KNOW. >> AND CERTAINLY THE STANDARD NOW THAT SKUBICK WAS TALKING ABOUT THE SEASON SHOULD BE IS THAT THEY WANT TO PLAY FOR CHAMPIONSHIPS. RIGHT. THIS IS A TEAM THAT NEEDS SOME WORK, NEEDS SOME PIECES. WE ALL SAW IT LATE IN THE SEASON. BUT TARIK SKUBAL BOY HE IS SUCH A GREAT PITCHER AND SUCH A HUGE PART OF THIS ORGANIZATION. THE QUESTION NOW OBVIOUSLY WILL BECOME WILL THEY PAY HIM? WILL THEY BE ABLE TO KEEP HIM HERE? BECAUSE HE WAS ABSOLUTELY MASTERFUL TONIGHT AND IT WAS JUST REALLY FUN TO WATCH HIM PITCH. BUT IN THE END, THEY JUST DIDN’T HAVE THE ARMS IN THE BULLPEN TO HOLD UP. AND YOU’VE GOT TO IMAGINE THAT HE WAS A LITTLE BIT GASSED AND TIRED, EVEN THOUGH HE WAS THROWING 101 AT THE END TO CAL RALEIGH. BUT A.J. HINCH, I’M SURE IN TIME, WILL LOOK BACK OVER HOW HE DID SOME THINGS IN THAT GAME AND MAYBE HAVE SOME REGRETS. BUT HE’S NOT THE KIND OF GUY THAT LIVES THAT WAY, NOR DOES HE SPEAK ABOUT THEM PUBLICLY WITH US. SO WE’LL SEND IT BACK TO YOU IN THE STUDIO. BUT YEAH, IT REALLY WAS A TOUGH, TOUGH CLUBHOUSE TO WALK INTO TONIGHT. BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE’S A LOT OF THINGS TO BE, I GUESS, LOOKING FORWARD TO FOR NEXT YEAR ABOUT THE FLOOR FOR THIS TEAM WHERE IT KIND OF RISES UP TO AND AND ALSO THE CEILING, YOU KNOW, THEY’VE GOT TO GET THEY’VE GOT TO GET BETTER. AND THE EXPECTATION IS THERE FOR THEM TO CONTINUE TO PROGRESS. [MUSIC] >> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. GREAT JOB OUT THERE. >> THANKS, HAMMER. >> YEAH WE SAW SOMETHING HISTORIC TONIGHT. BUT WHEN IT DOESN’T GO YOUR WAY IT’S JUST HISTORIC PAIN. REALLY. >> YEAH. THAT ONE DEFINITELY HURTS. AND IT YOU KNOW, LOOK, IT TURNS THE PAGE TO THE INEVITABLE OFFSEASON QUESTIONS. I THINK WE’VE PROBABLY SEEN GLEYBER TORRES PLAY HIS LAST GAME AS A TIGER. NOT BECAUSE HE PERFORMED POORLY THIS YEAR, JUST THE OPPOSITE, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE PROBABLY KEVIN MCGONAGLE IS NEXT YEAR’S OPENING DAY SECOND BASEMAN. AND THEN I THINK THIS TEAM HAS TO LOOK LONG AND HARD AT RILEY GREEN THIS OFFSEASON. LOOK, HE IS A FOUNDATIONAL PIECE, BUT DOES HE NEED TO MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS IN HIS SWING AND HIS SWING PATH TO BE A MORE CONSISTENT HITTER? ZERO FOR SIX TONIGHT, A NUMBER OF SHORT AT-BATS. I THINK HE’S SOMEONE THAT NEEDS TO LOOK IN THE MIRROR AND CONSIDER SOME ADJUSTMENTS MOVING FORWARD. >> GOOD STUFF MAN. WE STARTED THIS A LONG TIME AGO YESTERDAY. EXACTLY RIGHT. ALL RIGHT, WE’RE DONE. TIGER SEASON IS OVER. IT ENDS TONIGHT IN SEATTLE SEATTLE ON THE ALCS. [MUSIC] ASSUMING TARYN’S NOT ASLEEP OVER THERE IN THAT CHAIR. FOX

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