Published 6/26/2009
by J. Conrad Guest
at Bleacher Report - MLB
With all the scuffling the Tigers have been doing this season, I was startled to learn that as of this final weekend in June, they sport the third best record in the majors, behind only Boston in the AL East and Los Angeles in the NL West.
As I write these words, Detroit holds a five-game lead over Minnesota in the Central, with the White Sox and Royals, each having spent some time at the top of the Central, not far behind. Only Cleveland, 12 games back, seems out of the hunt.
All in all, Detroit’s record in the Central is much improved over a year ago.
Last weekend, the Tigers swept the Milwaukee Brewers, a team that came to town having scored 30 runs in a three-game sweep of the Indians. Detroit won the series largely on good pitching and timely hitting.
The Cubs came to town after the Brewers left and again the Tigers got out the brooms to take a three-game set in one of the more tightly contested series at Comerica all season, winning the first game on a walk-off home run in the ...
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