Dontrelle Willis' Weird Day
After five innings, he had a no-hitter for the Tigers. He had also walked five batters. And struck out only one. Two more walks to start the sixth, and finally his first hit allowed, chased him from the game. Seven walks total. Against only one strikeout. And, from looking at the highlights of the game on Baseball Tonight, he wasn't close. It was not like he was just barely missing the zone, he was missing by damn near juuuuussst a bit outside margins. There was a time this past off-season when I was hoping the Reds would pursue him. Thank goodness they did not.
At any rate, the Tigers have fallen to 0-5. And desperately need Justin Verlander to step forward and be a stopper for the team. While they will eventually hit, and should hit a lot (health will help), they don't want to dig too deep a hole in the meantime.