Ask and you shall receive. The Tiger's bats beat the Washington Nats last night. Now, we didn't murder them or anything, in fact I'm still worried about only converting on less than 25% of our scoring chances (we were 3-13 with RISP while the nats were 2-6...) but we did get some offense from players that we've been waiting to show up all season. In fact, every Tiger was able to reach base in the game last night which is a great sign. Here are some highlights:Ryan Raburn: Came into this game on a 0-15 steak, batting just .165 in 30 games this season. Ugh. I mean, if I was looking for those type numbers, I'd have kept Everett on the team. Regardless, Raburn did some work with McClendon before the game, who predicted Ryan was about to go on a hot streak, and he started it off right, knocking a 3-run homer in the sixth and going 2 for 4 on the night.
Gerald Laird: Yes, he committed a throwing error last night. Yes he's a fat goon. But he did go 3-4 last night and almost had the 4th hit except for a sweet catch by the Nats shortstop. Going 3-4 isn't huge news, but when you're batting .178 on the season, it sort of is.
Magglio: Murdered it. As usual. After missing six games with an oblique injury he came out and went 4 for 5. Nuff said.
On a side note, Inge has hit in 10 straight games. Good for him.
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