We knew what the other starters could do. Brad Penny was the mystery man. Coming off an injury-shortened season, he was penciled in as the third starter, after JV and Max Scherzer.
Two starters -- even two good ones -- won't get you to the big October dance. For the Tigers to make it, the veteran right-hander from Blackwell, Oklahoma had to come through.
That he did this afternoon, blanking the Royals on five hits and -- equally as important -- no walks through eight innings. A shutout would have been nice, but he'd thrown 108 pitches, and there's no need to stretch him out when Papa Save is ready to finish the game.
Save it he did, and the Tigers have now won nine of their last ten, and are 22-18 after looking as helpless as kittens only twelve days ago.
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