Who ARE These Guys?

Ackley, Liddi, Saunders, Montero, Olivo, Wells . . .

Wells, we should know. Casper the Friendly Outfielder used to play for us. But the other names are familiar only to readers of box score agate and Fantasy League geeks.

These guys, who had been averaging three runs a game, who could go on “What’s My Line” in their uniforms and stump the panel, scored nine runs on fifteen hits tonight, and dispatched the Tigers as easily as one would an American Legion team.

All the Tiger Mystery Pitchers took a turn on the hill. Adam Wilk (six runs on eight hits in two innings), Thad Weber (three runs on seven hits in three innings) and Colin Balester (nothing in two innings, but by them it was too late).

Duane Below pitched a scoreless eighth and ninth, has now gone twelve innings without allowing a run, and will start next Monday when the Tigers come home. KC Royals, look out: Below.

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After this titanic struggle, the Tigers sent two Mystery Pitchers to Toledo and called up another. Wilk and Weber gone, Luke Putkonen up. Brayan Villarreal also returns, but he was up last season. 

Your Baseball Blogger also has this gut feeling; that, given the way they've been not hitting, that Hinge isn't making the trip to New York tomorrow night.