I was up most of the night last night (Friday) again being sick. So two out of the last three nights I got very little sleep. I hate this stress diarrhea stuff. Once it starts flaring up, it seems to take forever to quiet down again!
This morning before dawn the rain started. It was pouring, and since I was already awake, I got out of bed and ran through the house closing all of the windows. The rain is part of a cold front, so with the dropping temps, they needed to be closed anyway.
When everyone got up, we had a nice breakfast together.
Then I started more laundry, and Bill and Dan went out and sprayed the yard for the mosquitos. Hopefully that will help, and if we get any good weather in the next two days I can get out there and plant those rose bushes!
In the early afternoon we headed to Detroit for the Tigers game. There was a break in the rain, though it was very cloudy and chilly. We were really hoping they could get in enough of the game before it started raining hard again for the game to be considered complete.
The Tigers have been selling out most of their weekend games this season - it was really hard to get tickets. For this game we were way up on the third level, second row down from the top of the ball park.
My bad knee did not like climbing up that high, to say the least!
But we settled into our seats, and got a pizza and some pop for lunch, and watched the warm ups.
Luckily, other than a few stray drops here and there, we did not get rained on!
The game did not go well for the Tiggies.
Justin Verlander had an off afternoon for him (though a lot of pitchers would still kill to have a game that good). He only let in a couple of runs in the six innings he pitched, and I think it was only 3-4 hits. The problem was that he was throwing a lot of balls and walked a bunch of guys, and threw a lot of pitches, so he had to be pulled after six innings. It was a shame he had to be pulled, as he seemed to be getting stronger as the game went on. Giving up the two run home run seemed to get him motivated. The Tigers were winning when he left the game.
Unfortunately, our bull pen has not been pitching well at all this season, with the exceptions of Zumaya (and he is out with a serious injury) and our closer Jones.
And yes - the relief pitchers lost another game for the Tigers and ruined another fine should-have-been win for our great starting pitcher. And one of them (Grilli) got hit on the knee with a line drive and got hurt on top of losing the game for us. An injury added to an insult!
Climbing back down all of those stairs was even more painful than going up. My bad knee is very angry with me tonight!
After the game, we walked over to Greektown (where we had parked) and at a great dinner at New Hellas, followed by Steven having ice cream at the Cold Stone Creamery in Trapper's Alley.
The rain started as we were leaving the ball park, and it poured while we were eating dinner. Why couldn't it have started the minute Verlander left the game? That way he and the team would have won! I wouldn't have minded getting soaked to the skin under those circumstances!
Ah well. The season is young yet. But we sure are not going to go to the playoffs again this year unless they can get the relief pitchers to produce better than they have been!
After Steven's ice cream, we drove home in the heavy rain, and then settled in at home and relaxed.
And even if the Tigers lost in a rather frustrating way, it was still a good day, and we had a good time.
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