55-48

A few quick words on last night's game even though I usually don't do that sort of thing here: Justin Verlander is fucking unbelievable. He wasn't at his best last night. He gave up two home runs and 4 earned in 8 innings but that was maybe his most old-schoolish "This is a fucking ace" performance all season. In the 8th inning, after Wilson Betemit singled to put the Tigers up 5-4, Verlander came out there and hit 100 mph on his 120th pitch of the game. Read that shit again. 100 mph on his 120th pitch of the game. Sure, sure, it's obviously more impressive when he tosses a -1 hitter and strikes out 42 guys in a game, but there are moments when the great ones break away from the rest of the pack and do things that no one else can do and last night Verlander had one of those moments. He was beaten up a little bit, dirtied, bloodied, but he just smiled and blew those motherfuckers away when it mattered the most. And that's why he's the best.