Tigers 0, Red Sox 5 (5/6/08)
Tim Wakefield’s knuckleball was dipping and diving at a Tigers offense that continues to sink.
More than once following Tuesday’s 5-0 shutout to the Red Sox, Tigers manager Jim Leyland said that Detroit is a good team. He said some similarly positive things to his players immediately after the game. In contrast to the stereotypical image of the fiery skipper trying to tear down his players for what’s going wrong, this was a manager trying to build his players up.