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Zack Short, who was pinch running for Miggy, scored, and Schoop ended the inning with a grounder to short that he almost beat out.It isn’t often that a team coming off the first World Series title in franchise history has something to prove. Castro singled in another run, and then Megill spiked a ball that ricocheted toward the first-base dugout. Cabrera singled in a run with two outs, and that forced Minnesota to bring in Trevor Megill for Jovani Morán. Arraez grounded into a rare out to end the inning.ĭetroit chipped away at the lead again in the eight but it only cut the lead to four runs. 8 on a double-play ball that got into first a hair late. Urshela singled home another run with a soft line drive over a leaping Baez (Correa has four inches on Baez for those who are wondering), and Sanchez drove in run No. Jonathan Schoop made the right play by going home with the ball but Barnhart couldn’t squeeze it with his catcher’s mitt and let the ball drop in front of the plate as a run scored. Tyler Duffey set the Tigers down in order in the bottom of the seventh, and Will Vest loaded up the bases before striking out Miranda for the first out of the eighth. T6YtLmzVnN- Detroit Tigers July 24, 2022 Candy made another mistake on the very next play coming up on a double-play ball early and allowing it to go under his glove to load the bases. Alex Kirilloff beat the shift for a leadoff single, and Candelario booted a ball he laid out for that Baez could have played much easier. That ended Ryan’s night and brought out Emilio Pagán to get Castro.Īndrew Chafin, who also has a pretty glorious mustache, took the mound for Detroit in the seventh. Grossman flew out to center and Miggy was fooled by the slider once again. It was very close, but the review team in New York deemed that a spike got the bag and Detroit finally had something brewing.īaez fouled off a few sliders, forcing Ryan to the fastball, and wound up driving a four-seamer between Arraez and the first-base foul line for an RBI single into right field. Greene delivered a leadoff triple that required a review after Minnesota challenged that he touched second base. No sunglasses needed for /cEUo1e50sc- Detroit Tigers July 23, 2022Īlexander put the Twins down in order once again to cap off his third and final inning of work, but the Tigers desperately needed to take advantage of the strong performance and get some runs on the board. Arraez was initially called safe, but it didn’t take long for things to get overturned once Detroit issued the challenge. Riley Greene laid out to rob Gio Urshela of a line-drive base hit to center field, and Tucker Barnhart caught Arraez attempting to steal second. Miguel Cabrera fanned at the slider to start the inning, and Jeimer Candelario rendered Harold Castro’s line drive single ineffective with an easy double-play ball to Correa.Ī pair of defensive highlights came in the fifth inning. Unfortunately, Detroit’s offense can’t be relied on for even a pair of runs. Tyler Alexander, and his glorious mustache, took over in the fourth and cruised through the inning. The team revealed that Pineda was dealing with tightness in his right tricep, so he’ll need to be evaluated and could be in danger of missing a start. Hinch turned to the bullpen after just 55 pitches from Pineda. Baez whiffed on the slider in the first but he seemed to have a pretty good grasp of the 26-year-old starter’s approach the second time through.Ī.J. Javier Báez kept the inning going with a nine-pitch walk that featured five-straight sliders low and away with two strikes from Joe Ryan. Gordon redeemed himself with an inning-ending diving catch, but something tells me Buxton was still side-eyeing him as he jogged back to the dugout.Ĭarlos Correa - also known as the guy the Tigers didn’t sign at shortstop this past offseason - doubled the Twins' lead in the third with a his 12th home run of the year, a solo shot. Byron Buxton is out with a knee injury and was left to stew over the play he likely would have made.
The Tigers got their first base runner on the evening in the second thanks to a dropped line drive by center fielder Nick Gordon.
Hey, Michael Pineda finding the handle on the changeup.- Bless You Boys July 23, 2022