Detroit and Minnesota will wrap up their three-game series on Sunday afternoon at Target Field. “We just weren’t putting the ball in play”. “I just tried to keep the emotions in check and felt I did a pretty good job of that”. We’re still in “small sample size” territory, but if you want to know how Mauer’s done when he’s had a chance to drive in a run: He’s got a. 521 on-base percentage with men on base and a. 548 OBP with men in scoring position.
Advertisement
“We’re playing really well, but it’s not like we’re going to walk into Cleveland and they’re going to hand us the series”, Castellanos said.
Bassitt, trying to bounce back from being the starter who saw the six-game winning streak evaporate, was bullied by the Tigers in the third inning, then again in the fourth.
He was as impressive on the mound as Victor Martinez was at the plate this past week. But Upton scored the go-ahead run when Saltalamacchia doubled to the wall in left field.
On the play, Upton, running from first base, benefited from a bobble by shortstop Eduardo Escobar on the relay home.
Mark Lowe (1-0) pitched a flawless seventh for the win. Overall in 2016, Martinez is hitting.
“That loss is on me because if I make that pitch I think we win that game”, Nolasco said.
Nick Castellanos clubbed a game-tying three-run homer in the sixth for Detroit, which has won five in-a-row.
Jordan Zimmermann won his fifth straight start to begin his first season with Detroit, and Justin Upton hit a three-run homer off Duffey to help the Tigers top the Minnesota Twins 4-1 on Saturday. “There’s not much to say, I made a mistake”.
“These guys gave me three runs early and I was able to settle in and throw strikes and just be myself and not have to worry about a tight ballgame”, said Zimmermann, whose ERA actually rose to 0.55.
The sort of performance the Tigers pitcher has delivered in his first five starts with Detroit might even become an expectation if he continues to pitch the way he has over the past month.
Ausmus would not commit to a second start for Fulmer. Sonny Gray (3-2) lasted only two innings in the shortest start of his big league career. McCann was scheduled to play nine innings for Triple-A Toledo on Sunday after getting only five innings of work Saturday due to rain.
Athletics: SP Henderson Alvarez (shoulder) is scheduled to throw four innings or 60 pitches for Class A Stockton on Saturday. Ausmus said that will not be a factor he takes into consideration when assessing the situation. “He gets in some bad counts at times, ” Melvin said.
Victor paced the Majors in total bases (28), runs scored, slugging percentage (1.037) and extra-base hits (8), and finished tied for first in on-base percentage (.567) and doubles.
Advertisement
Detroit Tigers starter Jordan Zimmermann was named American League Pitcher of the Month for April, the MLB announced on Monday. Pelfrey, who was inked to a head-scratching two-year, $16 million contract in the offseason, owns a 5.68 ERA and cringe-inducing 2.05 WHIP over 25 1/3 innings in his first five starts.
