It was a night when the ailing Tigers needed their pitching to shine and Simon did just that, blanking the Rangers just hours after the team’s brass was forced to find help to fill the two vacancies created by injuries to Anibal Sanchez (rotator cuff) and Daniel Norris (oblique), both of whom were placed on the 15-day disabled list.
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It wasn’t until the fifth inning that Texas’ Rougned Odor broke up Simon’s no-hit bid, beating the tag at second with an expert slide for a double, his 29th extra-base hit of the season. This time, Castellanos hit a sacrifice fly allowing Cabrera to score. He struck out four. He’s allowed nine runs and three homers in 6.1 innings vs. Detroit. Texas will try to even the series behind veteran Colby Lewis while Detroit counters with Justin Verlander, who is looking for his second win of the season. “He was able to pitch on both sides of the plate and pitch in effectively and keep our guys from leaning out over the plate”. Rajai Davis hit a leadoff double and reached third on a groundout from Kinsler before scoring on a sacrifice fly from V. Martinez for Detroit’s fourth and final run. Alfredo Simon (11-7, 4.52 ERA) threw a one hitter tonight and dominated for the Tigers. In only his seventh start since returning from Tommy John surgery, you don’t expect Perez to have complete control of his pitches but working with what he does has is what’s been impressive.
TWINS 15, ORIOLES 2 Rookie Tyler Duffey took a shutout into the eighth inning, and visiting Minnesota beat struggling Miguel Gonzalez and Baltimore. 500 mark, as they now are 58-61 on the season.
Pirates 4, Giants 0: Charlie Morton (8-4) combined with two relievers on a six-hitter and Neil Walker hit a two-run home run to lead host Pittsburgh. 391 with 10 RBI, two home runs, and two doubles. The Tigers acquired Norris and Matt Boyd in the trade for David Price, then picked up Wolf for future considerations on Thursday. They did spoil a bases-loaded opportunity in the first and a two-on chance to pile on in the third and sixth innings – mostly because of James McCann’s quiet bat, but the runs were enough to get the job done.
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Kinsler tripled to begin the fifth and scored on Cabrera’s ground single up the middle to give the Tigers a 3-0 lead. Texas had a five-game winning streak come to an end in a 3-2 loss on Tuesday but responded with a 7-2 win over Seattle on Wednesday to close out a 5-1 homestand.
