![]() Leaning on the splitter has been a clear plan of attack against the Rays and has been all season, yet Tampa was unable to adjust. Tampa's hitters missed with 10 of their 15 swings against Eovaldi's splitter in Game 3, an absurd rate. Here are Eovaldi's five most splitter-heavy starts in 2021. He leaned heavily on his splitter after throwing the pitch only eight times in the Wild Card Game. Eovaldi settled down and retired 14 of the final 17 batters he faced following the home run, including seven strikeouts. The Rays were unable to build on that early lead. ![]() That's eight hits spanning Games 2 and 3. He lined a double off the Green Monster in his first at-bat, dunked a run-scoring single to center in his second at-bat, then slammed a solo home run over the Green Monster in his third at-bat. The Red Sox sometimes center fielder, sometimes second baseman went 5 for 6 with a home run and three doubles in Game 2, becoming only the fifth player in history with four extra-base hits in a postseason game. Hernandez stayed hot and made historyĬall it the Enrique Hernandez series. The play cost the Rays a run as well as a runner at third with two outs, and who knows how the game plays out from there? Perhaps the pitcher pitches differently and gives up another hit and another run. Vázquez then walked it off in the bottom half. ![]() Mike Zunino followed the Kiermaier double with a strikeout, ending the inning. Common sense says Díaz would have scored from first on the play since he was running on contact with two outs. SHAWN WINDSOR: Several Detroit Tigers made long-awaited returns home on Motor City's holiday party Live updatesĬan't see the chatter? Refresh the page or check it out on Twitter.MLB rule 5.05(a)(8) says when "any bounding fair ball is deflected by the fielder into the stands, or over or under a fence on fair or foul territory, (the) batter and all runners shall be entitled to two bases." The call on the field was correct because Renfroe did not knock the ball over the wall intentionally. Petersburg, Florida, to take on the unbeaten Rays. The Tigers will then continue their jaunt through the AL East with a three-game visit to Toronto on Tuesday-Thursday, while the Red Sox head to St. Sunday, with the Tigers sending Matthew Boyd to the mound and the BoSox sending Kutter Crawford (you’ll never guess what he throws). One warning sign: Wentz’s cutter, which had a 38.9% whiff rate in 2022 as he used it 22% of the time, didn’t fool many Rays they whiffed on it just 18.2% despite Wentz throwing it 20 times over his 72 pitches.Īfter today’s mid-afternoon game, the Tigers and Red Sox will finish up their three-game set at 1:10 p.m. Tigers starter Joey Wentz was roughly as effective in his first start on April 2, holding the Rays to three runs over 5⅓ innings, with four hits, one walk, three strikeouts and one homer in a loss. Houck limited the O’s to just six baserunners - five hits and a walk - over five innings, but was victimized by the home run, giving up two bombs a batter apart in the fifth inning on April 2. His pitch mix was a bit more balanced in his first start this season, as he threw the slider 28.6%, a cutter 27.1%, and then his sinker and four-seamer 18.6% each in a win over the Baltimore Orioles. And no wonder: Said slider was worth minus-six runs, according to MLB Statcast, while his sinker had a minus-two run value. Houck relies heavily on breaking balls last season, he threw his slider 40.8% of the time and his sinker 29.6%, while his four-seam fastball made an appearance just 23.5% of the time. He faced four batters that day at Fenway Park, getting the now-departed Jeimer Candelario to whiff, allowing a single to Spencer Torkelson and then retiring Jonathan Schoop and Eric Haase on a lineout and a flyout, respectively. Game notes: Despite being in his fourth season in the majors, Houck has faced the Tigers just once, closing out the Red Sox’s win on June 20, 2022. ROSTER MOVE: Austin Meadows steps away from team again due to mental health strugglesĬARLOS MONARREZ: Miguel Cabrera shows he still has his old magic touch with these new Tigers THE LEGEND: What does Jim Leyland do now? He's busy being the nicest golfer ever Starting pitchers: Tigers LHP Joey Wentz (0-1, 5.06 ERA) vs. ![]() Radio: WXYT-FM (97.1 in Detroit other Tigers radio affiliates).įirst-pitch forecast: Partly cloudy, 51 degrees. View Gallery: Boston Red Sox 6, Detroit Tigers 3: Photos from Opening Day 2023 Detroit Tigers (2-5) vs.
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