Tigers 9, Braves 3. [Boxscore]
Summary: Tigers slam Braves with power surge and solid pitching.
Pitching: For the second straight day, the pitching staff showed remarkable quality, holding the Braves to 3 runs on 4 hits and 2 walks. Let's go look at the three boys who pitched today.
Scherzer went 6.2 innings, giving up 3 runs (2 earned) on 4 hits (A double and a pair of solo HR's) and 2 walks. His stuff looked absolutely lethal at times as he sent 6 Braves down in flames. He notched the win, irrelevant as that statistic is in ST.
ST line (Final): 4-2, 3.71 ERA, 0.86 WHIP, with 30/3 K/BB in 26.2 IP.
Nathan finished off the 7th and tossed the 8th, and this time, he didn't have any issues putting away batters as he struck out 2, yielding nothing.
ST line: 0-1, 4.70 ERA, 0.91 WHIP, with 6/2 K/BB in 7.2 IP.
Knebel (minor leaguer) finished off the game, striking out 1.
ST line: 0-0, 0.00 ERA, 0.75 WHIP, with 3/2 K/BB in 4.0 innings.
Hitting: The bats warmed up a bit as they knocked out 13 hits and walked twice, stranding 8 on 4-14 hitting with RISP. Let's see how they did:
Kinsler: 1-3 (.281), 2B (5), RS (14).
- Double and RS in the 1st.
Powell (minor leaguer): 1-2 (.500), 2 RBI (2).
- 2 RBI single in the 8th.
Cabrera: 1-3 (.353), HR (4), RS (10), 3 RBI (12).
- 3-run HR to LF berm in the 5th. [
Video of HR]
Westlake (minor leauger): 1-2 (.167).
- Single in the 8th.
Martinez: 2-3 (.300), RBI (10).
- RBI single in the 1st; single in the 4th.
Romine: 1-2 (.231), RS (6).
- Single and RS in the 7th; Reached on E-5 in the 8th.
Hunter: 1-3 (.347).
- Single in the 4th.
Collins: 1-2 (.250), 3B (3), RBI (8).
- RBI triple in the 7th.
Jackson: RS (17).
- Reached on swinging K/WP, RS (on E-8) in the 6th.
Holaday: 2-3 (.250), BB (3), 3 RS (3).
- Single and RS in the 5th; Single and RS in the 6th; BB and RS in the 8th.
Gonzalez: 2-3 (.441), 2B (2), BB (4), 2 RS (6), RBI (8).
- BB and RS in the 5th; RBI double in the 6th; Single and RS in the 8th.
Defense: Errors, 1: Gonzalez (1), fielding in the 3rd.
Next game: Friday, March 28, Rays (15-6, pending the results of a night game with Baltimore) @ Tigers (14-12), 1:05 Eastern.
Starters: Unknown vs.
Smyly (2-1, 3.80 ERA in 21.1 IP).
Tampa Bay media: none.
Detroit radio: WXYT 1270.
Note: This is the final game for the Tigers in Lakeland or Florida this spring. Saturday's game will be against the Nats in Washington, D.C.