Baltimore 3, Detroit 1. [Boxscore]
Summary: Lack of offense hands Tigers their first loss.
Pitching: Verlander put forth a solid effort, giving up just 2 runs on 5 hits (2 doubles and a triple) and 2 walks while whiffing 3 over 8 innings, throwing 112 pitches (76 strikes). [
Video highlights of outing]
Unfortunately, the ghosts of low-run support from last year seem to be haunting him already, and so he took the loss.
Season line: 0-1, 2.57 ERA, 1.14 WHIP, with 5/5 K/BB in 14.0 IP.
Aburquerque came in for the 9th inning, and the Birds tagged him for a run on 3 hits (1 HR). He struck out 2.
Season line: 1-0, 6.00 ERA, 2.00 WHIP, with 2/0 K/BB in 3.0 IP.
Offense: The Bird's Tillman, (with a little help from Tommy Hunter), hamstrung the Tigers, holding them to 5 hits and a walk. The Cats stranded 5 on 0-4 hitting with RISP.
Here's the short list:
Hunter: 1-4 (.304), HR (3), RS (4), RBI (7).
- 387-foot Solo HR to LF in the 4th. [
Video of HR]
Cabrera: 1-4 (.350).
- Single in the 6th.
Martinez: 2-4 (.238), 2B (1).
- Single in the 4th; Double in the 9th.
Collins: 0-3 (.000), BB (1).
- Walk in the 5th.
Castellanos: 1-3 (.385)
- Single in the 7th.
Defense: Nothing to report.
Next game:
Tuesday, April 8th: Detroit (4-1, 0-0 Away) @ LA Dodgers (4-3, 0-2 Home (pending the results of a night game)), 10:10 Eastern.
Starting pitchers:
Max Scherzer (0-0, 0.00 ERA) vs.
Dan Haren (1-0, 0.00 ERA)
- Detroit TV: FS-D. Radio: 97.1 The Ticket.
- L.A. TV: SportsNet LA, SNLA Spanish. Radio: 570 Fox Sports L.A., KTNQ 1020 (Sp.).
- Subscription TV: MLBN.