CLEVELAND — Nick Maton, serving as the cleanup hitter, received 13 non-fastballs in three plate appearances against Cleveland Guardians right-hander Shane Bieber. He didn’t get a single fastball, and all 13 pitches were at the bottom of the strike zone or below the strike zone. Maton struck out three times in Tuesday’s 2-0 loss. The Detroit
Cleveland — Tigers right-hander Michael Lorenzen wanted his changeup back. With the Reds in 2019, he limited hitters to a .108 batting average and got a 44.7% whiff rate with that pitch. Same thing in 2020, 44.6% whiff rate. It was pretty good last season, too, holding hitters to a .154 average with a 38%
Top 1 DET 1 CLE 0 Result of AB Riley Greene’s RBI groundout AB: Riley Greene | P: Peyton Battenfield
Iowa Cubs 6, Toledo Mud Hens 1 (box) Reese Olson was knocked around again, and the offense couldn’t get anything going as the Mud Hens dropped the first of six in Iowa. Olson was extremely inefficient, or wild to be more accurate, in this one. He allowed seven hits and four walks, striking out just
CLEVELAND — Right-hander Alex Faedo is a member of the Detroit Tigers‘ rotation again. Nearly a year ago, Faedo walked off the field in Kansas City to conclude his 12th and final start of 2022 with the Tigers. A lingering hip injury had led to poor results and then to season-ending surgery. Faedo, the No. 18
CLEVELAND — The Guardians offense isn’t striking much fear into opposing pitching staffs. And they know they’re going to have to earn whatever hittable pitches they do see. Through their first 35 games, the Guardians have featured arguably baseball’s worst offense. They have remained close to .500 — 16-19 after Monday’s 6-2 loss to the Detroit Tigers
CLEVELAND — Michael Lorenzen spent his first seven seasons in Cincinnati, watching Javier Báez make plays at shortstop from the other side of the National League Central. He doesn’t remember it fondly. “I used to hate Javy,” he said. “Being in Cincinnati and having to play against him, I couldn’t stand it.” He’d see the
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The Toledo Mud Hens took a trip to Iowa to take on the Cubs to start the series and lost 6-1. Kyle Hendricks made a rehab appearance for the Cubs in the series opener against the Mud Hens. To start the game Hendricks retired the Mud Hens in order to The Toledo Mud Hens took
Cleveland – It wasn’t for a lack of opportunity, that’s for sure. And afterward there was no lack of accountability in the Tigers’ clubhouse. The Cleveland Guardians, behind ace Shane Bieber, evened the series with a 2-0 win at Progressive Field Tuesday, on a night when the Tigers left 11 runners on base and went
Erie takes down Richmond 10-1 at UPMC Park
We hear from Spencer Torkelson, who went 3-4 with a double in the Tigers’ 2-0 loss to the Guardians.
We hear from Michael Lorenzen, who allowed just one run in seven innings in the Tigers’ 2-0 loss to the Guardians.
Erie kicked off an important homestand against division-leading Richmond with a blowout win, 10-1. Keider Montero (1-0) earned his first Double-A win. He tied a career-high with eight strikeouts over a season-high five frames. He allowed an unearned run in the second inning thanks to three Erie errors, two committed Erie kicked off an important
COMSTOCK PARK, MI – The West Michigan Whitecaps scored 11 runs in the first six innings, and pitcher Jack O’Loughlin posted his best start of the season as they cruised to a 14-5 victory over the Lansing Lugnuts on Tuesday night at LMCU Ballpark. The ‘Caps offense, which entered Tuesday COMSTOCK PARK, MI – The
We hear from Tigers manager A.J. Hinch after the team’s 2-0 loss to the Guardians, despite an excellent start from Michael Lorenzen.
Akron Beacon Journal If the lineup is struggling, it always helps to simply not allow the other team to score. Shane Bieber and the bullpen combined to throw a shutout while the offensive woes continued, and Guardians beat the Detroit Tigers 2-0 Tuesday night at Progressive Field. Bieber tossed six scoreless innings, scattering seven hits
CLEVELAND — The Detroit Tigers stranded runners like it was April again. Right-hander Michael Lorenzen threw seven innings of one-run ball without any walks for his best start of the season. He gave the Tigers an excellent chance to beat the Cleveland Guardians, only for the offense to finish 1-for-15 with runners in scoring position and
This was the game in the series that the Guardians absolutely had to win, and they did so. The Tigers got seven innings of one-run ball from Michael Lorenzen, but despite a ton of chances against Shane Bieber, they couldn’t come up with the hits when they needed them as they fell 2-0 on Tuesday
Three players separated themselves from the rest in the 2013 Draft. Stanford right-hander Mark Appel had been a first-rounder the year before but declined to sign with the Pirates. San Diego third baseman Kris Bryant outhomered 223 of the 296 NCAA Division I teams all by himself. Oklahoma righty Jon Gray drew Gerrit Cole comparisons