Chicago White Sox (24-30) vs. Detroit Tigers (27-28)
Box Score via MLB.com
First Pitch: 4:10 EST
Weather: 80°F • Partly Cloudy • 0% PoP
Stadium: Comerica Park – Detroit, MI
Media: Fox Sports Detroit / 97.1 The Ticket
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Tigers Lineup:
- Andrew Romine (2B)
- Alex Avila (C)
- Miguel Cabrera (1B)
- Victor Martinez (DH)
- J.D. Martinez (RF)
- Justin Upton (LF)
- Nicholas Castellanos (3B)
- Alex Presley (CF)
- Jose Iglesias (SS)
Hitter’s Box Score via MLB.com
Pitching Results:
WP: Jordan Zimmermann (5-4, 5.98 ERA)
LP: Miguel Gonzalez (4-6, 4.83 ERA)
Pitcher’s Box Score via MLB.com
Standings:
Standings via MLB.com
Game Notes:
The Tigers picked up right where they left off last night playing long-ball in the second inning when Nicholas Castellanos and Alex Presley went back-to-back giving the Tigers a quick 2-0 lead. In the fourth inning, the bats continued to roll, putting a four-spot on the box score aided by a two-run home run by Alex Avila. Justin Upton got in on all the action with a solo shot in the bottom of the eighth inning. The Tigers are now 16-3 on the season when hitting two or more home runs.
Jordan Zimmermann was solid today, finally tweaking his slider — using it 36.3 % today — to the point that it was very effective. It is a good to see Zim have a six-inning one run outing, giving him something to build on in the following days. Zimmermann had White Sox hitters off balanced and making soft contact all game long and it bodes well if the Tigers can get Zim on a roll.
Looking Ahead:
Tomorrow the Tigers will look to sweep the Chicago White Sox behind their perennial ace, Justin Verlander. If the Tigers can get the sweep they’ll jump back to .500 and seven the season series with the White Sox at 6-6; also they have trimmed the minus-20 run differential with the White Sox to just minus-1 in two games. A trend they hope to continue.
