Detroit, MI. April 17, 2014 --- Tigers SP
Drew Smyly is starting the 2014 campaign as a man on a mission. Thursday Smyly pitched 6 1/3 innings, allowing 1 run and striking out 7 Indians while earning his second victory of the season. More importantly, in 19 innings of work so far in '14, Smyly has an ERA of 0.95.
Besides Smyly dominating on the mound, the Tigers had a successful strategy at the plate against Indians SP
Justin Masterson. Masterson was retired after 4 innings. He gave up 6 hits, 3 runs and 4 walks. One of those hits was a 2-run dinger to Tigers OF
Torii Hunter in the 4th inning. Hunter finished the day 1-4, and is batting .177.
CF
Austin Jackson and 2B
Ian Kinsler both collected 2 hits in the ballgame today. Jackson picked up another stolen base, his 7th so far this year.
A pleasant surprise for the Tigers offense was replacement 3B
Alex Gonzalez. Gonzalez went 1-2 with a double, RBI and a run scored.
Even though Masterson was pulled after 4 innings, P
Carlos Carrasco pitched 2.2 innings of relief and looked good....at first. Then the last time around the Tigers figured Carrasco out and were able to nab him for 2 runs in the 7th.
Tigers RP
Bruce Rondon came in for the home squad and pitched a solid performance, going 1 2/3 allowing no runs and only 1 hit. His ERA now sits at 0.96. Rondon has pitched in 8 games so far this year and is proving to be a nasty force on the mound.
The Indians 3B
Carlos Santana who was a literal Tiger killer this series was 2-3 with an RBI and a walk. His average is now a bold .440 on the year.
The Tigers are now back to .500 at 7-7 and are 2-7 at home and 5-0 on the road. Winning this game salvaged what could have been a horrific sweep to a division rival, especially after the Tigers brought a 5-game winning streak into the series.
The next series sees the Tigers welcome in the Los Angeles Angels (8-7) for a 3-game weekend set. Game 1 sees
Rick Porcello (1-1 11.88) vs.
Jered Weaver (1-1 1.88) due battle on the pitching rubber. First pitch is set for 7:08 p.m. EST.
| Cleveland Indians at Detroit Tigers |
| Apr 17, 2014 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Cleveland (8-7) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| Detroit (6-7) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 5 | 10 | 0 |
| W: D. Smyly (2-1) L: J. Masterson (1-3) |
| Cleveland Indians |
| HITTERS | AB | R | H | BI | BB | SO | AVG |
| M. Bourn (CF) | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .171 |
| M. Brantley (LF) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .333 |
| J. Kipnis (2B) | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .161 |
| N. Swisher (1B) | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .245 |
| C. Santana (3B) | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .440 |
| Y. Gomes (C) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .333 |
| A. Cabrera (SS) | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .233 |
| R. Raburn (RF) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .300 |
| M. Aviles (DH) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .214 |
| TOTALS | 32 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 10 | |
BATTING
2B: Y. Gomes (3)
RBI: C. Santana (10)
GIDP: M. Aviles (4) |
BASERUNNING
SB: J. Kipnis (2)
CS: N. Swisher (1), M. Bourn (1) |
| Cleveland Indians |
| PITCHERS | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | ERA |
| J. Masterson (L, 1-3) | 4.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9.00 |
| C. Carrasco | 2.2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1.88 |
| S. Atchison | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.38 |
| TOTALS | 8.0 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | |
PITCHING
WP: J. Masterson (1) |
| Detroit Tigers |
| HITTERS | AB | R | H | BI | BB | SO | AVG |
| A. Jackson (CF) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .377 |
| I. Kinsler (2B) | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .240 |
| M. Cabrera (1B) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .229 |
| V. Martinez (DH) | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .240 |
| T. Hunter (RF) | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .177 |
| A. Avila (C) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .304 |
| A. Dirks (LF) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .239 |
| A. Romine (SS) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .461 |
| A. Gonzalez (3B) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .333 |
| TOTALS | 29 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 4 | |
BATTING
2B: V. Martinez (4), A. Jackson (4), A. Gonzalez (1)
HR: T. Hunter (1)
RBI: T. Hunter 2 (3), V. Martinez (8), A. Jackson (4), A. Gonzalez (1)
GIDP: A. Jackson (1), A. Dirks (3) |
BASERUNNING
SB: A. Jackson (7)
CS: I. Kinsler (1) |
| Detroit Tigers |
| PITCHERS | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | ERA |
| D. Smyly (W, 2-1) | 6.1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 0.94 |
| B. Rondon (H, 2) | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.96 |
| A. Alburquerque | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.68 |
| TOTALS | 9.0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | |
*The Mud Hens defeated the Clippers 6-1 Thursday.
*Mud Hens LF Tyler Collins was 4-5 with a 3B, HR and 2-runs scored.
*Mud Hens SP Nate Robertson picked up win #2 going 7 1/3. His ERA is now 1.44.
AA: Erie SeaWolves (8-7) @ Trenton Thunder (9-6)
*The SeaWolves defeat the clapless Thunder 5-2.
*SeaWolves CF Trevor Crowe was 4-5. He's batting .425 this year.
*Seawolves CP Corey Knebel picked up save #5 striking out 2 while pitching a scoreless 9th and locking up the SeaWolves 8th win of the season.