DETROIT (Michigan News Source) – Scoring two runs in the seventh inning, Detroit broke a 3-3 tie as they won the final game of the series over Seattle, 5-3. Jason Foley worked the seventh inning receiving the win recording one strikeout as Alex Lange earned his seventh save striking out two batters in the ninth inning.
“It’s a big win before an off day, salvage a game in a series where we had a hard time getting runs across. And the way that we did it, getting ahead, then falling behind and then controlling the strike zone as an offense, I thought our at-bats were pretty good today against some really good pitching,” said Tigers’ manager A.J. Hinch.
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Riley Greene had three hits with a run scored as Javier Baez posted two RBI and Nick Maton, Andy Ibanez, and Akil Baddoo all had one RBI.
Baez put Detroit up, 1-0, in the fist inning on a ground out. Seattle scored three in the third to go up by two, 3-1, but Baez cut the lead to one, with a single to right field in the bottom of the third. Baddoo tied the game at three in the sixth inning on a double and then Maton brought in the go-ahead run when he was hit by the pitch with bases loaded in the seventh inning. Ibanez then was walked in the seventh for the final run making it 5-3.
Baddoo comments, “It was big (the win). They have a really good bullpen. We were prepared. Our hitting coaches prepare us every day. We put some good Abs in.”
Detroit will have Monday off and host the Pirates for a two-game series on Tuesday and Wednesday.
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