DETROIT (Michigan News Source) – After weather postponed the Tuesday game with Atlanta, Detroit played two on Wednesday at Comerica Park ending as they dropped both games to the Braves. In the first game, Atlanta won, 10-7, and then held off Detroit in game two, 6-5.
“They’re (Braves) unafraid and there’s no defensiveness to them when they’re in the batter’s box. It starts at the top with Acuna and they’re a threat from pitch one. Their offense is built with balance and they have power throughout,” said Detroit manager A.J. Hinch.
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Detroit jumped out to a 4-0 lead in game one after two innings on three different home runs from Spencer Torkelson, Miguel Cabrera, and Eric Haase. Reese Olson then gave up seven runs (six earned) over the next two innings as Atlanta went ahead, 7-4. A wild pitch in the fifth allowed Detroit to come within two, 7-5, as Torkelson came in but three more runs were given up in the eighth inning as the Braves extended their lead to five, 10-5. A late comeback in the bottom of the eighth and ninth innings by Detroit fell short. Zack McKinstry singled in the sixth run in the eighth and Haase added a RBI in the ninth as the Tigers were shy of victory, 10-7.
Andy Ibanez, Cabrera, and Haase all had three hits. Cabrera and Haase added two RBI as McKinstry and Torkelson had one RBI.
Atlanta jumped out to a 3-0 lead in game two but Detroit scored five runs in the bottom of the third and fourth innings to tie the game at five. Ibanez homered in the third for the first run and then a four-run fourth tied the game at five. Matt Vierling hit a solo shot to left field 421-feet for the second run of the game. Jake Rogers then tied it up at five in the same inning with a 360-foot three-run home run to left field. Michael Lorenzen gave up the go-ahead run to Atlanta in the top of the sixth inning as he received the loss falling to 2-4 on the year.
Detroit didn’t threaten after the fifth innings as Atlanta retired the side in the sixth, seventh, eighth, and ninth innings for the 6-5 win.
Six different players had one hit as Rogers led the team with three RBI on a home run. Ibanez and Vierling also homered for a RBI.
Detroit travels to Minnesota on Thursday night for a three-game series through Sunday.
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