However, Adam Duvall lined out to Eric Haase in left, and Triston Casas grounded one back to Turnbull and he started the 1-6-4 double play, with a nice scoop from Torkelson at first for emphasis. Masataka Yoshida, who starred in Team Japan’s WBC title, led off the second with a swinging bunt single. Sale had burned 24 pitches in the process, but that was cold comfort.

Spencer Torkelson and Eric Haase both struck out swinging, and we had our first TTBDNS of the season in Comerica Park. In total, Sale went 15 pitches before he managed to locate one in the zone, though Riley Greene did foul off several close ones, but Sale’s first called strike on a breaking ball froze Greene for strike three. For his part, Chris Sale’s outing began with a four pitch walk to Matt Vierling, and then he missed with four straight to Javy Báez as well. Spencer Turnbull had a nifty first inning, using just nine pitches.

Unfortunately, the bats went ice cold after the early innings and the Red Sox got to the Tigers’ bullpen to spoil the party by a score of 6-3. The Tigers were in the driver’s seat early on in their home opener.

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