Valdez has cleared 18.5 outs in just 2 of 11 starts with a season average of 16.6. It would take a near perfect game for him to go over this and the White Sox have shown they’re a decent team this year.
From Tigers game notes and Elias Sports Bureau: With Friday’s loss, Tigers have suffered a walkoff loss in each of their last seven road series, becoming just the 2nd team since 1961 to post that kind of streak. The 1992 White Sox were the other.
Jason Beck
It’s annoying that the guy you extended before he’d played a major league game and hit .305 against lefties in the minors and hit .300 against them his rookie year is getting less at bats a game than Wenceel, Vierling and fking ZACK SHORT.
Tigers now have 14 blown saves this season. That’s tied for 39th most in franchise history. It’s not even June yet.
The Tigers are now 0-5 in extra innings, 5-12 in one-run games.
Last year, they were 21-12 in one-run games.
Mud Hens activated Tigers No. 23 prospect Trei Cruz from injured list today. He'll bat cleanup and play SS. Had Cruz not been injured in mid-April, there's a good chance the switch-hitting IF/OF would've been one of the Tigers' injury replacement call-ups.
Bill Murray and Paws.