![]() ![]() It's been that way for him across the league.” ![]() … Creating opportunities was hard to come by with Ober. “After that, you want to try to build a little momentum, maybe get him out of the game and make them use the middle part of their bullpen. “We didn't create a lot of momentum against Ober after the one inning when we had some pretty good at-bats,” Hinch said. The Tigers, however, couldn’t muster much after that and only put multiple runners on base one more time in the seventh inning. Two batters later, Kerry Carpenter singled through the right side and McKinstry beat the throw to home plate, giving the Tigers a 3-2 lead. Zach McKinstry cashed in on the opportunity with a two-run double down the right-field line. Matt Vierling led things off with a single and Jake Rogers followed with a double to deep left field, putting two runners in scoring position with no outs. It put them right in the heart of their order and it's tough.”Īll of the Tigers’ offensive production came during a three-run third inning against Twins starter Bailey Ober. Their mistakes compound as you go along in the game, and they accumulate. “It also brings back those guys up in the batting order in the 10th inning. “Some of the misplays, that cost us pitches today,” Hinch said. The Twins (40-39) tacked on two more runs on RBI singles from Castro and Christian Vazquez to pour salt in the wound. The ball trickled into left field and Carlos Correa, racing home from second base, scored on a close play at the plate. Then in the 10th inning, Maton whiffed on a grounder hit by Lewis. Can't happen in a big situation like that.” It was a bad time to make a bad error with where the game was and in a one-run game.”Īdded Maton: “Just slipped out of my hands. “It's very frustrating because we made the wrong mistake at the wrong time,” Hinch said. But Maton’s throw was off the mark and sailed past first baseman Spencer Torkelson, allowing Lewis to score. Shreve then got former Tiger Willi Castro to hit a chopper to Maton at third, which should’ve ended the inning. With two outs in the eighth, Royce Lewis drew a five-pitch walk from Jose Cisnero and pinch-hitter Ryan Jeffers singled off Chasen Shreve. The Tigers were clinging to a 3-2 lead late until things started to go awry. “I can bring a lot of things to the team. 163 and had one of the Tigers’ six hits Sunday. Everyone knows the player I can be,” said Maton, who is batting. “Obviously I've struggled a lot, but I know the player I can be. He summarized Hinch’s message was to “get right.” Maton took the demotion in stride and acknowledged it was a move that needed to happen. The Tigers (33-43) will wait until Monday to make a corresponding move. Hinch said Maton understood why he was being sent down. “The best environment for that is in Toledo where he can be a little bit out of the spotlight, can be a little bit more free to play every single day and get every single rep and not continue to drag the struggles of the previous day or the previous series or previous week into the next at-bat or the next rep.” This was unexpected to be at this point, but those adjustments need to be made,” Hinch said. Hinch noted he had an “emotional” postgame meeting with Maton in his office to break the news that he was being sent down to the Mud Hens, who are off until Wednesday. … It's tough coming off a game like today, but it was necessary.” In this sense, I think it's a little bit of both. We think he can make the adjustment and most of the time we talk about that being offensive adjustments. ![]() “I think this has started to build a little bit. “Everybody is going to see today was a bad day for him, and that’s only part of it,” Hinch said. Coupled with his continued struggles at the plate, Tigers manager AJ Hinch made the move to option Maton to Triple-A Toledo after the game. Maton’s two miscues in the field led to the game-tying and go-ahead runs scoring in the final three innings. View Gallery: Minnesota Twins 6, Detroit Tigers 3 (10 innings)ĭetroit - The Tigers were trying to beat two things on Sunday: Mother Nature and the Twins.Ī pair of misplays at third base by Nick Maton proved costly and the Tigers fell to the AL Central-leading Twins, 6-3, in a 10-inning series finale at Comerica Park, which started an hour and a half earlier due to inclement weather that was set to hit Metro Detroit.īOX SCORE: Twins 6, Tigers 3 (10 innings) ![]()
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