Tigers add another run
3-0 going to top of 7
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Orioles strand a runner at third
3-0 to the bottom of the 7th.
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Twins down 2-0
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Damnit 2run shot for the Orioles with 2outs in the 8th
3-2
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Greene with another HR
4-2
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Ok, lets go Cincinatti
Tigers take the series from the Orioles!!!
77wins for the season!
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Taking 2 of 3 from one of the best teams in baseball…oh my.
Twins tie it at 2, still batting.
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Twins now up 6-2, turning this one off.
Montero, Tigers pitching staff continues to get solid performances from 4/5 SP or even perhaps AAAA SP:
Keider Montero starts
Right-hander Keider Montero tossed five scoreless innings on five hits and one walk with one strikeout, throwing 63 pitches. The Tigers removed him after five innings so he didn’t have to face Orioles slugger Anthony Santander for the third time.
Montero averaged just 93.7 mph with his fastball, down 1.1 mph from his average of 94.8 mph. The velocity on his fastball, changeup and curveball was down.
“Not dealing with anything,” Hinch said. “It was strictly strategic. It was 12 outs, and you start counting them.”
He generated just two whiffs on 33 swings.
More importantly, Montero didn’t allow any runs in his five innings. He worked around a double in the first and second innings, then stranded two runners in scoring position in the third inning. In the third, the Orioles had a chance to strike with one out, but Santander flew out and Heston Kjerstad grounded out.
“Probably they put so many lefties against me because I was struggling against them,” Montero said. “But those days are over. I controlled the lefties because I have control of the strike zone. That was the key for the game.”
Montero also worked around two singles in the fourth inning.
He retired all three batters in the fifth.
It was Montero’s second straight scoreless start, after he threw a complete-game shutout Tuesday against the Colorado Rockies at Comerica Park.
