One of my favorite @Tigers highlights from long before my time, despite being dominated by another opponent: Norm Cash vs Nolan Ryan, the table leg at-bat. "The table leg or Louisville Slugger, it made no difference." (the ump cracking up laughing gets me every time)
#TigerBites 2016 Game 5:
Tiger Bites One-Minute Highlights 2016: "JV Gets Hammered"
Watch the Detroit Tigers lose to the Pittsburgh Pirates as Justin Verlander got rocked on April 11th, 2016 in Detroit, MI.
#TigerBites Game 4:
Tiger Bites One-Minute Highlights 2016: "First Loss"
Watch highlights from the Detroit Tigers' first loss of the season at the hands of the New York Yankees on April 9th, 2016 in Detroit, MI.
Twitter thread: @Tigers' 3B @jeimer24C had a 5 hit day, first of his career! Let's take a look at each. 1/5
In the first inning, Candy gets jammed and fights off a little flare that lands just beyond the infield grass to lead of the game with a single.
5/5 ... and finally we have the blooper to RF that set up the winning run. Candy didn't swing at the best pitches today, but boy did he make them work for him.
Here's an overlap GIF from the three strikes called in @spencerturnbull's opening AB K today, all mid-90s fastballs. h/t to @PitchingNinja for video concept.
#TigerBites from the Detroit @Tigers' third game of the 2016 season and the home opening victory against the New York Yankees on April 8th, 2016. You can watch all of the 2016 highlights here on the Tiger Bites channel: https://t.co/o65fGNQ0tD
Greiner had a very solid game overall today behind the dish, as it looked like he might have grabbed a few extra strikes for Turnbull. He did give away a K pitch mishandling a mislocated FB with a lot of zip to the leadoff batter that should have been called K-ump was off today.
The breaking pitch was working well overall for @spencerturnbull today. Here's a beautiful 12-6 curveball @ 81 mph for the swinging K, a continuation of what was seen from him over the spring with the improved breaking pitches - CB in the mid-70s to very low-80s & a mid-80s SL.
Here's that Galvis double off Norris today. Like with Turnbull earlier, we see Greiner set up low, only for the pitcher to miss high and in the middle of the zone, this time with a juicy 89 mph offering.
Here's the second of Turnbull's mistakes today: It's not a terrible pitch - 81 mph curveball very low in the zone, but to close to the middle of the plate, resulting in a line-drive opposite field dinger to top off the scoring for the day.
Here's the first of Turnbull's two primary mistakes today: Drury punished a high 94 mph heater at the top of the zone in a pitcher's count for a 4th inning leadoff double. Looks like Greiner wants the ball low, so this is just a mislocated pitch by the Bull. Rookie mistake.
.@tigers' Victor Alcantar gets a nice swinging K on a nasty 88 mph change that Pillar gets way out in front of. Note the hard arm-side break -- the batter never had a chance. #GoTigers