CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Trevor Bauer did something on Sunday that only 15 other pitchers in franchise history have done.
He plunked three opposing hitters in one game. There was no ill intent, he stressed after the contest. Bauer issued an apology to the Tigers at the start of his postgame session with reporters at Progressive Field.
Bauer struck Miguel Cabrera with a pitch in the first inning. He beaned Ian Kinsler in the helmet to start the third. At that moment, he dropped to his knees on the mound and removed his hat. Three batters later, he hit Victor Martinez in the right knee with the bases loaded.