The Tigers built an early lead and handled Blue Jays starter Alek Manoah pretty easily in the Jays home opener at the Rogers Centre. Still, once again they wasted scoring opportunities along the way and the bullpen eventually got stomped again as they fell to 2-8 on the young season.
Things started off in sprightly fashion as Manoah and Matt Manning traded very quick first innings, needing just 14 pitches between them. In the second, the Tigers took it to Manoah, easily ignoring his breaking ball and putting him on the ropes several times.
Kerry Carpenter was in the cleanup spot and led off the top of the second with this drive.