Monday night’s matchup with the San Francisco Giants fooled some people. With two final Grapefruit League games scheduled in Oracle Park, it felt a bit like the regular season was underway. Fortunately, that was not the case because the Tigers bullpen got beat up a bit and they didn’t do too much at the plate. Riley Greene and Spencer Torkelson both homered, but otherwise it was all Giants for most of the game until a ninth inning rally from the Tigers made it a 6-5 loss.
With both Casey Mize and Jackson Jobe scheduled to pitch on Tuesday night, the Tigers used this first of two in Oracle Park to workout their bullpen.