This time, Detroit Tigers utility player Harold Castro didn’t wait until the eighth inning to ruin Cleveland Guardians starter Triston McKenzie’s afternoon.
The 28-year-old launched the second pitch of his second at-bat Sunday into the bullpens in left field in the fourth inning for a 1-0 lead. Castro sent an 86.6 mph slider from McKenzie 364 feet, and the Tigers finished off the series with the Guardians with a 2-1 win to give them a 2-1 series win.
It was Castro’s second big hit off McKenzie in as many games; on Aug. 15, 2021, Castro singled with two outs in the eighth inning to break out a perfect game bid by McKenzie, also at Comerica Park.