On a rather frigid Detroit afternoon, a matchup of two weak lineups boded well for a fast-paced pitcher’s duel, and we got it, for a while. In the end, Michael Fulmer got singled to death in his final inning of work, and that was enough for the Pirates to hold on and win the first game of the doubleheader 3-2.
For the first five half innings of work, Michael Fulmer and Tyler Anderson cruised through the minimum without even much hard contact to speak of. The Tigers finally broke the silence offensively in the bottom of the third.