The Tigers were in the driver’s seat early on in their home opener. Unfortunately, the bats went ice cold after the early innings and the Red Sox got to the Tigers’ bullpen to spoil the party by a score of 6-3.
Spencer Turnbull had a nifty first inning, using just nine pitches. For his part, Chris Sale’s outing began with a four pitch walk to Matt Vierling, and then he missed with four straight to Javy Báez as well. In total, Sale went 15 pitches before he managed to locate one in the zone, though Riley Greene did foul off several close ones, but Sale’s first called strike on a breaking ball froze Greene for strike three.