It was a laser show on Monday night at Comerica Park as the Tigers broke out the bats to trounce the visiting San Diego Padres 12-4. Led by huge nights from Jeimer Candelario and Eric Haase, the offense finally woke up by hitting four home runs.
The Tigers rank dead last in the majors with a 66 wRC+ against right-handed pitchers, but have hit lefties to a league average rate of 100 wRC+. Three of their homers in the game came off of left-handed pitchers. In a year that has totally fallen flat, it’s nice to have a fun night like Monday where we get to see the Tigers unconditionally dominate.