If you watched the first inning of this game and I told you one of the pitchers wouldn’t make it through the third inning, you would be shocked for me to later tell you it was not Kenta Maeda who got the early hook.
The game saw Maeda up against Zach Plesac for the Angels.
The Tigers went 1-2-3 in the top of the first. In the bottom half Nolan Schanuel singled, then Luis Rengifo homered to put the Angels up 2-0 early. Three outs followed, but it wasn’t an ideal first inning.
The second was 1-2-3 for both teams.