What do you get when you mix Spencer Turnbull on the mound, four total hits, and a league-worst opponent for the Detroit Tigers? A Sunday matinee win to secure a road series sweep. Tigers win, 2-1, and sweep the Pittsburgh Pirates.
While the Tigers scored 28 runs in their first two games against the Pirates this weekend, the Pirates bullpen quieted Detroit hitters down today. The Tigers only managed three hits through the first seven innings of today’s game. Pirates starter Steven Brault pitched two scoreless innings, allowing just one walk and striking out one after giving up four earned runs without recording an out on Friday night.