The Tigers wasted a lot of opportunities in this one, but another strong performance from rookie Alex Faedo carried them to a two-game sweep of the Pirates in Pittsburgh on Wednesday afternoon.
The Tigers swung the bats well early in this one, but didn’t come away with much. After Harold Castro started the game with a fly out, Jonathan Schoop singled. Miguel Cabrera unfortunately struck out, but Austin Meadows drilled a single to right and the Tigers had two on with two out. So of course Javier Báez struck out.
A similar scenario started to unfold in the top of the second as Spencer Torkelson walked to start the frame, but watched as Kody Clemens and Eric Haase made quick outs.