Well this was an eventful one. Through three innings, the Tigers scored four runs and lost two pitchers, presumably to the injury list. Starter Matt Boyd departed in the first with an arm injury, and Will Vest followed him with a knee issue in the third. It didn’t stop the Tigers as Andy Ibáñez and Jake Rogers provided the power, and the bullpen once again did outstanding work to take this first of four by a score of 7-2 on Monday.
Just as the injury list looked to start clearing with Matt Manning returning on Tuesday to start in Texas, and Tarik Skubal and Eduardo Rodriguez not far behind him, the baseball gods conveniently began balancing the scales once again.