Rain slammed the Tigers during Monday’s game against the Blue Jays at Marchant Stadium’s Publix Field.
Not that it overly bothered Spencer Torkelson and Kody Clemens, a pair of infielders who have been enjoying October during the Tigers’ five-week Instructional Camp at Lakeland, Florida.
Torkelson in Monday’s first inning got a 2-2 fastball and drove it high into the sky and onto the berm beyond Publix Field’s left-field wall. For those analytically scoring at home, the ball had a 39-degree launch angle and 104-mph exit velocity, which typically will beget a home run even when a mean breeze is blowing in, as it was Monday.