Seattle – Spencer Torkelson walked through the clubhouse Tuesday morning carrying a well-worn bat. He was heading toward the batting cage. This was hours before the Tigers would fail to take advantage of a catcher pitching in the 10th inning and get walked off by the Mariners in the bottom of the 10th, losing 7-6 in the first game of a doubleheader at T-Mobile Park.
“Is that the one with all the hits in it?” he was jokingly asked.
“Yep, this is the one,” he said.
How about that, he was right. Torkelson was in a 1-for-31 skid when he came to bat in the fourth inning with a man on and two out.