(Photo: Robin Buckson, Detroit News)
Detroit — Blaine Hardy reached out to his teammate, fellow lefty Matt Moore, right before he went into surgery Wednesday morning.
“They wanted him to go in expecting the worse but hoping for the best,” Hardy said. “Obviously, he didn’t win the lottery.”
Moore, the Tigers starting pitcher who worked 10 scoreless innings before sustaining an injury to his right knee, will miss the remainder of the 2019 season after undergoing meniscus surgery in Dallas.
“This is a blow for him and our ballclub,” manager Ron Gardenhire said.