St. Louis – Spencer Torkelson had a life-changing moment last year in Tampa – in a manner of speaking.
It was like a revelation. He watched Jonathan Schoop field a ground ball on the right side of the infield and boldly fire a strike to third base, gunning down an unsuspecting runner who thought he had a free ride into the base.
“Like, as a kid growing up, you learn that on a ground ball to the right side of the infield and you’re on second base, you just go to third,” Torkelson said after the Tigers pulled off another improbable, gritty win, 6-5 over the St.