Lael Lockhart Jr. had a tough outing and only a late rally kept this from looking like a beatdown in the box score.
The left-hander’s high-80’s fastball has zero room for error against better hitters and Indy proved it out by launching a pair of home runs and racking up five runs over 6 2⁄3 innings. Lockhart Jr. has the secondary stuff to get whiffs but he has to be precise overall and just didn’t have good command in this one. Still, a depleted pitching staff needs help as the Tigers will have to draw even more innings from the Hens in the next few weeks.