Tigers @ Nationals Game #42 May 19 2023

[byco42]

Game Time: 7:05 p.m

ESPN Game Cast

Tigers SP: Matt Boyd LHP W-L 2-3 ERA 6.47 WHIP 1.56
Pirates SP: Jake Irvin RHP W-L 1-1 ERA 4.11 WHIP 1.30

Detroit Tigers (19-22) 3rd in AL Central -3.5 Last 10: 5-5, L1

Confirmed Lineup
3B Z. McKinstry L
SS Javier Baez R
CF Riley Greene L
1B S. Torkelson R
2B Andy Ibanez R
DH Nick Maton L
LF Akil Baddoo L
C Eric Haase R
RF M. Vierling R

Washington Nationals (18-26) 5th in NL East -9.5 L10: 4-6, L3

Confirmed Lineup
RF Lane Thomas R
2B Luis Garcia L
DH Joey Meneses R
3B J. Candelario S
1B D. Smith L
LF S. Garrett R
C Keibert Ruiz S
CF Alex Call R
SS CJ Abrams L

Game Notes BR

Game Notes Freep

Umpires: Not announced

4% Precipitation
70? Wind 10 mph R-L
LINE ?
O/U 8.5 Runs

Tickets

 

[kalinecountry]

https://view.mail.mlblists.com/messages/1684527048452e4c717b7c47a/raw
Tigers Beat.
Jason Beck

The Tigers are winning games with these three players in the middle of the batting order: Javier B?ez, Riley Greene and Spencer Torkelson.
"They have to decide who they want to pitch to," B?ez said, "and if everybody's hot, they're in trouble."

Has Spencer Torkelson met your expectations this season?
https://twitter.com/i/status/1659605652849803276

Turning The Corner Tigers Podcast Bites: Detroit Tigers Riley Greene Is Him. 3 minutes.
The Athletic's Cody Stavenhagen explains why Detroit Tigers outfielder Riley Greene is on such a hitting tear.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUzH4CY6OVg&t=2s&ab_channel=TurningTheCornerPodcast

 

[coulomb]

YabaDabadooo!

6-0 tiggers

 

[coulomb]

7-0 on vierling bomb.

3 hrs for the tigers today. this has to be the most they have hit in 1 game this season.

 

[biggunsbob]

Wtf happened .

I left to go to Lowe?s it was 6-0. Frustrating.

 

[Mitchrapp]

Yippster.

 

[biggunsbob]

Frustrating 2 out walk by Foley. Hinch going to get Foley with 2 outs .

Asking Lange for a 4 out save.

I just don?t get walks. Throw a strike

 

[biggunsbob]

Lange gets the strikeout !

Need some insurance guys!

 

[biggunsbob]

Maton is so late on those fastballs sadly that were right down the middle.

 

[biggunsbob]

Great catch takes a hit away from Baddoo

 

[biggunsbob]

Washington 9th

Strikeout
Fly out to cf
Ground out to ss on second base side.

 

[biggunsbob]

Jesus Baez almost air mails that throw .

Nice stretch by Spencer

 

[biggunsbob]

Tigers win 8-6 !

 

[biggunsbob]

The play Baez made with Tigers up 8-6 is a darn web gem espn. So is Riley Greene?s

 

[kalinecountry]

https://www.mlb.com/tigers/news/tigers-hit-four-home-runs-in-win-over-nationals
Tigers continue to make strides with 4-homer game vs. Nationals.
Tigers official site

https://www.mlb.com/gameday/tigers-vs-nationals/2023/05/19/718123/final/box
Boxscore and Tigers highlights videos.

https://www.blessyouboys.com/2023/5/19/23730776/tigers-8-nationals-6-a-no-no-to-oh-no-recap-may-19
Tigers 8 - Nationals 6: A no-no to oh no.
That was too close for comfort, but the duo of Foley and Lange shut the door on a Nats comeback attempt.
BYBTB

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/s...ur-homers-to-beat-nats-in-opener/70235554007/
Boyd's no-hit bid ends in sixth, Tigers hit four homers to beat Nats in opener.
Detnews

https://www.freep.com/story/sports/...ashington-nationals-matthew-boyd/70238461007/
Four home runs pay off for Detroit Tigers in 8-6 win over Washington Nationals.
Freep

https://www.mlive.com/tigers/2023/05/tigers-blast-4-homers-then-hang-on-to-beat-nationals.html
Tigers blast 4 homers, then hang on to beat Nationals.
Mlive

 

[kalinecountry]

https://totallytigers.wordpress.com/2023/05/19/saturday-survey-78/
SATURDAY SURVEY.
Totally Tigers

While they are slowly improving, the Detroit Tigers still have a significant issue with their offense. Several players, along with Miguel Cabrera, are currently struggling mightily at the plate.

Meanwhile, Justyn-Henry Malloy is doing great things down in Toledo. He is hitting over .300 and has one of the team?s best slash lines. He leads the club in HRs and RBIs. But he also is #1 in strikeouts.

The team has said that he still struggles against certain types of pitches. But the greatest concern is his defensive skills. He is improving, however he currently is still considered to be weak with a glove.

Obviously, success in AAA does not guarantee success in the majors. There is a big jump from the minors to the majors. And with Malloy, he?s only played in 41 games and had 144 at-bats (through Thursday?s games).

Many don?t consider this to be enough experience. Even Spencer Torkelson had over 200 at-bats before he was promoted to Detroit and it was a big part of the reason why he struggled so much last year. The Tigers don?t want Malloy potentially struggling in Detroit and setting his development back.

If the Tigers do bring him up, where would they put him? As a rookie, he would not be playing every day. The DH position currently is being filled by Miguel Cabrera and Kerry Carpenter (who is about to return from the IL).

Given all of this, what should the Tigers do with Justyn-Henry?

What should the Tigers do with Justyn-Henry Malloy?

1. Bring him up now.

2. Bring him up mid-summer.

3. Bring him up late summer.

4. Wait until next year to bring him up.

VOTE

 

[tomdalton22]

I voted wait until next year. If he is still struggling with some pitches and is below average on D...let him develop in AAA

 

[coulomb]

This game was fun until its wasnt.

8-0 and no hits for the nats until the bottom of the 6th then vierling lost the first 'hit' in the lights, next thing you know its 8-6.

 

[kalinecountry]

DET is 10-5 in May
243/305/387
#21 BA
#25 OBP
#22 SLG

15 HR #21
93 wRC+ #20
144 ISO #24
63 R #23

10-5 record with just dismal hitting..imagine the numbers without Riley Greene.

Tigers hitting in May
Greene 418/458/636 wRC+ 207
McKinstry 278/426/361 wRC+ 133
Baddoo 297/350/459 wRC+ 126
Tork 276/323/431 wRC+ 109
Haase 267/313/422 wRC+ 104
Baez 250/308/417 wRC+ 102
Ibanez 271/300/438 wRC+ 102
Rogers 138/194/414 wRC+60
Cabrera 167/259/167 wRC+27
Maton 118/244/176 wRC+ 26
Schoop 176/222/235 wRC+ 26
Vierling 143/192/265 wRC+ 24
Short 067/067/133 wRC+ -59

PA
Cabrera 27
Schoop 18
Vierling 52
Maton 41

 

[kalinecountry]

Riley Greene's homer last night was a moonshot, for sure. Nugget in the media notes: The ball was hit at a height of 162 feet, the third-highest homer in the Majors this season. His launch angle on that was 40 degrees, exit velo of 110.7 mph and it flew 393 feet. Incredible