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“Kinda looking around, seeing that fence - what is it, about 8 feet closer? - a little different, but still a lot of green out there to cover.”Ĭomerica Park's outfield fences, which were redone in the offseason to add more padding, received a positive review from the outfielder. “I haven’t been back since they moved the fences in, so that’s a little different,” Marisnick said. Semien’s shot would have been a home run in 26 of 30 MLB parks, according to Statcast, but Marisnick chased it down as he hit the wall for the game’s first out. The 11-year veteran's first play as a Tiger at Comerica Park: A 417-foot blast off the bat of Rangers leadoff hitter Marcus Semien, who sent Wentz’s four-seam fastball toward the flagpole in the bullpen in left-center field. Marisnick, acquired from the Chicago White Sox on Tuesday and pressed into service Wednesday because of IL stints for Greene and Matt Vierling, was tested in the first inning.

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“When you’re in a series and you’re backed up against the wall a little bit, have a little adversity - or a lot of adversity, when it comes to us the last 48 hours - that win makes us feel good going into an off day.” “I think when you have a team come in and put up as many runs as they did, despite the fact we pitched really well in the month of May, this win feels pretty good,” Hinch said. The win improved the Tigers’ record to 26-28 they’re off Thursday, followed by a three-game series against their American League Central rivals, the Chicago White Sox, from Friday-Sunday. The infielder-by-trade fired a strike to second on a one-out single by Corey Seager to catch the $325-million man trying to stretch out a double.

That was enough for Detroit’s bullpen, as Chasen Shreve, Jason Foley and Alex Lange kept the Rangers mostly in check for the final three innings, helped by a sharp defensive play by right fielder Zach McKinstry in the seventh. He gave up two quick hits - singles by Nick Maton and Tyler Nevin - to open the inning and was pulled by Rangers manager Bruce Bochy.Īfter Zack Short beat out a sac bunt off reliever Jonathan Hernández to load the bases, Jake Rogers hit a sacrifice fly and Marisnick followed with a single to give the Tigers a 3-1 lead. The 28-year-old continued his breakout season with five innings of one-run ball but ran into trouble in the sixth. The Tigers’ bats didn’t fare much better off Texas right-hander Dane Dunning for most of the day. White Sox for MLB debut Taking the lead late WELCOME TO THE SHOW: Tigers promote prospect Reese Olson, will start Friday vs. Hinch said.īIG LOSS: Tigers' Riley Greene sent to injured list with stress fracture in left fibula “Given where we’ve come from, I think Joey should be very proud, against a very good team, to keep us in the game,” Tigers manager A.J. The Rangers - who entered Wednesday averaging 6.4 runs a game - mustered just one run off Wentz while striking out five times. Marisnick, who finished 2-for-4 with a strikeout, wasn’t the only surprise for the Tigers.Īfter two straight rough starts left his spot in the Tigers’ rotation in question, left-hander Joey Wentz frustrated the Rangers offense for 4⅓ innings, scattering seven hits and one walk. You hate to lose guys like that, but you gotta keep going.”

“I said it the other day, the strength of this organization is its depth, and I think we showed today, some guys come through in big spots,' said Tyler Nevin, who scored the winning run and went 2-for-4. On the same day that the second-year outfielder went on the 10-day injured list with a stress fracture in his left leg, his replacement in center field, Jake Marisnick, made a big catch to open the game and delivered an RBI single in the sixth as the Tigers avoided a sweep by the Texas Rangers with a 3-2 victory Wednesday at Comerica Park. There’s life for the Detroit Tigers after Riley Greene, after all.