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Detroit Tigers Thwarted by Joe Musgrove, San Diego Padres, 3-0

VaselineSeptember 5, 2024

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Detroit Tigers Thwarted by Joe Musgrove, San Diego Padres, 3-0

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After spending the weekend celebrating the franchise’s title in the 1984 World Series, the Detroit Tigers arrived in San Diego to take on the franchise that had been defeated in that championship series.

Things went a lot less well.

The Tigers managed just six hits — and only three against San Diego starter Joe Musgrove in his six innings — in a 3-0 loss to the Padres at Petco Park on Monday night.

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Musgrove struck out eight to improve his record to 2-0 in five starts since coming off the injured list last month. San Diego got an inning each from Jason Adam, Tanner Scott and Robert Suarez, with Suarez earning his 31st save in 34 chances.

By extending their record to 79-61, the Padres moved to a one-game lead over Arizona atop the NL wild-card race thanks to the Diamondbacks’ 11-6 home loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers. The top wild-card finisher will open the playoffs at home.

Detroit remained five games behind Kansas City, which lost to AL Central leader Cleveland on Monday, in the battle for the final wild-card spot in the American League.

Oh, that bullpen

Reliever Brenan Hanifee (0-1), who took over for opener Tyler Holton in the third inning, was handed the loss after allowing an unearned run in the third. Ty Madden handled most of the innings for Detroit (70-69), throwing four scoreless innings before being charged with two insurance runs in the eighth inning.

Luis Arraez gave San Diego the only run it needed in the bottom of the third. After Mason McCoy hit an infield hit to advance to second on Hanifee’s throwing error, Arraez hit a 1-2 pitch to right field to score McCoy.

Arraez was also involved in the eighth-inning rally. Kyle Higashioka led off with a double and McCoy bunted for a single before Arraez hit an 0-2 pitch through a pulled infield for his second RBI single. Manny Machado added the final run with a two-out single to right off Jason Foley that scored Arraez.

The Tigers squandered the few scoring chances they had, going 0-for-7 with runners in scoring position and leaving seven men behind. Their best chance came in the fourth inning when they put two men on with no outs, but Musgrove got a pair of flyouts and then missed hitting Spencer Torkelson.

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VaselineSeptember 5, 2024

0 2 minutes read

Oh, that bullpen

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