05 September, 2017
The great play kept the game at 5-0 for the time being and created even more frustration for Mahtook, who has had a rough couple of days.
Eric Hosmer, Salvador Perez and Alcides Escobar all homered for the Royals.
Scott Alexander then came on and got Mahtook to ground out giving Alexander his third save of the season. Lewicki owns 303 strikeouts in 337 career minor-league innings.
A day after he inadvertently swatted a home run over the left field fence, Mahtook hit a ball to nearly the exact same spot. The Detroit Tigers have lost eight of their last 10 games when allowing at least three runs. Merrifield and Cain started the inning with singles. Cabrera brought both of them home with a double to left center.
The Tigers came back with three runs in the fifth. He was 8-1 with a 1.31 ERA in 16 appearances (nine starts), totaling 68 2/3 innings, during his senior season.
Tigers: RHP Jordan Zimmermann (neck strain) became the latest Tigers starter to go down with an injury.
As a result of his latest bout with such a setback, one that will now require surgery, the 38-year-old Martinez has been ruled out for the remainder of the 2017 campaign. He's 1-4 with a 9.39 ERA in his last six starts. Cabrera is serving a six-game suspension for instigated a brawl against the New York Yankees on August 24. He earned wins out of the bullpen in each of UVA's first two games in the CWS against Ole Miss and TCU. Kansas City is now 12-4 in day games since July.
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