Kerry Carpenter is Twins killer. Why isn't he in lineup vs Joe Ryan?
Detroit Tigers slugger Kerry Carpenter owns a 1.076 OPS across 33 games in his career against the Minnesota Twins, but he wasn't in Monday's lineup.
MINNEAPOLIS ā Kerry Carpenter has a 1. 076 OPS in 33 games in his career against the Minnesota Twins and a . 500 batting average with one home run in eight plate appearances against Twins right-hander Joe Ryan .
Carpenter is also coming off home runs in back-to-back games. But he wasn't in the Detroit Tigers ' starting lineup Monday, April 6, for the opener of a four-game series with the Twins, despite the favorable matchup with Ryan. There's a reason for that.
"He's sick," manager A. J. Hinch said before Monday's game.
JEFF SEIDEL: Kerry Carpenter heating up among many encouraging signs for Tigers It's the stomach flu. "There's been a bug [going] through our team and some family members of our team," Hinch said. "Who knows if we can get him rallied for a late-inning pinch-hit, but he was in the original lineup before we submitted it, and I had to pull him.