Torkelson breaks homer drought as Tigers even series
Spencer Torkelson snapped a long homer drought in the Tigers' victory over the Brewers on Wednesday.
Detroit – It was coming. He could feel it. In his first at-bat, he hit a sizzler, 106.
2 mph off his bat, right at the left fielder. Two innings later, with Riley Greene at second base following a double, Spencer Torkelson ignited a 2-1 sinker from right-hander Chad Patrick. The ball left his bat on a line with an exit velocity of 106.
4 and flew 400 feet over the bullpen in left-center. In his 88 th plate appearance of the season, Torkelson notched his first home run of the season. The ball ended up in the Little Caesars glove on the bullpen roof, but it caromed off a fan.
No free pizza, but it flipped the game and sent the Tigers to a series-evening 5-2 win over the Milwaukee Brewers in front of 20,378 at Comerica Park Wednesday night. It was an impressive recovery from the 12-4 drubbing the night before, with the Tigers matching the Brewers’ aggressiveness and crispness on both sides of the ball. Case in point.