Tigers pitcher Gregory Soto.
Detroit Tigers fans can be excused if they stopped paying attention early in Monday’s 15-6 loss to the Twins. It was a dreary affair. Tigers pitchers gave up 14 hits and 11 walks, and Detroit batters didn’t get a hit until the 5th inning.
Things did get entertaining at the end of the day when utility man Harold Castro took the mound in the 9th (he has now officially played every position but catcher). And then the apotheosis of Akil Baddoo continued with his remarkable 9th-inning grand slam.
But there was also a brief moment of levity to begin the top of the 8th when Gregory Soto unleashed a positively LaLooshian fastball:
It’s the highest thrown ball by a Detroit Tigers pitcher in the Statcast era.