After dropping the season opener on Thursday, then losing in rather miserable fashion in a blowout on Saturday, the Tigers tried to salvage a win from their three-game series in St. Petersburg on Sunday. That wasn’t going to happen against that Tampa Bay Rays pitching staff, though, as they were quietly swept with a 5-1 loss.
Joey Wentz got the nod for the Tigers today. The lefty had a bit of a rough spring, but in a couple of brief call-ups last year, he mostly held his own. Of note was a stellar September start against the Royals in which he pitched into the seventh, surrendered a measly two hits, walked one and whiffed five.