During the telecast for this evening’s game, Jimmy Rollins, recent inductee into the Wall of Fame, mentioned that whenever the team played on that night, they always lose. For some reason, they always played poorly on the night they were honoring the people that meant so much to the team’s history.
For much of this game, Jack Flaherty pitched like he was going to make that happen yet again. The Tigers starter was masterful through six innings, keeping what looked like a listless Phillies offense off balance and in check. Detroit’s offense mustered a single three-run home run from Gleyber Torres in the third inning off of Ranger Suarez, a shot that looked like it might hit the scoreboard, but also looked like it would be more than enough during this game.