The recruit Jackson Jobe was not impeccable this season, but it was a good chance for the Tigers of Detroit, who are undefeated in his eight departures.
Detroit will look for this sequence to continue when he welcomes Cleveland Guardians for the second match in a series of four games on Friday.
Jobe (4-0, 4.12 ERA) had one of his best outings on Sunday, abandoning two points and six strokes in six heats in Toronto. The 22 -year -old right -hander withdrew five and walked two.
“There were sleeves where he was completely dominant, especially when we needed it,” said Detroit manager Aj Hinch. “So, for him to hang on and stay in the match, reach 90 throws, spend six sleeves and not have to go out and do it was a great reason why we could set up the pen as we did.”
Jobe was raised to Triple-A Toledo at the end of last season and faced the Guardians once in the playoffs, abandoning one point and three strokes in 1 1/3 rounds.
He will be opposed by Slade Cecconi (0-1, 5.40), who made his debut of the season against the Reds of Cincinnati on Saturday. Back from an oblique tension, Cecconi granted three points on five strokes but withdrew eight without walks in five rounds.
“It was a mixture of excitement and anticipation,” he said. “I wouldn’t say it was nervous energy. It was just a little anxiety because I have been thinking of it for a while. My oblique problem happened in March, and since then it was an accumulation at this time.”
Cecconi had its second start pushed one night due to a rain in Minnesota this week. It was acquired in Arizona in an intersane trade which sent Josh Naylor to the Diamondbacks.
Detroit will have to face the mixture of six steps from Cecconi: cursor, lead, fourouts, curve, cutter and change. Cecconi will face the Tigers for the first time.
The Guardians dominated the series of the series Thursday, blocking the Tigers 7-0. The starters of Cleveland granted two points deserved or less in 17 of the last 21 games, the club going 12-9 during this period.
“We will play them a lot,” said Detroit, Dillon Dingler. “It will be important to make them pass the top on these next games. We have already lost the first match in a series. It’s going to be difficult. It’s a good team. But, as I said, turn the page and move forward.”
Jose Ramirez continues to direct the Guardians offensive. He extended his sequence of strikes at 15 games, the longest sequence of the majors, with two strokes. He strikes. 390 (23 for 59) during this section with seven multi-cut games.
With the victory, Cleveland moved into equality of three for second place (alongside the Twins of Minnesota and the Royals of Kansas City) in the American central American. Detroit is at the top of the division.
“We play 162 games, and each time you play a divisional opponent, it’s a big series,” said Guardians director Stephen Vogt. “We consider each match as an eliminatory match, whatever we play. We know who we play, and they play very well, so we have to bring our game” A “.”
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