Ramírez, coming off the first four-strikeout game of his career in the second game of Detroit’s doubleheader sweep on Tuesday, was given another in the fourth inning when he was called for a pitch-clock violation on a 1-2 count. “He’s a guy who puts the ball in play, so you don’t want to walk him. “He did a really good job, but I know he was frustrated to walk Kwan,” Tigers manager A.J. Spencer Turnbull (1-3) allowed three runs on three hits and three walks in 5 1/3 innings. The Tigers had won five straight after a 2-9 start. Ramírez followed with a long homer down the right-field line to give the Guardians a 3-0 lead. With the game scoreless after five innings, Steven Kwan walked to start the sixth and moved up on Andrés Giménez’s base hit. “He was over 80 pitches and I wasn’t going to take any chances, but he would have gone back out there.” “He’s fine - he was more upset that I took him out of the game than he was about getting hit,” Guardians manager Terry Francona said. Three Cleveland relievers followed, with Emmanuel Clase pitching the ninth for his sixth save.Ĭleveland Guardians first baseman Josh Naylor (22) rushes to starting pitcher Cal Quantrill after Quantrill was hit from a drive by Detroit Tigers' Kerry Carpenter during the sixth inning of a baseball game, Wednesday, April 19, 2023, in Detroit. He allowed four hits and a walk, striking out four. Paul Quantrill (1-1) pitched six shutout innings before leaving after a line drive hit him on the leg. “I knew I would get another chance today.” “I didn’t want to get too frustrated about yesterday,” Ramírez said through a translator. ![]() ![]() Free Press 101: How we practice journalismĭETROIT (AP) - José Ramírez bounced back from one of the worst games of his career with a three-run homer in the sixth inning as the Cleveland Guardians beat the Detroit Tigers 3-2 on Wednesday.
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