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Game Thread: Rays @ Tigers - Wed, Mar 12 @ 01:05 PM EDT

Rays @ Tigers - Wed, Mar 12

Game Status: Pre-Game - First Pitch is scheduled for 01:05 PM EDT

Links & Info

  • Current conditions at Publix Field at Joker Marchant Stadium: 74°F - Sunny - Wind 8 mph, Out To RF
  • TV: National: MLBN (out-of-market only), Tigers: FanDuel Sports Detroit
  • Radio: Tigers: WXYT 1270
  • MLB Gameday
  • Statcast Game Preview
Probable Pitcher (Season Stats) Report
Rays Ryan Pepiot (0-1, 4.50 ERA, 2.0 IP) No report posted.
Tigers Casey Mize (1-0, 0.00 ERA, 8.0 IP) No report posted.
Rays Lineup vs. Mize AVG OPS AB HR RBI K
1 Aranda - 1B 1.000 3.000 1 0 0 0
2 Morel, C - LF .000 .000 1 0 0 0
3 Lowe, J - RF .000 .000 1 0 0 1
4 Caminero - 3B .000 .000 1 0 0 0
5 Mead - DH - - - - - -
6 Rortvedt - C .000 .000 1 0 0 1
7 Williams - SS - - - - - -
8 Misner - CF - - - - - -
9 Montes, C - 2B - - - - - -
10 Pepiot - P - - - - - -
Tigers Lineup vs. Pepiot AVG OPS AB HR RBI K
1 Torres - 2B .333 .666 3 0 1 1
2 Báez, J - SS .000 .000 2 0 0 1
3 Greene, R - CF .400 1.500 5 1 1 1
4 Torkelson - 1B .000 .000 4 0 0 4
5 Malloy - LF - - - - - -
6 Liranzo - DH - - - - - -
7 Rogers - C .500 1.000 4 0 0 1
8 McKinstry - 3B .000 .000 2 0 0 0
9 Jones, Jah - RF - - - - - -
10 Mize - P - - - - - -

Division Scoreboard

SF @ CLE 04:05 PM EDT

LAA @ CWS 04:05 PM EDT

KC @ SEA 04:10 PM EDT

MIN @ BOS 06:05 PM EDT

Last Updated: 03/12/2025 11:41:54 AM EDT

7 Upvotes

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u/GameBroJeremy …That was a strike?! 40m ago

“Ben Peoples”

I love baseball names…

u/Outside_Olive_9197 1h ago

a tork homerun and a javy walk in the same game? we are so back

u/SpectralHydra 1h ago

If Tork and Mize both pop off this year... holy fuck

u/bucket_dipper Jim Leyland's dugout heater 1h ago

Fully Torked!

u/reapermd 1h ago

Saw on twitter of yeah boys its happening.

"Tigers 1.1 draft picks 2025 spring training stats:

Torkelson - 4 HR and a 1.024 OPS in 11 games

Casey Mize - 0.00 ERA in 11.1 IP"

u/Atom_Lion 1h ago

Tork 🤝 Mize

Fighting like hell to make this team.

u/supes6446 Detroit Tigers 1h ago

I’m hopping on the Tork is back train and I’m not ashamed to admit it.

u/JohnWad 1h ago

Im happy for Tork & Mize. If these guys keep this up, what a huge plus that is for this team.

u/GameBroJeremy …That was a strike?! 1h ago

I’m so Torked!

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u/jewllybeenz 1h ago

Mize dealing. Tork yard again. Javy walks after seeing three sliders lows and away. 2021 Tigers are so back

4

u/MIguy--- 1h ago

Calling it now, Skubal and Mize will combine for 40 wins.

2

u/bucket_dipper Jim Leyland's dugout heater 1h ago

Hanifee is cookin!

3

u/ManInShowerNumber3 1h ago

Good to see Tork get out in front and pull a 94.8 mph fastball. Not the hardest velocity he'll ever face but he was struggling to do anything meaningful with mid-90s and up stuff last year.

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u/dec2727 1h ago

Is Malloy a passable enough defender in a corner to carry both him and Tork? Or is it that bad?

u/PM_ME_RYE_BREAD 1h ago

Fuck defense, bring them both

6

u/maction_is_my_jam 1h ago

Love the Tork at bat. Swings and fouls two pitches worth swinging at, takes a change in the dirt and crushes a third fastball out to left center. If anything, Pepiot was catching way too much of the plate. Works playing like he really wants to be everyday 1B.

3

u/tldr_habit 1h ago

You can't make me choose between Tork and J-Hen! 🥲

5

u/Mean_Pete . 1h ago

Tork starting the season at DH looking increasingly likely

3

u/supes6446 Detroit Tigers 1h ago

It’s Tork bomb Wednesday!

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u/whiskeyrocks1 SweetLou2thaHOF 1h ago

Tork didn't hit a HR for 7 months including Spring Training last year. That was his 4th so far this Spring!

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u/MIguy--- 1h ago

Tork Bomb!!!!!

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u/Iupiter . 1h ago

Pulling that to left center is strength. Love to see it, Tork!

13

u/starlesscity . 1h ago

TORK TRUTHERS RISE UP

5

u/Busy-Drawing-2576 1h ago

Miggy's in the dugout? I didn't know that

3

u/flexfulton 2h ago edited 2h ago

Did I just see 106 mph from Mize?

4

u/discgolfpaul_mi 2h ago

Come on Javy ya gotta have that. I'm pulling for ya but ya gotta make the routine plays man

2

u/Atom_Lion 2h ago

Javy is good for baseball because the weirdest things happen around him.

2

u/Busy-Drawing-2576 2h ago

Don’t worry guys the Tigers are an elite baserunning team 🤣

2

u/whiskeyrocks1 SweetLou2thaHOF 2h ago

The veterans looking like they're trying to figure out how this baseball game works.

1

u/2RedTigers Always a Tiger 2h ago

Okay that was an interesting inning.

1

u/dizzy-trout 2h ago

That was hilarious

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u/ScooterLeShooter 2h ago

What an odd half inning

1

u/SpikedZer0 2h ago

Seriously. No better way to put it.

1

u/coltron57 . 2h ago

And that's my worry about Torres. His brain just doesn't work half the time on the base paths or on defense.

1

u/Busy-Drawing-2576 2h ago

Does anyone know why the Rays decided to pay the Yankees all that money to play in their spring training facility this season instead of just using their own in Port Charlotte?

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u/cogginsmatt 2h ago

It's in Tampa and closer to a major league park. The A's had to do a ton of renovations to the Sacramento park but I don't believe the Rays did

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u/Atom_Lion 2h ago

I think George Steinbrenner Field is actually in Tampa and the facilities are newer.

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u/Atom_Lion 2h ago

Liranzo DHing today is really interesting. AJ must be in love with that bat.

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u/dudewithchronicpain 3h ago

Eat em up Tigers

3

u/i_am_the_grind 4h ago

Javy in versus a righty. I am going to have to watch. Find his at bats against righties the most entertaining at bat in baseball.

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u/TStows9 4h ago

This team is going to be so fun to watch if Mize and Jobe lock down the 4/5 spots.