Tigers held to one hit in 5-0 loss against Brewers

Chris McCosky, The Detroit News on Apr 15, 2025

Published in Baseball

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MILWAUKEE — The first question that had to be answered Tuesday night was whether the Detroit Tigers were going to manage a base hit.

Milwaukee Brewers’ right-hander Quinn Priester kept the hit column empty for five innings, though he did walk three and took the mound in the sixth at 81 pitches.

Gleyber Torres whacked a 1-1 sinker into the gap in right-center for a double. Yes, they managed a hit.

Second question, would they be able to climb out of a 3-0 hole against the Brewers’ bullpen.

Negative.

Torres’ hit was the only one produced by the Tigers and the Brewers evened the series with a 5-0 win at American Family Field.

Torres ended up stranded at third base when lefty reliever Jared Koenig entered and struck out Riley Greene (looking) and Spencer Torkelson (swinging) to end the sixth.

The last 12 hitters were dispatched in order Koenig (1 2/3 innings), Abner Uribe (2/3), Nick Mears (1) and Grant Anderson (1).

It was a labor-intensive start for Tigers’ Jack Flaherty. He seemed out of sync from the first inning on, with his fastball velocity fluctuating from 89 mph to 94 and getting into deep counts.

Rhys Hoskins opened the second inning with a 440-foot home run to left-center and it was an example of Flaherty’s issues. He got ahead with a 93-mph four-seamer, painted on the outer edge.

Next pitch, another four-seamer, this one at 90 mph in the heart of the plate.

Sal Frelick followed with a triple and he scored on a sacrifice fly by Garrett Mitchell.

The Brewers tacked on a two-out run in the fourth on a double by Mitchell and a bloop single by Joey Ortiz.

Flaherty was pulled with two outs in the fifth. He was at 98 pitches, only 56 strikes.

The Tigers’ bullpen didn’t hold the game in check, though hat-tip to Torres for saving one run.

With Frelick at second base and two outs in the sixth, Ortiz spanked a ground ball that looked ticketed for right field. Torres ranged to his left and made a sensational diving play, getting up quickly to make the throw to first.

The Brewers scored two unearned runs off Brenan Hanifee in the seventh. A one-out throwing error by third baseman Andy Ibanez was the culprit.

Brenan Hanifee ended up throwing 38 pitches in 1 1/3 innings, making him the leading candidate to get optioned back to Triple-A Toledo to make room for Keider Montero, who was summoned and will start the finale of this series Wednesday.

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