Tigers aim for first series win in May as they welcome the Marlins to Motown
After losing three consecutive series to open the month of May, the Detroit Tigers have a shot at claiming their first series win since taking two of three games from Kansas City at the end of April as today they play host to the Miami Marlins for the second of three games at Comerica Park. The Tigers posted a three-run eighth inning on Monday night sparked by a two-run home run by Spencer Torkelson to give Detroit the lead after blowing an early 3-0 lead. The loss last night was the eighth in the last 10 games for the Marlins who are just 6-17 on the road this season.
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Game Date: May 14, 2024
Game Time: 6:30 p.m. ET
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Detroit will start 24-year-old right-hander Reese Olson (0-4, 2.52 ERA) tonight in search of his first win of the season allowing two or fewer earned runs in five of his seven starts having been done in by his run support as the Tigers have been held to one run or less in three of his last five starts. Olson had a decent rookie campaign last year going 5-7 with a 3.99 ERA striking out 103 batters in 103.2 innings of work.
The Marlins will counter with their own 24-year-old pitcher as southpaw Ryan Weathers (2-4, 4.54 ERA) looks for his first win in five starts. Weathers has allowed a home run in five consecutive starts with only 11 strikeouts in his last four outings after posting a career-high 10 strikeouts in a 6-3 over San Francisco in mid-April.
This is the first series for Miami in Detroit since 2019 when the Marlins swept the three-game interleague series outscoring the Tigers 16-9 in the late-May sweep.
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