Tyler Saladino was activated from the disabled list and in the Milwaukee Brewers‘ starting lineup Thursday as they prepared to open a
four-game series against the Atlanta Braves.
Saladino was acquired from the Chicago White Sox in late April and recalled from Triple-A Colorado Springs on May 9. He appeared in 16 games for the Brewers
and was batting .326 in 16 games when he went down with a sprained ankle and
landed on the DL on May 30.
His performance allowed the Brewers to send Orlando Arcia to Triple A to work out of an offensive funk. Arcia was brought back up when Saladino was hurt and
has since been sent back to Colorado Springs while Brad Miller and Nate Orf
shared time at shortstop.
Those two will remain in the mix at short
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”Tyler had played so well, we were starting to give him regular `reps’ at shortstop before the injury,” Milwaukee manager Craig Counsell said. ”What we
were most impressed by is the way he played defense. He played shortstop at a
really high level and was making very difficult plays look easy.”
To clear space for Saladino on the active roster, Milwaukee designated infielder Eric Sogard for assignment.
Sogard, 32, signed a one-year, $2.4 million deal with the team over the winter after batting .273 with a .393 OBP in 94 games for Milwaukee last season.
He was never able to get on track in 2018 and was batting just .134 (13-for-97)
with a .241 OBP and .165 slugging percentage in 55 games.
”He had some bad luck early in the season and he could never get out of it,” Counsell said. ”As we got healthier, we ran out of (roster) space. Eric made a
huge contribution to us last year. And really, throughout all of this, he was a
real pro in how he prepared and provided us with value.”
Sogard accepted an option to Colorado Springs earlier in the season
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him or outright him to the minors.
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— Ryan Carpenter turns 28 years old next week. The Detroit Tigers pitcher gave himself a nice early birthday gift on Saturday night: his first major
league win.
Mikie Mahtook hit a tiebreaking three-run homer in the fifth inning, Carpenter pitched into the sixth inning and the Tigers beat the Minnesota Twins
7-5.
“This is something I’ve worked my whole life for and I definitely don’t want it to be the last,” said Carpenter, who made four starts earlier this season but
had been out since May 31 with a strained right oblique. “I spent almost two
months down in Florida rehabbing. It’s kind of a long, hard process but I always
told myself I’d get through it and I’d come back up here and get my first
win.”
Joe Mauer, Tyler Austin, Miguel Sano and Mitch Garver homered for the Twins, who had won four straight.
The Twins had Carpenter (1-1) on the ropes early, as their first three batters reached base. But he wiggled out of trouble.
“He changed speeds and moved it around,” Tigers manager Ron Gardenhire said. “I thought they were going to be on him a little bit and he made some
adjustments.”
Mauer led off the game with a home run
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fanned Sano, got Logan Forsythe on a lineout to third, and retired Max Kepler on
fly ball to get out of the inning.
Austin hit a solo shot in the second inning and Sano followed suit in the third, but that was all the Twins could manage off Carpenter, who walked none
and struck out three in 5 1/3 innings. Four relievers combined to close it out,
with Shane Greene picking up the last four outs for his 26th save in 29
chances.
Mahtook’s homer was his second of the year and came off reliever Tyler Duffey (1-2). Niko Goodrum was hit by a pitch leading off the fifth and Victor Martinez
hit a grounder to first base. Mauer threw to second for the force and Goodrum
initially was called out. But the call was overturned by a video review, and
Mahtook followed with a no-doubt line drive deep into the left-field seats.
Twins starter Kohl Stewart, the fourth pick in the 2013 draft, made his first appearance at Target Field after debuting Aug. 12 in Detroit. He walked four in
just 2 2/3 innings and the Tigers chased him with a three-run third inning.
He was a pitch away from getting out of the inning unscathed, but with the bases loaded and two outs he hit Mahtook with a 1-2 fastball to score the
Tigers’ first run. Ronny Rodriguez followed with a two-run double and Stewart’s
night was done.
“It’s just frustrating
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Stewart said. “That’s the kind of (stuff) that keeps you up at night.”
TWINS HONOR MORRIS
The Twins officially honored Jack Morris for his induction to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in a pregame ceremony on Saturday. A video replay of
Morris’ speech at last month’s induction ceremony in Cooperstown, New York was
shown on the scoreboard before Morris addressed the crowd.
The St. Paul, Minnesota native only pitched one season for the Twins, but it was a memorable one. In 1991 he won 18 games to lead the Twins to the
postseason, then threw 10 scoreless innings in Game 7 of the World Series.
Morris was joined at the podium by two other hometown Hall of Famers, Twins
manager Paul Molitor and outfielder Dave Winfield, each of whom got his 3,000th
career hit in a Twins uniform.
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Molitor said it was “fairly likely” that Stewart would start his next turn in the rotation, which would be Thursday against the Athletics.
UP NEXT
Tigers: RHP Jacob Turner (0-1
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team in his seven-year career, made one start for Detroit this season. He lasted
just one inning and allowed five earned runs against the Angels on Aug. 7. To
make room for Turner on the roster, RHP Zach McAllister was designated for
assignment.
Twins: RHP Jake Odorizzi (5-7, 4.44) will face the Tigers on Sunday. In his last start, Odorizzi picked up his first win in five weeks by pitching into the
sixth inning and striking out nine in a 5-2 win over the Pirates.
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