Detroit Tigers at Arizona Diamondbacks

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Detroit Tigers

2-3, 2-3 Away

Final
5 - 7

Arizona Diamondbacks

2-3, 2-0 Home

Jose Fernandez hits 2 home runs in MLB debut, leads Diamondbacks over Tigers 7-5

Jose Fernandez homers twice in MLB debut for D-backs

Fernandez finished 3 for 4 with an infield single for the first of his career in the second and a solo home run in the fourth.

James McCann hit a double along the third baseline and Jordan Lawlar singled before the Tigers swapped out relief pitcher Drew Anderson for Will Vest (0-1). Vest walked Ketel Marte to load the bases and Corbin Carroll hit a double to the wall in center field, sending two home.

Vest walked the next batter and Marte scored on a groundout before Kenley Jensen replaced Vest with runners at the corners. Fernandez hit a 409-foot shot that capped the scoring.

Diamondbacks starter Brandon Pfaadt allowed five runs in six innings. Andrew Hoffmann (1-0) pitching two scoreless innings before Paul Sewald struck out the side in the ninth and earned his second save of the year.

Detroit had all of its six hits in the Tigers' five-run third. Riley Greene hit a two-run double, and Kevin McGonigle, Kerry Carpenter and Jake Rogers each added an RBI.

Up next Detroit's Tarik Skubal (1-0, 0.00 ERA) starts opposite Zac Gallen (0-1, 9.00) in the series finale Wednesday.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	McKinstry struck out looking.
	9th Inning	Torkelson struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Carpenter struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Sewald relieved Hoffmann
	8th Inning	Santana struck out swinging.
	8th Inning	Fernandez homered to left center (409 feet), Perdomo scored and Thomas scored.

Statistics

DET		ARI
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
13	Ground Balls	11
9	Strikeouts	12
5	Runs Batted In	7
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
6	Hits	8
0	Stolen Bases	1
2	Walks	4
0	Catcher Interference	0
5	Runs	7
1	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
32	At Bats	30
0	Home Runs	2
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
5	Runners Left On Base	11
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	3
10	Fly Balls	7
0	Caught Stealing	1
130	Pitches	144
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
8	Total Bases	17
34	Plate Appearances	34
0.0	Projected Home Runs	324.0
2	Extra Base Hits	5
1.3	Runs Created	5.4
.188	Batting Average	.267
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.250	Slugging Percentage	.567
.125	Secondary Average	.433
.235	On Base Percentage	.353
.485	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.920
1.3	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.6
1.3	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	6.1
30.0	Batter Rating	49.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	15.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.50
3.82	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.24
.063	Isolated Power	.300
0.22	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.33
.059	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.118
-.063	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.167
10.0	Runs Produced	14.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.7
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.4
74.8	MLB Rating	90.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0