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03/31 23:44 CDT Jose Fernandez hits 2 home runs in MLB debut, leads
Diamondbacks over Tigers 7-5
Jose Fernandez hits 2 home runs in MLB debut, leads Diamondbacks over Tigers 7-5
PHOENIX (AP) --- Jose Fernandez hit two home runs, including the go-ahead
three-run homer in the eighth inning, in his MLB debut and the Arizona
Diamondbacks beat the Detroit Tigers 7-5 on Tuesday night.
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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