CLEVELAND, OH (WTVB) – The Indians completed a four game sweep over the Detroit Tigers with a 9-3 win last night in Cleveland. Starting pitcher Michael Fulmer was charged with the loss after giving up nine runs, six earned, on eight hits while striking out two in three innings of work.
Nicholas Castellanos went two-for-five at the plate with two RBI and Dixon Machado also batted in a run.
Detroit begins a ten-game homestand as they start a three-game series against the New York Yankees tonight. Mike Fiers goes to the mound for the Tigers and Jordan Montgomery takes the hill for the Yankees in the opener.
The Tigers have called up left handed pitcher Chad Bell from Triple-A Toledo. Bell allowed six hits, but no runs in four innings of relief in yesterday’s loss at Cleveland. He will shore up the bullpen after Detroit used four relievers Wednesday following Jordan Zimmermann’s exit in the first inning when he was hit by a line drive.
Zimmermann has a bruised right jaw and is expected to make his next start Tuesday against the Baltimore Orioles.
Tigers pitching coach Chris Bosio will be sidelined for the next couple of weeks with an undisclosed medical issue. Bosio underwent an examination after the first game in Cleveland earlier this week and returned to Detroit Wednesday. Manager Ron Gardenhire said the pitching coach is on the mend, but doctors told him to take off a couple of weeks.
Bullpen coach Rick Anderson will fill in for Bosio in the dugout during games.
