 was a late replacement for scheduled starter Tyson Ross, who was placed on the paternity list. The rookie allowed one run and three hits with five strikeouts and two walks.Shane Greene pitched a scoreless ninth for his 12th save in as many chances.Vince Velasquez (1-1) needed 99 pitches to get through 3 2/3 innings before being lifted. Velasquez, who entered with a 1.99 ERA, gave up three runs and six hits with seven strikeouts and three walks.The right-hander's night - and the Phillies' - took a turn for the worse in the third when first baseman Rhys Hoskins lost Nicholas Castellanos' harmless pop fly in the lights resulting in an unlikely double. What should've been the second out with nobody on base turned into a three-run inning for the Tigers with Velasquez needing 28 pitches to get through the inning.Cabrera singled home Castellanos and Goodrum followed by sending Velasquez's 2-2, 94-mph four-seam fastball into the seats in right to give Detroit a 3-1 lead.That was plenty of support for Turnbull, who overcame some wildness to earn his second career victory. The 26-year-old right-hander had three wild pitches and hit a pair of batters.The Phillies got their only run in the first without a base hit out of the infield. Andrew McCutchen led off with an infield single that likely would've been an out had second baseman Ronny Rodriguez not been shifted up the middle.McCutchen went to second on a wild pitch, third on Bryce Harper's groundout to first and scored on Rhys Hoskins' single to deep short.Detroit improved to 12-7 against the Phillies.TRAINER'S ROOMTigers: Jordy Mercer, out since April 13 with a right quad strain, started at shortstop. ... 2B Josh Harrison was placed on the 10-day injured list retroactive to April 27 with a bruised left shoulder. He is hitting .156 with a homer and seven RBIs in 22 games.Phillies: Nick Williams took a fastball off his left knee in the fourth inning but stayed in the game. J. T. Realmuto also was hit by a Turnbull pitch but wasn't hurt.UP NEXTTigers LHP Daniel Norris (1-0, 3.93) faces Philadelphia RHP Aaron Nola (2-0, 5.68) in the final matchup of the two-game set on Wednesday night.---More MLB: https://apnews.com/MLB and https://twitter.com/-Sports)
Phillies welcome struggling Tigers for two-game set The Philadelphia Phillies are looking for their fourth consecutive victory when they host the Detroit Tigers on Tuesday night.The Phillies won the final three games of a four-game series against the Miami Marlins.Despite scoring 12 runs on Saturday, the Philadelphia offense has been mediocre of late, averaging just 3.8 runs and hitting a collective .228 over its last 12 games.Still, the Phillies have three players with at least 20 RBIs -- Rhys Hoskins (23), Maikel Franco (22) and Bryce Harper (20) -- before May 1 for the first time in franchise history."We haven't been at full strength and our lineup hasn't clicked the way we all know it can," manager Gabe Kapler said. "We got through April, or almost through April, and we've done a good job. But I think there's better baseball to play." The Phillies will hand the ball to right-hander Vince Velasquez, who has been a pleasant surprise with a 1-0 record and 1.99 ERA in four starts. He hasn't allowed more than two runs in any start, but has only lasted at least six innings once.In Velasquez's last start on Wednesday, he allowed three hits in five scoreless innings against the New York Mets. He struck out six and walked three.Since starter Zach Eflin went the distance on Sunday, the Phillies' first nine-inning complete game since Sept. 17, 2016, the bullpen will enter this series very well rested."It's huge. It really is," Kapler said of the bullpen. "It was a huge win for the series, but really a huge long-term win for the Phillies." The struggling Tigers will hand the ball to Tyson Ross, who's 1-3 with a 4.03 ERA.Ross, who has primarily been a reliever before this season, allowed seven hits and four runs in five innings in his last start, an 11-4 loss to the Boston Red Sox on Wednesday."I've got to do a better job and pitch deeper into the game after we had a doubleheader," Ross said. "I feel for them (bullpen). It's not easy, especially after a long day that we had." The Tigers have dropped four in a row and tied a Major League Baseball record by striking out 20 times in a 4-1 loss to the Chicago White Sox on Sunday.The 20 strikeouts were a microcosm of the entire season. Not making enough contact has been an ongoing issue all season."Disappointed is a good word," manager Ron Gardenhire said of the strikeouts. "But like I said, it's not like they're not trying. They're trying. We just didn't put the ball in play and they punched us out." There is good news for the Tigers, who have six players on the injured list. It looks as if shortstop Jordy Mercer will be activated in time for this game against the Phillies.Mercer, who has been on the injured list with a strained right quad, has been on a rehab assignment with Class A Advanced Lakeland.Detroit's Miguel Cabrera recently picked up his 2,700th career hit. He's hitting .283 with one homer and 10 RBIs this season.--Field Level Media
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