Detroit Tigers: Twins sweep final season series at Comerica

The Minnesota Twins swept the Detroit Tigers in their final home series of the 2019 season as well as clinching the AL Central in game two.

The Detroit Tigers played their final home game of the 2019 season today and lost to the Minnesota Twins by a score of 10-4. This game was inconsequential, as the Twins already clinched the AL Central with their win yesterday, and the Tigers clinched the first overall draft pick as well.

Today was likely Jordan Zimmermann‘s last chance to get his second win on the season, and as per the usual this season, he was disappointing. He went for 4.1 innings with only two strikeouts and allowed in six runs, granted, only four of them were earned. He would go on to pick up the loss, making him 1-13 on the season with a 6.91 ERA.

Jose Cisnero also had a rough outing in relief. The 30-year-old pitcher gave up two earned runs and three runs in total on three hits in one inning pitched. Unlike Zimmermann, Cisnero will likely see more opportunities to pitch this season and try to drop his 4.46 ERA. All things considered, he hasn’t been awful this year.

Detroit’s offense, on the other hand, ahs been awful this year. They played alright today though, getting 13 hits and scoring four runs. Willi Castro had a great game, going three-for-four with an RBI and scoring twice. Castro has looked promising thus far. He has some kinks in his game, but he should be able to work many of them out over the offseason.

Detroit Heads out to Chicago for a doubleheader with the White Sox tomorrow as they begin their final series of the season. With absolutely nothing at stake for either of these teams, this should be a fun series to relax and play for fun. Both teams will be looking to get some final reps in and to go out on a high note.