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Mike Pelfrey’s struggles put Detroit Tigers in tough situation
- Updated: May 1, 2016
5:58 PM ET
MINNEAPOLIS — Detroit Tigers starter Mike Pelfrey walked off the mound on Sunday with a look of utter resignation. Head down, hands on his hips, the 32-year-old veteran trudged towards the clubhouse after another poor performance in which he lasted only four innings.
When he exited the game in the fifth inning, he left Kyle Ryan with a bases-loaded no-outs mess to clean up. Pelfrey finished the game with another unsightly line: five earned runs on eight hits with three walks over four innings. It was the third time in his five starts to begin the 2016 season that he lasted five innings or less.
And the Tigers signed him to a two-year, $16 million deal this winter to give them some length.
Mike Pelfrey gave up five runs and failed to register a single out before exiting in the fifth inning. AP Photo/Bruce Kluckhohn
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