- Commissioner’s statement on Ventura, Marte
- Ronnie O’Sullivan: Masters champion ‘felt so vulnerable’ in final
- Arron Fletcher Wins 2017 WSOP International Circuit Marrakech Main Event ($140,224)
- Smith challenges Warner to go big in India
- Moncada No. 1 on MLB Pipeline’s Top 10 2B Prospects list
- Braves land 2 on MLB Pipeline’s Top 10 2B Prospects list
- Kingery makes MLB Pipeline’s Top 10 2B Prospects list
- New Zealand wrap up 2-0 after Bangladesh implosion
- Mathews, Pradeep, Gunathilaka to return to Sri Lanka
- Elliott hopes for rain for Poli
Sliders extend Nolasco’s slide against Tigers
- Updated: August 27, 2016
DETROIT — Ricky Nolasco’s woes against the Tigers continued Friday night at Comerica Park, when he allowed four runs in 6 1/3 innings in the Angels’ 4-2 loss, his fourth straight, and third against the Tigers this season.
Nolasco (4-12, 5.23) appeared to be on a different path, however, as he held the Tigers scoreless through five innings. That changed in a matter of seven pitches. In the sixth, he allowed a double to Victor Martinez, followed by another double, thanks to a hanging slider J.D. Martinez shot down the right-field line to tie the game at 1. Nolasco left another slider hanging in the zone on the very next pitch, and Justin Upton hit it for a go-ahead two-run homer.
The game came down to those two pitches, Nolasco said.
“I was able to make pitches and get out of those few innings before the sixth,” Nolasco said. “It was two hanging sliders that I thought was the difference in the game — the one to J.D. and the homer. Those two pitches right there, if I could make a better pitch, maybe we’re still in the game. It came down to two …
continue reading in source mlb.mlb.com
