Arizona Diamondbacks vs Detroit Tigers Match Player Stats On Jun 14, 2017

The Sports Xchange
Jun 14, 2017

DETROIT -- Brandon Drury's RBI single, his fifth hit in a string of six at-bats, finished a two-run first inning and Taijuan Walker plus two relievers made it stand up to give the Arizona Diamondbacks a 2-1 victory over the Detroit Tigers, who have now lost six of their last eight games.

Walker (5-3) was making his first start since May 19 due to a blister on his pitching hand and lasted five innings, allowing six hits, a run and walk while striking out six.

He threw 82 pitches and allowed Detroit's only run, which came in the third on an RBI single to left by Alex Avila after Ian Kinsler doubled to extreme left field for the Tigers' first hit. Walker allowed two hits in both the fourth and fifth before giving way to Randall Delgado, recently bumped to the bullpen due to the D-backs having three days off in a span of nine days.

Delgado gave up just one baserunner in his three innings of work, a one-out single to Miguel Cabrera in the eighth. Fernando Rodney earned his 18th save for a scoreless ninth as Arizona (41-26) equaled its best record after 67 games set in 2002.

Jordan Zimmermann (5-5) gave up two runs on four hits in the first plus a leadoff single in the second but retired batters 14 in a row before allowing his sixth hit. Zimmermann's slider was exceptional after the first and he faced one over the minimum from the second through the eighth.

Gregor Blanco opened the game with a single for Arizona and made it all the way to third when left fielder Justin Upton muffed the ball for an error. David Peralta, whose ninth-inning home run won Tuesday night's game, hit a sacrifice fly to score Blanco.

A single by Paul Goldschmidt, a two-out double by Chris Owings and Drury's ground RBI single to left made both runs earned.

NOTES: LHP Steve Hathaway of Arizona, out all season with left shoulder inflammation, will undergo arthroscopic surgery June 19 with no timetable for a return. ... Tigers 1B Miguel Cabrera has not hit a home run since May 20 and two since May 2 but manager Brad Ausmus professes not to be concerned "in any way shape or form. I wish I struggled to hit .270." ... The D-backs made room for the activation of RHP Taijuan Walker from the disabled list Wednesday by optioning RHP Silvino Bracho to Triple-A Reno.