Spencer Torkelson doubled and tripled in his return to the majors because the Detroit Tigers beat the New York Yankees 4-0 on Saturday.
Torkelson, who turns 25 on Aug. 26, was batting .201 with 4 homers when he was demoted to Triple-A on June 2. The No. 1 total choose within the 2020 novice draft was referred to as up this weekend together with Jace Jung and Trey Sweeney — two of Detroit’s prime infield prospects.
“That was a very enjoyable recreation and, gosh, it’s nice to be again,” Torkelson mentioned.
Torkelson doubled in his first at-bat within the second inning and scored on Zach McKinstry’s RBI single. He tripled to start out the sixth however was thrown out at dwelling whereas making an attempt to advance on an errant pitch.
Tigers right-hander Keider Montero (4-5) struck out 5 in five-plus innings in his tenth profession begin. He allowed two hits in his third consecutive win.
Whereas Torkelson hit solely .233 in 2023, he smashed 31 dwelling runs and drove in 94 in 159 video games. At Toledo this 12 months, he hit .239 with 11 dwelling runs, 43 RBIs and a .799 OPS in 58 video games. His OPS with the Tigers earlier this season was .597.
The Related Press and Subject Degree Media contributed to this report.