Andrew E. Graham 🫡

Again, we really can’t come up with a better system to spot a football than a group of adults trying their hardest to do it by sight?

A final thought: The alt oranges that the Tigers wore tonight (and the blues they wore yesterday) are LIGHTYEARS better than the black and blue abomination alternates of recent history

@ConnorEaregood 500 words of bad puns

@AndrewEdGraham The paywall kicked in for me but I bet this bangs

I did my best @ConnorEaregood detroitnews.com/story/sports/m…

@ShehanJeyarajah Comerica Park Press Box — From his perch looking over the pristine, half-lit grass, Andrew couldn't seem to make sense of the tweet he'd just read. But he was intrigued.

Here’s that attention you ordered

“Not really,” Javy Báez says when asked if he thought he put a home run swing on that ball.

Tigers win, 2-0. Montero was nails for six innings, the offense pushed across a couple runs, and the bullpen was aces. Snaps five-game skid. And, now, 1-0 in the orange alternates.

Kenley Jansen’s intro

And that's it from Montero, as Hinch goes to Brant Hurter out of the pen to start the 7th.

Keider Montero through 6: 0 runs 2 hits 1 BB 7 K 80 pitches

Javy Baez goes yard on a liner to left field. Got out in a hurry for his first of the season. Tigers up, 2-0, after he went down and got a 2-2 pitch.

Miscommunication in the outfield two days in a row, but this time it's a ball that should've been caught dropping for a single and no collision for Detroit. Probably the CFs ball, but a double for Connor Norby and just the second hit surrendered by Keider Montero.

@TonyPaul1984 That's an appreciable portion of a mile

Sheesh.

ALRIGHTY THEN, Kevin McGonigle — ranges deep into the hole at short and makes a throw across his body while moving away from first, and guns down Agustin Ramirez. Nice stretch by Torkelson.

Owen Cassie makes a sliding (sprawling?) catch moving in with the bases loaded to get Paddack out of a jam with two outs. Tigers did score one and get Paddack north of 40 pitches after that inning. 1-0, Detroit, after 2. Leaving bases loaded is tough, tho.

Tigers strike first and take a 1-0 lead as Spencer Torkelson stings a single into left field over the outstretched glove of SS Otto Lopez. Dingler scored from 3rd, and Carpenter advanced to 2nd and it's 1st and 2nd for Wenceel Perez w/ no outs, B2.

Kevin McGonigle: Wins ABS challenge on a 1-1 pitch, then rips a single into right field on the ensuing 2-1. Kid can hit.

Montero gave up a one-out triple to Xavier Edwards but strands him with a looking strikeout on Ramirez and a flyout to center by Liam Hicks. 0-0 with Detroit coming up bottom of the 1st

Keider Montero gets his first strikeout of the day, and gets it confirmed as Agustin Ramirez challenged with ABS, but the ball caught the bottom rail.

A glimpse of the new orange alternates the Tigers are debuting

And Justin Verlander is set to throw a rehab bullpen this Saturday, a big step toward getting back in the lineup. detroitnews.com/story/sports/m…

Wenceel Perez got called up to fill Meadows' roster spot, and is swinging a hot bat. He's motivated from being snubbed from the Opening Day roster. detroitnews.com/story/sports/m…

Tigers-Marlins in about 50 minutes, with Detroit looking to snap a five-game skid. Keider Montero vs. Chris Paddack. Allen Park native Jakob Marsee leads off for Miami. I've got you covered @detnews_sports for the evening, with some pregame reading lined up below.