The Tigers had their issues with Reds pitching throughout their opening series. When they connected, though, they took advantage -- and even sometimes when they didn’t connect.\n\n“I think that's probably going to be the best three pitchers we face in succession all year long,”
Cron had also seen Lorenzen on Saturday, albeit briefly.\n\n“He blew me away with three heaters yesterday,” Cron said, “so I wanted to be a little bit more ready for that pitch and just try to adjust to the offspeed.\n\nReds pitchers had pounded the outside corner on Cron for most of the weekend after his tape-measure home run on Opening Day punished Gray for pitching him inside. Lorenzen got another swing-and-miss from Cron on the first pitch, but he left his 0-1 fastball on the outer half of the plate.\n\n“I was just looking for something outside over the plate,” Cron said, “and thankfully he threw a little bit more over the middle than he would've liked.
For the first half of the afternoon, starter
Turnbull’s lone run allowed came from a Travis Jankowski walk and back-to-back bloop singles, the latter from Joey Votto to tie the game at 1. With the bases loaded and a chance for the Reds to break the game open, however, Turnbull got former teammate Nick Castellanos to chase three sliders off the plate for his eighth and final strikeout\n\n“I think he’s growing up as a pitcher, knows he’s got good stuff,” Gardenhire said. “We all know he’s a little nuts. You have to be to play baseball. And when he’s out on the mound, he’s quirky and all those good things. It’s fun to watch him with the stuff that he has, and now he’s figuring out how to use that stuff.\n\nTurnbull, along with two dominant innings from Gregory Soto and another from José Cisnero, kept the Tigers close enough for one big swing, the kind of swing the Tigers rarely had last year\n\n