News 10 Today This Morning: Live from Comerica Park for Opening Day – WILX
UPDATE: Tigers win! The first game of the season ended in a 5-4 victory for the Detroit Tigers.
Check out our earlier coverage in the article below, and check back in throughout the evening as the News 10 Sports team covers the game, the victory and what’s next.
DETROIT, Mich. (WILX) – News 10 Today was in Detroit Friday morning to preview Opening Day for the Tigers and what fans can expect for the 2022 season from both the team and the park.
Check out the interviews and game day preview below and get updates throughout the day from the News 10 Sports Team at 11 a.m., 5 p.m., 5:30 p.m., and 6 p.m.!
Left-handed pitcher Eduardo Rodriguez will make his debut for Detroit – the first Tigers starting pitcher to do so since Kenny Rogers back in 2006.
Miguel Cabrera is on track for 3,000 hits. Cabrera is 13 hits shy of becoming the seventh player in MLB history with 3,000 hits and 500 home runs. Cabrera is 6-for-28 lifetime off of the predicted starting pitcher for Chicago, Lucas Giolito.
1. Akil Baddoo, CF
2. Robbie Grossman, RF
3. Javier Báez, SS
4. Austin Meadows, LF
5. Miguel Cabrera, DH
6. Jeimer Candelario, 3B
7. Jonathan Schoop, 2B
8. Spencer Torkelson, 1B
9. Tucker Barnhart, C
Torkelson is the first Tiger to make his Major League debut on an Opening Day since Austin Jackson and Scott Sizemore in 2010.
Tickets are available HERE.
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