Kenley Jansen said he watched the Curaçao-Ecuador match and talked with prime minister Gilmar Pisas afterwards.
"I was surprised, man. I didn't believe it until it got to 80 minutes. I was like, 'Oh shoot, we might get a point here.' ... I couldn't go to sleep, because my adrenaline was so up."
If Tunisia look to hire another manager for their next World Cup match …
Skubal: "I'm a competitive guy. I kind of wear my emotions out there and that's part of how I play the game. I think it's just baseball, going back and forth. It is what it is. It happened. It's over with."
Saves today from Curaçao:
Kenley Jansen: 1 (485th career, 3rd MLB all time)
Eloy Room: 15 (2nd all-time in a World Cup match)
Three weeks after Keider Montero tossed 6 scoreless innings vs. White Sox in just 65 pitches, he needed just 22 pitches to traverse the White Sox lineup unblemished thru three innings today.
Add Tarik Skubal and Mike Vasil to the long list of run-ins between the Tigers and White Sox since their infamous benches-clearing brawl in 2000.
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Saves today from Curaçao:
Kenley Jansen: 1 (485th career, 3rd MLB all time)
Eloy Room: 15 (2nd all-time in a World Cup match)
First hit off Keider Montero was a 50.8 mph ground ball from Braden Montgomery for an infield single with one out in fifth. He's thru five shutout innings in 50 pitches, now 11 scoreless innings vs. White Sox on three hits this season.
Tigers vs. White Sox lefty opener Sean Newcomb
⚾🕑 1:10 ET
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📻 97.1
Kevin McGonigle 3B
Dillon Dingler DH
Matt Vierling CF
Riley Greene LF
Spencer Torkelson 1B
Kerry Carpenter RF
Hao-Yu Lee 2B
Jake Rogers C
Zach McKinstry SS
P: Troy Melton
Tigers take their second straight win over White Sox, 4-1. Dillon Dingler had a game-tying two-out single -- his MLB-leading 32nd two-out RBI -- and 17th HR of the season. James Outman had a go-ahead single off a lefty.
Kenley Jansen got a call from Curaçao prime minister after their draw vs Ecuador.
“He’s like, ‘Do you see how we feel now when you’re pitching?' I’m like, ‘Yeah. I get that. I don’t know whether to stand or sit, when to use the restroom. I got a headache with that one.”
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