Olson takes no-hitter into 6th … in MLB debut!
CHICAGO — Reese Olson, the Tigers’ No. 11 prospect in accordance with MLB Pipeline, appeared like an ace for 5 innings in his Major League debut, holding the White Sox hitless till back-to-back hits main off the sixth inning ended his night time.
Andrew Vaughn’s second-inning stroll and Spencer Torkelson’s fifth-inning error on Yasmani Grandal’s floor ball accounted for all of the site visitors Olson allowed in his first 5 innings. His six strikeouts included two sliders that despatched down Luis Robert Jr. swinging.
Olson’s 5 hitless innings matched his longest outing of any sort at Triple-A Toledo, the place he had a 9.67 ERA by his first seven begins earlier than three dominant outings — together with 5 innings of one-hit ball on May 20 — put him in line for the decision to the large leagues as soon as Eduardo Rodriguez’s injured finger put Detroit in want of one other starter.
Romy Gonzalez, who broke up Michael Lorenzen’s good outing final Saturday at Comerica Park, ended Olson’s no-hit bid with a floor ball by the left aspect off a 2-2 slider to start the sixth inning. Once Tim Anderson adopted with a line-drive single into right-center area, supervisor A.J. Hinch went to the bullpen.
Both runners scored, leaving Olson in line for the tough-luck loss throughout Detroit’s 3-0 loss at Guaranteed Rate Field. Still, he grew to become simply the seventh pitcher in Tigers historical past to toss 5 or extra innings with two hits or fewer allowed in his Major League debut, an inventory that features Kid Speer towards the White Sox on April 24, 1909, in addition to Jeff Weaver in 1999 and Garrett Hill on July 4, 2022.
Olson, acquired by the Tigers two years in the past from the Brewers in a Trade Deadline deal for Daniel Norris, flashed dominant stuff, from a fastball that averaged 95.8 mph to a late-dropping changeup to a high-spin slider that averaged 2946 rpm and topped out at 3093. The slider proved particularly troublesome for an aggressive White Sox lineup that swung and missed at six sliders and 6 changeups whereas taking six extra sliders for known as strikes. The slider fanned Robert and froze Eloy Jiménez for back-to-back strikeouts within the fourth inning.
