4/6/25 1:40PM White Sox @ Tigers

[romad1]

YES, Nathaniel!

[holygoat]

Tork being good makes this team so different. What a win.

[Tiger337]

That was beautiful!  Last year, Tork would have struck out or hit into a DP.  

[Sports_Freak]

Tigers still control their own destiny. 😅

[romad1]

I love Sweeney’s game

[Jim Cowan]

That's how you do it!  That's satisfying.  That's like a vintage JD Martinez moment

[Tigermojo]

Don't give Tork pneumonia.

[lordstanley]

An excited Dan Dickerson calls Tork’s winner 

 

[Sports_Freak]

It's kinda weird, I see Tork come up and feel total confidence. I figured he would at least tie the game. But he won it!

[Tigermojo]

2 minutes ago, Tiger337 said:

That was beautiful!  Last year, Tork would have struck out or hit into a DP.  

2-24 career bases loaded. Now 3-25.

[lordstanley]

Torkelson was the Tigers’ big offseason acquisition. 

[gehringer_2]

2 minutes ago, Tiger337 said:

That was beautiful!  Last year, Tork would have struck out or hit into a DP.  

Yeah  - quite the change from last season to be able to say we had the guy we wanted at the plate to win the game and it be Torkelson.

But Sweeney playing really well also. Sitting at 800 OPS.

[monkeytargets39]

Great game from Baez today.  

[romad1]

6 minutes ago, romad1 said:

YES, Nathaniel!

For those who need me to explain that

 

[Chopper]

I'm so happy for Tork. He was getting written off by a lot of us but man he has definitely been a different player this year. Great comeback boys! 

[gehringer_2]

3 minutes ago, Chopper said:

I'm so happy for Tork. He was getting written off by a lot of us but man he has definitely been a different player this year. Great comeback boys! 

He was 'only' 1/5 today but had three 95+ EVs

Edited April 6, 2025 by gehringer_2

[chasfh]

This is Tork’s first real signature moment, and based on what he’s shown us this season, it won’t be his last. I’m really starting to believe his improvement is sticky.

[IdahoBert]

[Tiger337]

6 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said:

Yeah  - quite the change from last season to be able to say we had the guy we wanted at the plate to win the game and it be Torkelson.

But Sweeney playing really well also. Sitting at 800 OPS.

yes, Sweeney is impressing so far.  I am seeing a lot of good signs so far.  

[Sports_Freak]

1 minute ago, Chopper said:

I'm so happy for Tork. He was getting written off by a lot of us but man he has definitely been a different player this year. Great comeback boys! 

The people who said he was still young may have been right. Jason said it earlier in the season, Tork has thousands of fans really rooting him on, we're all behind him and we're desperate for him to produce. Today, he finally did. His 0 for 4 is meaningless, his one hit was the game winning hit.

[IdahoBert]

Greene didn’t hit a three-run homer to end the game, but this was just as dramatic and perhaps even more encouraging. 

[Tenacious D]

5-1 this season (Dodgers series doesn’t count).

[papalawrence]

This is what many fans envisioned with Tork. If he remains an .850+ ops guy, along with Greene and Carp, that's formidable 

Awesome win!

[Sports_Freak]

Now, how do we quiet those damn Yankee bats?

[chasfh]

2 minutes ago, Tiger337 said:

yes, Sweeney is impressing so far.  I am seeing a lot of good signs so far.  

If it weren’t for Sweeney hustling to beat that double play throw, it’s two outs and the game is tied on Tork’s hit … maybe. Sweeney created the conditions that led to the specific outcome we saw today.