Tucker Barnhart, former Reds catcher, makes MLB pitching debut for Detroit Tigers
Detroit Tigers catcher Tucker Barnhart had an opportunity Wednesday to do something that he didn't get to do in his first eight Major League Baseball seasons for the Cincinnati Reds: pitch.
Barnhart pitched the top of the 9th inning of a 13-0 loss to the Chicago White Sox. He allowed an infield single but got Leury Garcia to ground into a double play. He gave up a double to Jose Abreu and an RBI single to Yoan Moncada before getting former Loveland High School standout Adam Engel to pop out for the third out of the inning.
Social media reactions:
We aren't tuckered out from all these tweets, we got a first-time
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We hear from manager A.J. Hinch after he's forced to use position players Harold Castro, Kody Clemens and Tucker Barnhart on the mound in a 13-0 loss to the White Sox on Wednesday. #Leinenkugels pic.twitter.com/CWpEZrXvcL
— Bally Sports Detroit (@BallySportsDET) June 15, 2022
Final: White Sox 13, #Tigers 0
Harold Castro, Kody Clemens and Tucker Barnhart pitched. Embarrassing loss.
Detroit is 24-38.— Evan Petzold (@EvanPetzold) June 15, 2022
Barnhart, 31, is hitting .233 this season, his first with Detroit.
Last week, Barnhart tweeted support for former teammate Tyler Stephenson when Stephenson broke his thumb:
I feel so damn bad for @Tyler_Step22 !! What an unreal year he is having!! Get that thing healthy and get back to killing it. https://t.co/qQ2I8pjJuF
— Tucker Barnhart (@Tucker_Barnhart) June 9, 2022
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