Jackson Wolf's major-league debut interrupted by rain; Padres-Tigers game back on after delay
Update, 5 p.m.: The Padres-Tigers game has re-started following an 84-minute delay.
DETROIT — Jackson Wolf’s first pitch in the big leagues was called a ball even though it appeared to clip the top of the zone.
Three pitches later, he had completed his first big-league inning.
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It took Wolf, who was called up from Double-A on Saturday, one more pitch than that to get the first out of the second inning. He ran his outs streak to five batters before walking Zach McKinstry, yielding a single through the left side by Miguel Cabrera and an RBI double to the gap in right center by Jake Rogers.
That is when home plate umpire Todd Tichenor waved players off the field and play was suspended with the Tigers leading 1-0 with two out in the bottom of the second inning.
Heavy rain and lightning commenced shortly after that. At about 7:42 p.m. local time, it was announced the game was scheduled to resume at 8 p.m. (5 p.m. PT).
The Padres blew an early chance to give Wolf a cushion.
Matt Manning’s first eight pitches of the game were balls, putting Ha-Seong Kim and Fernando Tatis Jr. on base.
Manning’s first pitch to Juan Soto brought the first strike call from umpire Todd Tichenor and a loud cheer from the crowd.
Soto, who the night before hit two home runs, including the longest at Comerica Park in nearly seven years, then fouled off a hanging curve down in the heart of the strike zone to fall to 0-2. He eventually grounded into a double play.
Manny Machado followed with a strikeout.
The grounds crew at Comerica Park took the cover off the tarp after the first inning. And just before the Padres’ Alfonso Rivas stepped in the batter’s box with two out and one runner on in the top of the second inning, an announcement was made asking fans to leave their seats and take cover in the concourse due to incoming inclement weather.
Through the break between half-innings and into the bottom of the second, as rain began to fall ever harder, fans were ushered up the stairs.
Source: The San Diego Union-Tribune
