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Chris McCosky

Tigers' Jonathan Schoop tells Spencer Torkelson: Keep putting up good at-bats

DETROIT — Jonathan Schoop wanted to give an insightful answer, he really did. But the question was just a bit out of his realm.

The topic, of course, was rookie Spencer Torkelson and his frustrating weekend against the White Sox. Frustrating not so much because of he went 0-for-8 with six strikeouts, but more so because he was called out on strikes three times, a couple of them borderline calls, once when all three called strikes were outside the strike zone.

“Quite honestly,” manager AJ Hinch said, “he probably had the toughest strike zone of any hitter in the series.”

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