The middle of the Detroit Tigers lineup hasn’t quite woken up yet, but that hasn’t mattered with Alex Avila in the lineup.
ALEX AVILA TAKES NO PRISONERS pic.twitter.com/6yZPiadVTI
— Tigers GIFs (@TigersGIFs) April 23, 2017
Avila’s homer gave the Tigers a 2-1 lead in the second inning. It was the seventh home run this season by a Tigers catcher, the most by an American League team since the 2004 New York Yankees.
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Normally, this is the part where we would wish for Victor Martinez to get his act together, but he is 2-for-2 with an RBI today...