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.
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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:
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