Central News Agency, Taipei, May 28. Detroit Tigers' 23-year-old infielder Li Hao-yu started in today's game against the Los Angeles Angels. He played the full game but went 0-for-4, bringing his season batting average down to .194. The Tigers shut out the Angels 4-0. Li, batting ninth and playing second base, flew out to second in the second inning, popped out to first in the fifth, flew out to right in the sixth, and grounded out to short in the eighth. He is now 0-for-9 in his last three games. For the season, he has 14 hits in 72 at-bats, with one home run and eight RBIs. Although the Tigers secured a shutout victory using five pitchers, they suffered two injuries: starter Casey Mize left the game after four scoreless innings due to groin discomfort, and reliever Kenley Jansen left after 0.2 innings with the same injury.
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- Source: CNA (Central News Agency)
- Category: sports
- Organizations: MLB