The 33-year-old right-hander allowed five hits on the day while issuing four walks. The lone blemish on his day came on a solo blast by Jordan Beck in his final inning of work. Lorenzen generated 12 swings and misses on 96 pitches on the day, posting a CSW of 32 percent. He’ll try to build off of this strong outing as he carries a 3.90 ERA, 1.45 WHIP and a 24/11 K/BB ratio (27 2/3 innings) into Wednesday’s showdown against the Rays in Tampa Bay.

The two teams went into an extended delay prior to first pitch with showers in the forecast before ultimately deciding against trying to get this one in. It’ll be made up on Thursday as a doubleheader. Wednesday’s original starters — Germán Márquez and Michael Lorenzen — will presumably take the ball at some point during the twin bill.

The 33-year-old right-hander also issued three free passes while striking out three batters on the night. After keeping his former team off the board through the first two innings, they broke through for three runs in the third on a two-run double by Spencer Torkelson and an RBI single off the bat of Riley Greene. Greene added another run-scoring knock in the fifth. Lorenzen got seven swings and misses on 102 pitches on the night, registering a CSW of 23 percent. Now 1-3 on the season, he’ll tote an unappealing 4.57 ERA, 1.43 WHIP and a 17/7 K/BB ratio (21 2/3 innings) into a premium matchup against the Rockies on Wednesday.

Kris Bubic would seem to be here to stay, so it might be Lorenzen getting sent to the bullpen once Kyle Wright returns. Fortunately for him, that’s probably still close to a month away from happening. Lorenzen will take a 1-2 record and a 3.71 ERA into his next start against the Tigers.