That’s what Jose Quintana had to be saying by the time he had surrendered three home runs in the White Sox defeat to Detroit Tuesday. The first of those came off the bat of Jacoby Jones during a 1-4, R, HR, 3 RBI, SB showing. He’s a young guy who only appeared in 13 games for the Tigers last year after debuting in late August, but with a showing like he had Tuesday versus Chicago, you’d like to think Brad Ausmus wants to keep plugging him into the Tigers lineup. A three-run shot as Jones’ first career MLB homer packaged neatly with a stolen base for good measure means I will be checking his stat lines religiously in the coming weeks to see what he’s capable of.
Let’s take a look at what else happened hitting-wise around the league: