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The Detroit News
The Detroit News
DETROIT — Cruel game. This was not the way Joey Wentz pictured his big-league debut going. All those months grinding, working, rehabbing his way back from Tommy John surgery, it was the dream of finally getting that call to the big leagues that drove him. Not every big-league debut has a storybook ending. The lefty Wentz lasted just 2.2 innings in his inaugural Major League start Wednesday, tagged for six runs and seven hits and the loss as the Tigers were beaten by the Oakland Athletics, 9-0, at Comerica Park. It was a grind right from the start. The first batter he faced, Tony Kemp, the only…
