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    Tigers top prospect Max Clark reacted just like you when Kerry Carpenter slammed Game 2 HR

    By Marlowe Alter, Detroit Free Press,

    1 days ago

    Max Clark is one of the best Detroit Tigers hitting prospects in a long time, but, like you, he's just a big Tigers fan right now.

    Clark, baseball's No. 6 prospect according to MLB Pipeline , reacted just like everyone else when Kerry Carpenter tagged a three-run home run deep into the Cleveland night for a dramatic 3-0 win Monday in Game 2 of the ALDS at Progressive Field.

    "KERRY. BONDS. OH. MY. GOODNESS."

    Clark, the Tigers' No. 3 overall pick in the 2023 MLB draft , is known to tweet during Tigers games over the past month, as they made their historic 31-11 run to clinch a playoff berth.

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    Clark, 19, got juiced up for one of two clutch double plays Tarik Skubal induced with runners in scoring position in the middle innings.

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    Clark slashed .279 (average)/.372 (on-base percentage)/.421 (slugging) in 107 games between Low-A Lakeland and High-A West Michigan, with nine home runs and 75 RBIs in 420 at-bats. He also had 21 doubles and six triples with 61 walks against 94 strikeouts. He was 29-for-33 on stolen base attempts.

    He is not on the Tigers' Arizona Fall League roster .

    This article originally appeared on Detroit Free Press: Tigers top prospect Max Clark reacted just like you when Kerry Carpenter slammed Game 2 HR

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