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After experiencing rare taste of failure, how will Joe Jimenez respond?

DETROIT -- It was May 19, 2015, and Joe Jimenez and the West Michigan White Caps were in Bowling Green, Ky.

Then a 20-year-old reliever for the Detroit Tigers Class A farm club, Jimenez entered the game in a jam with two outs in the eighth inning.

Bowling Green sent up a pinch-hitter who lined a ball to center field that escaped the diving attempt of White Caps outfielder Derek Hill. Moments later, the batter had circled the bases for a three-run, inside-the-park home run.

The inning wasn't over. A single. Another single. Another single. A passed ball.