San Diego – Desperate times call for desperate measures.
Detroit Tigers manager Brad Ausmus didn’t literally pull his batting order out of a hat Sunday, but it was random selection nevertheless.
“Just mix it up and see what happens,” he said. “I don’t know that there is any logic behind it, you just hope it changes your luck.”
Trying to prevent the club’s first nine-game losing streak since September 2005, Ausmus moved Miguel Cabrera into the second spot in the order. Justin Upton and J.D. Martinez slotted up to the third and fourth spots.