Minneapolis — Nick Castellanos has been where Mike Pelfrey was Sunday.
“I know better than anybody that this game has ups and downs,” he said, after hitting a clutch three-run homer to ignite the Tigers’ series-sweeping 6-5 win over the Twins. “I don’t know how many times I’ve had a microphone in my face saying, ‘What’s going on? Why are you struggling?’
“Everybody goes through it. Mike is going through it now and it’s our job to pick him up.”
Done.
Pelfrey, pitching against his former teammates, left the game in the fifth inning with the Tigers trailing 5-2.