Junichi Tazawa may have blown his last chance to be a vital cog in the bullpen.
Since his last appearance was the 13th, he was the most rested member of the bullpen, next to death on righties Heath Hembree (.555 OPS against right handed batters), who last pitched in Pawtucket on August 11. Tazawa’s pitching started a rally for the Tigers by giving up three consecutive hits to Ian Kinsler, Erick Aybar and Miguel Cabrera to produce a run and put two runners on base.
John Farrell went to Brad Ziegler to try and stop the rally but the Tigers took a lead and would eventually win the game 4-3 as Mookie Betts lined out with the winning runs on base to end the game.