After a thrilling 9th inning power surge to take Game 2 last night, the Detroit Tigers started tonight going for the clinch of the four-game series. They sent veteran RHP Jack Flaherty to the bump opposite struggling, so-veteran-we-thought-he-retired RHP Kyle Hendricks. If Detroit is successful, this would be their first series victory on the road versus the Angels in over 15 years, so more history could be in the making, albeit less impressive than Riley Greene’s 9th inning heroics.
Never a hard thrower, Hendricks has firmly progressed to the “junk balling righty” phase of his career, to little success, Unfortunately, nobody told the Tigers this pre-game and they went 1-2-3 on 11 pitches.