DETROIT -- The Tigers' injury woes grew again on Thursday, when third baseman Jeimer Candelario and starter Ryan Carpenter exited their series finale against the Angels at Comerica Park within minutes of each other.
Candelario left at the start of the fifth inning after taking a pitch off his left hand a half-inning prior. Candelario had just returned last weekend from a DL stint caused by tendinitis in his wrist on the same hand. He'd been feeling good after getting treatment and finding a strengthening routine, but he had no preparation for Andrew Heaney's inside sinker with one out in the fourth.