CINCINNATI — Reliever Joe Jimenez had a chance to keep Saturday's game close, entering in the seventh inning with the Detroit Tigers trailing by one run.
Manager AJ Hinch needed Jimenez to face the heart of the Cincinnati Reds' order: Nick Castellanos, Joey Votto and Eugenio Suarez. After working a 2-0 count, Castellanos hacked at a slider and went back to the dugout after a flyout.
Votto and Suarez, though, each drew full-count walks. Pinch-hitter Tyler Naquin made Jimenez pay for his inability to throw strikes by ripping a two-run triple past first baseman Miguel Cabrera into the right-field corner.