TAMPA, Fla. — Detroit Tigers catcher Dillon Dingler was getting heckled by fans when he entered the game in the seventh inning as a pinch hitter.
And then, they started cheering for him.
That's because the 22-year-old — without a professional game under his belt — dropped in a double. Yet Dingler's memorable at-bat wasn't enough to pull the Tigers back into the contest, as they lost, 5-4, to the New York Yankees at George M. Steinbrenner Field on Monday in the second Grapefruit League game of spring training.
With Zack Short standing on third base, a wild pitch from Albert Abreu allowed him to score and Dingler to advance to third.