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Detroit Tigers experiment using starter Daniel Norris in relief vs. Mets

Detroit Tigers owner Chris Ilitch spoke to reporters on Saturday, March 3, 2018, in Lakeland, Fla. Video by George Sipple/DFP

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — Daniel Norris walked to the bullpen mound in the fourth inning and tapped his left hand with a rosin bag. He sat down.

In the fifth, he walked to the Detroit Tigers dugout, offered teammate Chad Bell a fist bump on the way there, then walked across the bullpen mound on the way back. He sat down.

In the sixth, Norris started stretching.