Before Friday night’s game against the Chicago White Sox, Detroit Tigers manager Ron Gardenhire welcomed Steve Yzerman to Comerica Park.
Just on the other side of Woodward Avenue, at Little Caesars Arena, Yzerman was being introduced as the Detroit Red Wings' general manager.
“Come on over,” Gardenhire said. “He can figure out who’s going to close tonight.”
Gardenhire didn't have to worry about that, in the end. He was ejected in the fifth inning, and a rough seventh inning left the Tigers far enough behind for it not to matter.
Jordan Zimmermann couldn’t shake his struggles against Chicago, showing subpar control — he walked four batters — and the Tigers didn’t do nearly enough offensively in a 7-3 loss.