Detroit – What do you know, sometimes the passive play is the right play.
Tigers manager AJ Hinch has preached aggression and pressure all season long, whether it’s with pitchers being the first to two strikes, hitters hunting fastballs early in counts, base runners taking extra bases or playing the infield defense in to cut down runners from third, regardless of inning.
But in the seventh inning Saturday night, with the tying run at third base and the go-ahead run at second and one out, Hinch played his infield back against former Tiger Wilson Ramos.