Detroit – AJ Hinch came to the mound with two outs in the sixth inning Wednesday, fully intent on bringing in lefty Daniel Norris to face left-handed hitting Andrew Benintendi with a runner on third and the Tigers up by two runs.
Starter Casey Mize was aghast. He stared at Hinch in disbelief. He’d allowed just one single since the second inning and just erased that by inducing Jorge Soler to hit into a 5-4-3 double-play.
What happened next hasn’t happened much, if at all, this year.
Mize talked Hinch into leaving him in.