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Pitching depth plaguing Detroit Tigers in blowout vs. Astros, 11-4

Former Tiger Don Kelly, now the Houston Astros first base coach, talks about his time in Detroit. Filmed May 13, 2019. Jeff Seidel, Detroit Free Press Columnist

Ron Gardenhire wore the worry on his face before the game.

With the Detroit Tigers’ pitching schedule on Wednesday afternoon up in the air, the team counted on left-hander Ryan Carpenter to pitch them deep enough in Tuesday night’s game to avoid making any further moves.

If he could, a bullpen day would be on the horizon.

If he couldn’t. … we may soon find out.