St. Petersburg, Fla. — Manager AJ Hinch said his ballclub wouldn’t sulk, sag or pout after blowing a three-run lead in the ninth Friday night and getting walked-off. He wasn’t lying.
"We've been this way, it's not a surprise to me that we showed up today with a lot of energy in the clubhouse, a lot of banter, the same music," Hinch said after the Tigers beat the Tampa Bay Rays 4-3 Saturday. "We were here to play today's game. Our guys always respond in a good way."
They came smoking out of the gates against Rays lefty Ryan Yarbrough.