On Thursday night, the Detroit Tigers looked like they were playing a little league team as the Oakland Athletics committed error after error and allowed the Tigers to put up a 7-0 lead with ease. On Friday night, things were quite different as the Tigers found themselves locked in a pitcher's duel, pitting their newest starter, Sawyer Gipson-Long, against swingman Ken Waldichuk.
Gipson-Long pitched well enough to allow the Tigers to take a brief lead but literally as soon as the bullpen entered, the lead evaporated and it only got worse from there as the bullpen allowed seven runs in their first two innings of work en route to a 8-2 loss.