(Photo: Frank Gunn, Associated Press)
New York — When the ball left Teoscar Hernandez’s bat in the bottom of the 11th inning Sunday in Toronto, Shane Greene initially had a sick feeling.
“That’s a knock more often than not,” Greene said. “Even though I made my pitch.”
With the tying run on third, Greene threw a well-located slider on a 2-2 count. But Hernandez stayed back long enough and was able to reach across the plate and line it up the middle. Much to Hernandez’s chagrin, though, the Tigers had deployed second baseman Niko Goodrum in a modified shift against the right-handed hitter.