Detroit — Spencer Turnbull spent 19 months learning to be patient. It’s not his go-to frame of mind. But recovering from Tommy John surgery is a painstakingly slow and arduous and, frankly, lonely process. Being patient is not only a virtue, it’s mandatory.
Lo and behold, four starts into his return to the Tigers' rotation and his patience is being tested again — albeit in a very different way.
“It’s definitely a different type of patience,” he said after allowing a three-run home run to Jose Ramirez in the sixth inning Wednesday, the killing blow in the Tigers’ 3-2 loss to the Guardians in the series finale at Comerica Park.