(Photo: Michael Dwyer, Associated Press)
Boston — You could almost feel, abstractly speaking, the Tigers’ future gaining on the Tigers’ present Thursday night.
The same day that two of their top pitching prospects — Casey Mize and Gregory Soto — were hastily promoted to Double-A Erie, the current ace of staff Jordan Zimmermann had absolutely nothing in his arsenal to negate the Boston Red Sox offense.
With the Tigers' bullpen taxed from playing three games in two nights, Zimmermann lasted just three innings in the Red Sox's 7-3 win. It was the fourth straight start in which he gave up five runs (19 earned runs in 16.