In the fourth inning, José Ramírez was called out on strikes, penalized for being in the batter’s box but not being “engaged” with the pitcher with eight seconds left on the pitch clock. Ramírez clearly was not pleased as he returned to the dugout, perhaps questioning how he was supposed to engage Tigers starting pitcher Spencer Turnbull when he wasn’t even on the rubber at the time.
But revenge is a dish best served in the right field seats at Comerica Park.
In Ramírez’s very next at-bat in the sixth inning, Turnbull tried to get away with a 91 mph four-seam fastball in the middle of the strike zone.