Boston – It felt like the baseball gods were piling on, frankly.
Tigers’ shortstop Javier Baez, already grinding through one of the worst offensive seasons of his career, found out last Saturday that his grandfather, with whom he was extremely close, had died. Logistics being what they are with trying to make dates and arrangements for a wake and funeral in Puerto Rico, Baez ended up staying with the team last week and played in five games while the details got sorted out.
Tough game to play with a heavy heart.
Baez went 2 for 14 and struck out 10 times.