Brad Ausmus identified why it was important to send Alfredo Simon out for the sixth inning of last night's game, but was it really that important?
After he allowed three runs in the fifth inning of Monday's 12-5 win over the Seattle Mariners, Detroit Tigers fans were mystified when Alfredo Simon took the mound in the sixth inning. The Tigers had just taken an 8-5 lead, and Simon was already at 100 pitches for the evening.
However, it was Simon that toed the rubber when Mariners shortstop Brad Miller (a left-handed bat) stepped into the box in the bottom of the frame.