The opener of a three-game mid-week series in Detroit against the Los Angeles Anaheim California Orange County Angels, less than a week before the trade deadline, featured a shaky start from a prized possession, a dramatic ninth-inning comeback, and an extra-inning loss by the Tigers, 7-6 in 10 innings.
In case you haven’t heard, Eduardo Rodriguez (a.) pitches for the Tigers, (b.) well, pitches for the Tigers for now, and (c.) is, like Barry Zuckerkorn, “he’s very good.” After missing all of June with a finger injury, his first start back was a little rough but his previous start, against the Royals, was a seven-inning outing in which he gave up a pair of runs, walked nobody, and whiffed seven.