(Photo: Mary Schwalm, Associated Press)
Boston — Manager Ron Gardenhire, exhausted from a long, long day of baseball, provided a most fitting epitaph for the Tigers' 4-2 win in the nightcap of the split doubleheader with the Red Sox on Tuesday.
"There were a lot of moments in there I wasn't comfortable with," he said.
The entire game was an escape act for the Tigers' pitching staff. The Red Sox left 13 runners on base and were 1-for-12 with runners in scoring position.
"It was a long day," Gardenhire said. "But we came out on top and we came out of it healthy.