It was another bad day for the Detroit Tigers’ bullpen.
It came, like clockwork, in the eighth inning, against the Boston Red Sox.
Similar to Opening Day’s eighth inning meltdown, it put the Tigers behind late in a game they had control of. Dissimilar, they did not come back to win.
Holding the smallest of leads entering the top of the eighth this afternoon, Boston beat up set-up man Bruce Rondon and left-handed reliever Kyle Ryan for four runs in the eighth inning to beat the Tigers, 7-5.
Rondon was once again the first person accused with the final score.