Detroit — The Tigers and Pirates played a baseball game here Sunday very befitting the weather – brisk.
The 13-inning marathon on Opening Day took five and a half hours to play. This one took two and a half hours. And, as you might expect with 36-degree temperatures at first pitch, the pitchers had the upper hand.
“I’ve seen it go all kinds of ways,” Tigers manager Ron Gardenhire said after the Tigers lost their second straight game to start the season, 1-0 to the Pirates. “I’ve seen where there’s been a hit parade in this kind of weather, too.