After Wednesday's game at Comerica Park, Joe Jimenez walked out of the weight room inside the Detroit Tigers’ clubhouse, headphones over his hooded head, straight to his locker and then into the weight room again.
A short while earlier, Jimenez had the win the Tigers have been looking for in his hands, standing on the mound against the Pirates in the top of the eighth inning with a one-run lead.
But Jimenez was quick again. He wasn’t staying over the pitching rubber. He was landing early, opening up his front side early, too, and pitched as erratically as he did in his last outing a week ago.