Detroit – There’s no standing eight-count in baseball. You have two choices when you get punched in the face – fall down or stay in the fight.
Rookie right-hander Mason Englert was summoned with two runners on base in the eighth inning Friday night and asked to preserve a 4-1 lead. It was his first appearance since he got beat up in Toronto (five runs, two home runs in two innings).
And he got punch on the jaw, again. His first pitch to right-handed hitting J.D. Davis was a 91-mph four-seam fastball down but in the middle of the plate.