Detroit — With a Tigers bullpen wheezing, and with a starter pitching a shutout through five innings, Jordan Zimmermann seemed good for a sixth inning in Monday’s game against the A’s at Comerica Park.
But not in the mind of Tigers pitching coach Chris Bosio. He gets paid to be the Tigers’ pitching steward. And with Zimmermann pitching in only his second big-league game since May 5, and with 79 pitches already on the meter, the decision for Bosio was clear:
Zimmermann had worked long enough in a game the Tigers then led, 1-0, but ultimately lost, 5-4, when the bullpen disintegrated.