After a comfortable series-opening win on Monday, the Tigers’ pitching-by-committee couldn’t quite tame the Guardians as they dropped the second game of their four-day weekday series 5-4 in Cleveland.
The Tigers had Ol’ Reliable, “TBA,” listed as the starter for most of the day. Eventually it was determined that Tyler Holton would kick things off on such a summer’s bullpen day; the reliable lefty out of the ‘pen has been lights-out off late. Don’t be fooled by his low-3’s ERA; that’s largely skewed by three outings in which he gave up 3, 3 and 5 runs. Other than those, he’s been a valuable multi-inning relief option who routinely comes in, mows down six hitters, and barely breaks a sweat.