Free Press sports writers Anthony Fenech and George Sipple give their thoughts on the first few games of the Detroti Tigers' 2018 season from Comerica Park.
CLEVELAND — The Candy Man didn’t crumble.
Third baseman Jeimer Candelario stayed in the game after being hit in the right knee by a pitch in the third inning. He finished with three doubles in the Detroit Tigers’ 2-1 loss to the Cleveland Indians at Progressive Field on Tuesday night.
The Tigers are in a rebuilding mode and it was important to see how players like Candelario, Victor Reyes and left-handed starter Matthew Boyd stayed even keel while facing the Indians, a team that is favored to win the American League’s Central Division.