A quick look at the Tigers' No. 1 pick in 2018 MLB draft, Casey Mize. Video by Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press. Wochit
BOSTON — They needed this one, if for no other reason than to have a happy flight home.
The Detroit Tigers didn’t win the series against the Red Sox, but against the bottom of their rotation — including a rookie pitcher making his Major League debut on Thursday night — they didn’t get swept, either. And in the midst of a tough stretch of baseball, as an 18-games-in-17-days stretch nears an end against championship-caliber teams, they needed to stop the bleeding and smile a bit.