Despite the temperatures around the Great Lakes being pretty hot these days, the Tigers continued their series in Boston on a relatively cool Atlantic coast evening. Pleasant temperatures were not enough to propel the Detroiters to victory, though, as they dropped the second game of the three-game series 5-4.
I still can’t get over the fact that the Tigers drafted Beau Brieske in the 27th round. Who was behind him in that draft — me, my uncle Garry, and the ghost of Eddie Gaedel?! Anyway, Brieske’s 1-5 record coming into tonight belied his 3.79 ERA. If you had to have causes for concern with his stat line, they’d be with his home runs allowed (2.