Saturday’s matchup in Boston was a good one for the Tigers on paper. Reese Olson has pitched great this season, while RHP Cooper Criswell has just been solid. However, Olson has benefited from giving up just one home run on the season, and that trend would not hold up in this one.
For one of the first times this season, the Tigers did give Olson a lead to work with. Matt Vierling led off in this one as A.J. Hinch tries to shuffle the lineup around with Kerry Carpenter out for what now appears a lengthy stay on the injured list to recover from a lumbar spine fracture.