Detroit – The Tigers left the ballpark Thursday night thinking Victor Martinez was working through a virus and the expectation was he’d be back to work on Friday.
Turns out, the situation is more serious. Manager Brad Ausmus said on MLB Radio that Martinez was kept overnight an area hospital and could remain another night. He won’t be in the lineup Friday.
Ausmus said on the radio that whatever was ailing Martinez, presumably a virus, was “more scary than a general baseball injury.”
Martinez, who had two hits Thursday, was safe on an error – a play that delivered the Tigers’ third run – in the seventh inning.