Detroit — Strike out Tim Anderson and Luis Robert Jr., in your first inning? Dispatch the first 10 batters in a row? Roll through five innings in 63 pitches, allowing only two hits and a run?
Safe to say right-hander Sawyer Gipson-Long’s big-league debut exceeded maybe his own expectations. He allowed two runs and four hits in five-plus innings as the Tigers held on for a 3-2 win in the series and season-finale against the White Sox Sunday at Comerica Park.
The 25-year-old Georgia native acquired in a trade with the Twins last year for Michael Fulmer, impressed not only with the quality of his arsenal, but also with his composure.