Boston — When the Tigers got into a scary situation Thursday, in the fifth inning of a tight game against the Angels, Brad Ausmus had a single reliever in mind.
Shane Greene.
And when the Tigers needed a shutdown inning Friday following Jordan Zimmermann’s six-inning start, on came Greene to pitch his now-customary scoreless frame.
“Greenie just wants the ball,” Ausmus, the Tigers manager, said at the start of a weekend series against the Red Sox.
Ausmus repeated Saturday that “where we need to stop them right there,” he wants Greene, who has not allowed a run in his last five games, who is seventh among all American League relievers in appearances (30), and who in his last 29 games has a 1.