Seeking a split in a four-game extended weekend series in Boston with the Red Sox, the Tigers needed an extra inning and (mostly) solid relief pitching to secure the 8-4 win on Sunday afternoon.
Making his eleventh start for the Tigers this year was Casey Mize. Since missing most of 2022 and all of 2023 recovering from Tommy John surgery, he’s been pretty up-and-down. For his two starts before today he’s been bashed-around a bit: in Kansas City on May 21 he didn’t make it out of the second inning, and last weekend’s crazy-pants game against the Blue Jays he didn’t finish the fifth.