Ausmus' decision-making hasn't been great this season, but Sunday's game was one situation he could not control.
Detroit Tigers manager Brad Ausmus made all the right moves today. Unfortunately, solid decision-making sometimes only gets you so far in the game of baseball, and despite his reliance on favorable matchups, his pitchers did not execute. Over the course of two innings, the Tigers bullpen turned a 2-1 deficit into a 7-2 slaughter, and the Tigers' fourth loss in six meetings against the Boston Red Sox this season.
The Tigers have been operating with an eight-man bullpen since Marc Krauss was optioned to the minor leagues on July 26, but they came into Sunday's game with a shorthanded unit.