Chicago – Let’s try to put Detroit Tigers right-handed reliever Joe Jimenez’s outing on Thursday in context.
He sat for more than three hours in the snow and cold before being summoned to pitch the bottom of the ninth inning – after the Tigers had dramatically and suddenly rallied for three runs in the top of the ninth to tie a game they would eventually win in the 10th, 9-7.
It was the fourth appearance for the 23-year-old, three of them high-leverage situations. They don’t come much more pressure-packed than this one. Due up for the White Sox was the heart of their order – Jose Abreu, Matt Davidson and Yolmer Sanchez.