Detroit — The Tigers had just tied the game in the bottom of the fourth inning. This was Tuesday night in the opener against Boston. A shutdown inning in the top of the fifth would be huge, but with two outs, starter Wily Peralta walked Xander Bogaerts and J.D. Martinez.
Manager AJ Hinch bounced out of the dugout and quickly summoned Kyle Funkhouser to face Alex Verdugo and rescue the inning.
Funkhouser did exactly that, punching out Verdugo and the Tigers scored the go-ahead run in the bottom of the fifth on their way to a 4-2 win.