Minneapolis — It was a thing of beauty.
Tyler Collins on first. James McCann at the plate. Tigers clinging to a 4-3 lead over the Minnesota Twins in the top of the ninth inning Tuesday. Collins runs, McCann laces a text book hit-and-run single to right — runners on first and third.
Then Andrew Romine comes up and executes an indefensible safety squeeze bunt to score what ended up being the winning run.
“That’s how we need to play,” Romine said. “I think too much of this year we sat around hoping for the big inning — hoping for a home run, hoping for a double.