Chicago — Fans chalked it up as another instance when Tigers manager Brad Ausmus didn’t appear to be on the same page as his players.
But two days after the debacle in Houston, Ausmus and reliever Alex Wilson insisted there was no miscommunication.
Instead, it was just an ill-timed, misplaced pitch by Wilson that Astros slugger Jose Altuve rapped for the winning hit in the bottom of the ninth inning.
“I think we were on the same page,” Wilson said before Tuesday’s opener of a two-game series in Chicago against the Cubs. “I just didn’t execute my pitch.