Detroit — It was this kind of day for the Tigers on Monday: Utility player Harold Castro pitched the ninth inning. And it was one of the cleanest innings of the game.
"I told him that was the quickest inning of the game today," said Wilson Ramos, who ended up catching 215 pitches and only 113 strikes in the Tigers' 15-6 loss to the Minnesota Twins. "We needed that. I was already tired. I needed that quick inning."
Castro, throwing 70-mph curveballs, needed nine pitches to get through the ninth. But maybe the Twins' hitters were tired by that point, too, after knocking out 14 hits and walking 11 times.