Position player Zack Short, who recently hit a clutch three-run home run as a pinch-hitter against the Kansas City Royals, stepped up for the Detroit Tigers again as an emergency pitcher in Friday's 12-3 loss to the Chicago White Sox.
It was the most nervous he has felt during a baseball game.
"I didn't go to sleep until like 2:30 (a.m.) last night," Short said Saturday morning, before his start at shortstop while Javier Báez got the day off for rest. "It was a tough situation to be in, obviously, but I didn't want to be out there forever.