Detroit — He could relate to all those Tigers followers slamming hands on sofa cushions Thursday night and flipping stations to the Warriors-Cavaliers game.
A manager also was disgusted, even if he’s in this together with his team.
“I’m getting tired of fighting back but losing,” Brad Ausmus snorted after Tigers pitching tossed away an early lead, a relatively common event that doubly hurt when the Tigers rallied and nearly stole one from the Yankees in a 5-4 loss at Comerica Park.
The manager said again, almost with a bark: “Let’s hang onto a lead!”
But it all dissolved: The early 1-0 Tigers edge, a supreme first five innings from rookie Matt Boyd, and, once again, a bullpen that helped treat the Yankees to a big inning, in this case a four-run seventh.