Take a look around the league with Big League Stew's daily wrap up. We'll hit on all of the biggest moments from the day that you may have missed, while providing highlights, photos and interesting stats. Detroit Tigers manager Brad Ausmus was faced with a difficult decision Sunday against the Los Angeles Angels: Should he allow his tiring ace to continue pitching, or turn to his bullpen? Ausmus chose the latter, and it wound up costing him the game. In the eighth inning, Ausmus made his choice. Up until the beginning of the frame, starter David Price had turned in a strong performance. He started to show signs of fatigue during his final inning. Price allowed a walk and a single to start the inning. After a sacrifice bunt moved both hitters over, the Tigers issued an intentional walk to Grant Green. [Listen up! We've got Rays star Evan Longoria on this week's StewPod ] With the bases loaded, Price managed to induce an infield fly, picking up the second out. At that point, Price had thrown 121 pitches. Ausmus decided that was enough, and made the call to the pen. Joba Chamberlain entered the game, but couldn't get the job done. Johnny Giavotella hit a single up the middle, scoring...
Pay the price: Late pitching change sinks Tigers
Published May 31, 2015 at 10:40 PM
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