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- Updated: September 8, 2016
CHICAGO — It was the exact situation Tigers manager Brad Ausmus had been waiting for in this series against the White Sox.
After Detroit took a one-run lead Wednesday at U.S. Cellular Field on a clutch two-out RBI double by Jose Iglesias in the seventh, Ausmus handed the lead to the back end of his well-rested bullpen.
Alex Wilson got through the seventh fine, but Shane Greene and Justin Wilson couldn’t duplicate that outcome in the eighth. Greene, the Tigers’ primary setup man, ran into a buzzsaw of White Sox hitters, who tagged him for three runs on three hits in just one-third of an inning. Wilson also allowed a run in the frame and didn’t record an out as the Tigers dropped a 7-4 finale to the White Sox.
“We got the three-run homer from [Justin Upton in the second] and then the double from Iglesias that put us ahead, but ultimately the back of the bullpen just had an off day,” Ausmus said. “That’s the thing about the back of the bullpen. When they have an off day, you generally lose. So, it’s going to happen.”
The problem is it’s been happening more of late, especially to Greene. He’s allowed runs in six of his past …
